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State of Nevada, Courts Give Trans People Some Justice
Today some people were finally held accountable for violence against trans people, and also employment protections in Nevada!
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The Gay Girl in Damascus May Be Fake, But Her Story Isn’t
“…for some of us realities are actually reality, tragedies are actually tragic and the unbelievable is actually to be believed.”
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Everything You Need to Know About the GOP’s War on Women’s Rights, Reproductive Health
Republicans in various states stepping up the war on women and this matters to you, too. Behold my extensive effort to break it all down for you.
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Texas Colleges To Subvert Homogay Club Agenda With “Traditional Values” Resource Centers
Needless to say, if this bill goes into effect, and it looks like it will, the gay clubs will be offering superior refreshments and entertainment.
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Sorry, Gay Montanans, Your Secret Evil Recruitment Plan Is Blown
Republican Senator Ken Peterson has a lot of really special feelings about gay people.
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Happy International Women’s Day, Homos!
Not only is it a day about our favorite people in the world – women – but it is also a day about US – WOMEN! What are you doing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day?
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Fred Karger is Gay, Jewish, Republican, Kinda Awesome and Running for President
He’s “a different kind of gay activist.” He’s “a little wilder.” And he’s been working for 3 years to expose the Mormon involvement in the Prop 8 campaign. This may be a Republican even my gay mom could love.
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All Of The Gay Marriages: This Week’s Roundup
Did you wake up today completely f*cking at a loss as to what the status of marriage equality is in yours or neighboring states? Chances are something in this post will help.
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Obama Administration is Over DOMA (UPDATED: Sen. Feinstein Will Now Introduce DOMA Repeal Legislation!)
In which Barack Obama declares that he officially has our backs, seemingly out of nowhere.
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot, 6 Killed and 10 Wounded by 22-Year-Old Jared Loughner
Six people were killed today and 11 wounded at an event this morning in Arizona for Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, including Giffords. The gunman, 22-year-old Jared Laughner, has authored some really troubling online rants.
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The President of the United States Reminds His People That We Are Human Beings
The story of the day the President told the people to get their shit together.
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Everybody Must Sue DOMA: Lesbian Activist Widow & Gay Couples File Suits
Edith Windsor had to pay crippling estate taxes when her wife died as if they were strangers because the federal government didn’t recognize them as being married. Now she’s suing on the basis that DOMA “effectively creates a tax on being gay.” Meanwhile two other lawsuits have been filed against DOMA by a Boston-based gay advocacy group. Are lawsuits the future of the gay rights movement?
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The Internet Processes Its ‘Ken Mehlman is Gay’ Feelings
How has the coming out of former Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman rocked your world? Or, uh, has it not? Also, a meta-discussion of Judge Walker’s sexual orientation, terrible/TERRIBLE videos on DADT, a new book on conservative vs. liberal families, and a titillatingly bizarre gay espionage murder.
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Am I In a Dysfunctional Relationship With Barack Obama? We Talked Last Night and it Was Weird
I know this is supposed to be about Obama and civil rights and his sit-down with lefty bloggers and the gay issues he wasn’t interested in supporting at the time and also his Daily Show appearance, but it’s really about me. Because isn’t everything.
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DADT Repeal: We’re Still Unsure What the F*ck is Happening
On this week’s episode of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: The ABC Family Drama, we examine what might happen in an alternate universe where gays, lesbians, transgenders, and other queermos are allowed into the US military, and all the religiously motivated homophobes leave.
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How the DADT Survey Breaks All the Research Methodology Rules, Has Issues, Is Useless
It’s the middle of summer which means it’s the perfect time to brush up on your survey-constructing skills for all your social science classes next year. Let’s get this party started with the as-promised complete breakdown of the Department of Defense’s latest oeuvre, the DADT survey!
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Is Elena Kagan Really Pro Gay Marriage? We Round Up the Kagan Pros & Cons.
Read everything you could possibly want about Elena Kagan, like her stance on gay rights issues and other controversies from the left. And if she turns out to be gay, do we care and is it our right to know? Plus, New Jersey schools ban a gay-themed book, and the controversy at Marquette University continues.
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Even in Canada! Did Toronto F*ck Up Gay Pride?
If you thought there wasn’t room for one more controversy to sweep Toronto, well, you were wrong. This officially marks the first time ever we haven’t wanted to move to Canada. Also: Judith Butler turns down an award, bisexuality gets surveyed, gay marriage in NY and the lives of gay youths.
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Obama Orders More Same-Sex Partner Benefits. When Can We Like Him Again?
Today Obama did another thing for gay people, and we can hear the icicles of our soul slowly melting. Which got me thinking about relationships — are we in an emotionally manipulative short-term on-and-off relationship with Obama, or is he in fact being a better man?
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Fifth-Grader with Two Moms Falls, Gets Injured, and Nobody Makes a Sound
Jenna Bissell is being discriminated against in the fifth grade because she has two moms. Happy Mother’s Day! Also, Iowa hates gay campers, David Dean Bottrell hates Setoodeh’s Newsweek article, and important historical milestones for gays in Lithuania and the Philippines.