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Society + Culture

Lesbians Win “Cutest Couple” In High School Yearbook, Are In Fact The Cutest Couple

Students in an allegedly ‘conservative’ rural county in California vote a lesbian couple as “cutest couple,” and it wasn’t a prank or anything.

Riese June 8, 2012 29 Comments
Politics + Activism

VIDEO: Texas Baptist Pastor Defends Obama’s Gay Marriage Position, Suggests Anti-Gays “Take A Chill Pill”

“He swore to protect and uphold the constitution, not the Bible, but the Constitution of the United States. He is not the pastor of the United States, he’s the President of the United States.”

Riese June 8, 2012 47 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Things I Read That I Love #28: Only Hellos

Today’s topics include plane crashes, cannibals, the army, Quiz Bowl, Gossip Girl, transgender children and so much more!

Riese June 8, 2012 21 Comments
Society + Culture

Caiden Cowger, 14-Year-Old Radio Host, Hates Gay People and Grammar

Caiden Cowger doesn’t have a good grasp on the differences between “your” and “you’re” but he does hate gay people on the radio.

Carmen June 8, 2012 76 Comments
Politics + Activism

Kyrsten Sinema Wants To Be Arizona’s First Out Bisexual Congresswoman

Kyrsten Sinema is proof not everything in Arizona politics is bad. Now if we can just get the 9th District to make her the first out bisexual on Capitol Hill.

Rose June 7, 2012 9 Comments
Politics + Activism

Edie Windsor Wins Lawsuit Against DOMA, Our Hearts

Edie Windsor successfully had DOMA declared unconstitutional by a federal court.

Rachel June 7, 2012 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

CeCe McDonald Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail for Surviving Transphobic and Racist Attack

CeCe McDonald will go to jail after agreeing to plead guilty to second-degree murder, although she maintains she acted in self-defense.

Rachel June 5, 2012 45 Comments
Politics + Activism

Romney’s Adviser Thinks Women’s Issues Just There To Distract Us From Actual Important Stuff

It turns out that what you thought were women’s issues are actually just “shiny objects!”

Rachel June 4, 2012 13 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Girls Kissing On The Teevee And Other Important Stories

Girls kissing on “Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “Girls,” Dianna Agron hosting the GLAAD Awards and the scoop on Pretty Little Liars’ next season.

Riese June 4, 2012 36 Comments
Politics + Activism

Calling Someone Gay Isn’t Defamation, Just Anti-Gay, Rules NY Court

According to a New York mid-level appeals court, it’s not defamation to call someone gay, because being gay isn’t embarrassing.

Rachel June 4, 2012 8 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Wants to Be Your Gayfriend

Gay history is having a lucky streak, more companies and good-looking individuals are batting for and cheering for our team, and someone is making Kanye West embroidery.

Carmen June 3, 2012 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

VIDEO: Michelle Obama Questioned About Same-Sex Marriage, Answers Correctly

“For Barack and me, it really comes down to the values of fairness and equality that we want to pass down to our girls.”

Riese June 1, 2012 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

The Last Thing I’m Ever Gonna Write About Dharun Ravi

Dharun Ravi has issued an apology in which he failed to actually apologize for anything, but maybe we need to look at the big picture and the scary numbers now, instead.

Riese May 31, 2012 26 Comments
Politics + Activism

We Won A Thing: Massachusetts Federal Appeals Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional

Now the constitutionality of DOMA will almost definitely head to the Supreme Court next year.

Rachel May 31, 2012 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

Anti-Gay and Gay Rights Leaders Will Soon Break Bread

What happens when a lesbian couple invites a homophobe to dinner? We’ll find out soon.

Carmen May 31, 2012 30 Comments
Politics + Activism

ACLU and Lambda Legal Back Lawsuit for Gay Marriage in Illinois

Because civil unions aren’t marriage, no matter what the state tries to tell you.

Rachel May 30, 2012 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

Latina Queer Democrat Mary Gonzalez Voted into Texas House of Representatives

Mary Gonzalez is a Latina Lesbian and Texans voted for her.

gabby May 30, 2012 18 Comments
Society + Culture

Rivers at Rehoboth Is Groundbreaking Ministry for Gays and Lesbians in Harlem

A church whose mantra is “Church Unusual.”

Rachel May 29, 2012 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

House Republicans Threaten to Defund Demographic Data, Because Ignorance Is Bliss

The long-form census might be on its way out thanks to a bill by a Representative who’s willing to accept ignorance in exchange for his privacy.

Laura May 29, 2012 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

Big Companies Wanna Make Big Change For GLBT Youth, Ellen’s Mom Is Involved

Johnson & Johnson, Walgreens, and PFLAG are teaming up to help stop bullying against LGBT youth.

Carmen May 28, 2012 8 Comments
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