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.
HUD and Bank of America Do Settlements The Right Way, Win Policy Changes for Gays
Bank of America discriminated against a lesbian in couple in Florida. Instead of just settling for a huge sum of money like Americans in the private sector normally do when faced with legal action, HUD asked for a relatively small sum of money ($7,500) and actual policy changes.
Kansas Tries To Get Child Support From Sperm Donor Because Lesbians Aren’t Real Parents
A state in America has once again tried to eff things up for a same-sex couple!
Fox Nation Calls Westboro Baptist Church “Left-Wing,” We Call Bullshit
How far right could anyone possibly be in their political or religious ideology that Westboro Baptist Church is to their left?
Once More with Uneasy Feelings: California’s Ex-Gay Therapy Ban Halted, Must Go Back to Court
California’s ban on ex-gay therapy was slated to go into effect on January 1, 2013. But now, a federal court has ordered an injunction on the law, stopping it from going into effect until further hearings can be conducted.
Michigan, Not Our Michigan: How MI’s Reactionary Politics are Driving Away Young Grads
I’m one of the countless numbers of educated young people who left the Detroit area. And it’s not just the economy, stupid, but the state’s constant refrain of anti-women, anti-labor, anti-LGBT politics that drove me away.
George Takei Is the Winner of the Internet
Ali’s Team Pick: George Takei. Just… George Takei.
Canada’s New Policies Toward First Nations Are Racist, Embarrassing, F*cked
“We are dying. No one should expect us to stay quiet or polite about this.”
Going Down (South): Midnight in the Garden of Marriage Equality and Hate Crimes Laws
Georgia’s got a hot new lesbian in her legislature and she’s at the helm of some pretty progressive policies.