This weekend, a district judge in Arizona reversed a ruling that would have denied domestic partner benefits to the gays and lesbians of the entire state. In honor of his decision, we investigate what exactly an activist judge is, and why they make us feel so warm and fuzzy.
Every week The New York Times brings us a new Modern Love column which range from dumb to brilliant/beautiful but almost never gay. Often beautiful, but this one, which reader Sameera sent to Laneia and which she sent to me and which I would like to share with you, is called A Free Spirit Who […]
SO MANY THINGS ON THE TEEVEE FOR YOU GAYS: Jackie Warner’s new show Thintervention, Real L Word cast promises sexy episode but not a second season (yet), Ellen quits Idol, the mainstream press says Sara Gilbert came out yesterday, which is 8 years off.
The image of Tel Aviv as a liberal gay haven was shattered last year when a gunman injured 15 and killed two youths at an LGBT community center a few months before I was headed there for a study abroad program. On the one-year anniversary of the shooting, LGBTQ Israelis are marching from Jerusalem to Knesset in The March for Equality. Although I was not there today, I also have feelings on this.
Are you a gay or lesbian parent who needs defend the legitimacy of your family to an individual or legal body today? There’s an app I mean a series of studies and scientific research for that.
GLAAD told CBS it didn’t have enough homos on its channel, and so CBS is gonna make some more homos. Hopefully it’ll be those guys on “Two and a Half Men.”
A student at Augusta State University has sued the school because it has allegedly asked her to alter her Christian beliefs (i.e., not advocate gay conversion therapy) before allowing her to graduate from its counseling program.
More homophobic white noise came out of Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s face on The View today. Why is she still on my teevee?
Target recently donated $150,000 to a group that supports anti-gay Republican Tom Emmer. Vote with your dollars, sign change.org’s petition, or both!
GLAAD’s network responsibility index shows per ushe that there aren’t enough lesbians on TV. But something else surprising happened this year — the teenagers kicked our butts! Who was the first young queer you remember seeing on teevee?
Over the weekend, Dan Choi (recently discharged under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell) approached Senator Harry Reid with a letter reminding him of his obligations to gay and lesbian American soldiers and delivering him his West Point ring to drive home the point. We have video coverage of their encounter and GetEqual’s protest, as well as the full text of Choi’s letter.
Panorama Magazine has footage of three Catholic priests having sex with men. Cardinal Agostino Vallini says it’s time for gay priests to just come out and leave the church. Being gay and being raised Conservative Catholic, I think this reflects a new attitude that I actually really like, and here’s why.
The Prop 8 trial isn’t the only federal litigation happening right now regarding the definition of marriage – two other cases are currently making their way through the federal courts in Massachusetts that challenge the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. Autostraddle’s Legal Eagle explains how this could be a real game-changer.
Howard Stern and Sandra Bernhard chat about The Real L Word and lesbian sex. Howard’s wife Beth Ostrosky is still obsessed with Kate Moennig.
Lt. Dan Choi got the news today that he has been officially honorably discharged from the US military under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Next stop? “I haven’t done a lot to hold my parents’ hands through all of this. My inclination right now is to go home.”
Lindsay Lohan began her sentence today and so we’re putting a moratorium on Lindsay Lohan stories for the time being, cool? Mean Girls quotes = still allowed. Also: Kate Moennig guest starring in Dexter, Kathy Griffin vs. Elisabeth Hasselbeck round 2, Courtney Love’s fashion blog, La Roux, Weeds and more.
Constance McMillen saves the day in a landmark ruling where she gets her money and Itawamba County School District gets its first gender/sexuality inclusive anti-discrimination policy, the first of its kind in a Mississippi public school! Also Dan Choi got arrested again.
Though Gaga told fans to ignore the Westboro Baptist Church protesters in St. Louis this weekend, her little monsters still brought some signs of their own. Also Lindsay Lohan goes to jail, and Adam Lambert gets photographed for Entertainment Weekly.
It’s time for http://lesbianswholooknothinglikejb.tumblr.com, y/n?
Julie Goldman & Jane Lynch did a duet tonight on the Vh1 DO Something Awards. It was about saving the world, and then the world was saved, and there were no more tears. Don’t believe me? WATCH THE VIDEO.