We Won A Thing: UK House of Commons Votes to Legalise Gay Marriage
The UK is now one step closer to legalising gay marriage!
After Yet Another Trans* Woman’s Murder, Change Is Coming for Hate Crime Sentencing in DC
Last year Deoni Jones was stabbed to death at a bus stop. This year, at her vigil, her family asked some tough questions about why the murder was not prosecuted as a hate crime. Mayor Vincent Gray responded to those questions.
“Marrying Well” Might Be Important For British Men, Is Not Necessarily Evidence of Feminism
“When asked whether their daughters thought their financial future was dependent on having a husband, only 31.9 per cent agreed. By contrast 37.7 per cent of those with sons thought having a wife would make them financially secure.”
We’ll Probably Win A Thing: Colorado’s Civil Unions Bill Looks Promising
Colorado’s probably going to have civil unions soon! Totally counting these chickens before they hatch; feel ok about it.
Anti-Gay Groups Going Broke For Breaking Our Hearts
With groups that oppose gay marriage finding it hard to find money to do so, the tide may be more decisively turning in gay rights’ favor.
Obama Wants Same-Sex Immigration Reform, Congress Prefers to Just Argue About It Forever
A Canadian’s take on how backwards the struggle to get immigration reform for same-sex couples has turned out to be.
Paul Clement’s New Pro-DOMA Argument Is The Last Thing You’d Expect
Paul Clement is branching out and trying new things in his campaign to make sure DOMA outlasts the heat death of the universe.
From England to New England: This is a Gay Marriage Round-Up Post
Marriage equality bills make progress from the UK House of Commons to the Rhode Island state legislature.
Ban Lifted On Women Getting Credit For Combat Work They Already Do
“Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance.”
“We Support At-Risk LGBT Youth” Deemed “Offensive Language” By Youth Festival
In news from Australia, the City of Parramatta council has deemed a banner promoting Twenty10’s support services for LGBT youth to be “offensive.” What the hell.
Obama’s Inaugural Address Calls Gays “Our Brothers and Sisters,” Incites Cautious Optimism
It’s telling and moving that Obama chose to dedicate a fairly significant chunk of his speech to the LGBT community; it sends the message that we are who he thinks of when remembering how equal we are or are not.
9 Reasons More Guns In Schools Is An Idiotic Idea
74 percent of Americans think more armed security guards in public places would reduce mass shootings. I disagree.
When Will The US Abolish Cruel, Unusual And Inhumane Solitary Confinement?
Is the closing of Tamms Correctional Center — where even non-violent criminals are locked in a cell for 23 hours a day, deprived of all human contact, for years at a time — a harbinger of things to come?
Lesbian Couple Receives Complimentary Homophobic Letter from God at North Carolina Restaurant
“no thanks,” wrote Derek M. “i don’t like homophobia with my hush puppies.”
In Addition to Twitter Hero, Cory Booker Is Also Reformed Homophobe
In an op-ed from 1992, “Pointing the Finger at Gays,” Cory Booker admits to being homophobic. And then he talks about how all that changed.
Gays Kicked Out of the Military Will Now Receive Full Separation Pay: Yes, It Took This Long
On January 7th it was announced under a legal settlement that military members who were discharged without full separation pay under DADT will now be fully compensated with the remainder of their pay.
This Is A Chuck Hagel Post
Thirteen years ago, Chuck Hagel called an ambassador “aggressively gay.” Now, Hagel is Obama’s nomination for Secretary of Defense.
WaPo Columnist Welcomes Rep. Kyrsten Sinema to Congress with Biphobia and Misogyny
Can you be a bisexual Congresswoman, and not have your sexuality define you or your politics? Apparently not, if WaPo’s Manuel Roig-Franzia has anything to say about it.
Dissent Magazine’s New Feminism Issue Will Knock You Out
Cara’s Team Pick: this quarter’s issue has articles about Facebook, Roe v. Wade, interns, and more, and is free online. Dissent is sexy!
Lesbian Couples in Mississippi Protest Marriage Inequality By Applying for Marriage Licenses
And the fight for LGBT rights in the Deep South goes on.