“Obama Pride: LGBT Americans For Obama” VIDEO Features Famous LGBT Americans With Strong Feelings For Obama
Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Billie Jean King, George Takei, Wanda Sykes, Zachary Quinto, and Chaz Bono are leaning towards Obama.
GChatting for Freedom: The Vice Presidential Debate
“With all due respect that is a bunch of malarkey.”
Chief Diversity Officer Opposes Gay Marriage, Is Suspended From Work, Raises Important Questions
Dr. Angela McCaskill is on paid administrative leave from her position as chief diversity officer at Gallaudet University because she signed a petition opposing gay marriage. Did the university make the right decision?
Straight Man Has A Queer Year, Goes Back To Real Life With A Book Deal
Does it really take a straight man to tell the world about prejudice against queers? Apparently, yes.
It’s Getting Better for Gays in Latin America Thanks to Todo Mejora
“There is someone looking out for them …and it will get better.”
Australian PM Julia Gillard Receives Backlash For Being Honest, Because of the Patriarchy
If it’s clear to us that Gillard’s speech was amazing, then why are people attacking Gillard for being a hypocrite and saying she has damaged her own integrity?
Times, They Are A-Changin’: Republican Allies and Gay Marriage
We have some allies in the Republican Party. So that means they aren’t all evil. No, seriously. Hear me out.
Anti-Gay Bigots File Lawsuit Against California’s Ex-Gay Therapy Ban, Are Unfortunately In Good Company
California is making “ex-gay therapy” history, but unfortunately the rest of the country is still far behind.
I’m Not Interested in Finding a Truce in the Culture War. I’m Interested in Winning It.
“There’s this prevailing attitude that the “culture war” is some kind of ‘discussion’ that we’re all having. But you know what? Fuuuuuuck that.”
New Poll Shows Latino/a Voters Largely Support Gay Marriage, Unfortunately for GOP
But is this really all that big of a shift?
GChatting For Freedom: The First Presidential Debate
“I’m going to live my whole life and die right here in front of my laptop while Romney talks.”
New Guidelines Make Binational Gay Couple Deportation “Low Priority,” But Not “Non-Priority”
The Department of Homeland Security has now drafted up written guidelines for binational and immigrant same-sex couples and families to now be considered “low-priority” in deportation cases.
Restrictive Voter ID Laws Halted in PA, but Voter Disenfranchisement Marches On
Judge Robert Simpson ruled that “authorities had not done enough to ensure that potential voters had access to the new documents.”
Let’s Be Frank: Mitt Gets Worse and Worser on Gay Rights
Barney Frank is the latest and greatest oral historian for the Mitt Gets Worse project.
Canadian Government Figured Out You’re Gay, and All It Had To Do Was Secretly Track Your Internet Use
“As a regular recipient of Gmail and Facebook ads for dog food and gay cruises, I’m well aware that companies are trying to make money off my personal information. While it’s a little creepy but expected that Target will try to use my private information to market to me, I hold the Canadian government to much higher standards.”
It’s Officially Okay To Preach Against the Gays on Bourbon Street Again
Eight NOLA preachers were apprehended in conjunction with New Orleans’ “aggressive solicitation” ordinance, which instructs people to not “loiter or congregate on Bourbon Street for the purpose of disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise,” and now the ordinance is gone.
Your VAG Abroad: How to Vote if You Don’t Reside in the U.S.
Did you know that you can vote in US elections from abroad? Our constitutional rights to vote don’t go away when we wave goodbye to the U.S. border for an extended period of time.
Controversy Breaks Out Over the Right Way to Be Ex-Gay
Team Closet vs Team Cure, battling to come up with the best (read: worst) way to force heterosexuality on queers.
Australian Government Votes Against Gay Marriage Bill and For Inequality
“I do not regret that our daughter has Sophie and I as parents. I do regret that she lives in a world where some will tell her that her family is not normal. “
Your Local VAG: “Voting, an Autostraddle Guide” On Why Local Elections Matter
With the upcoming U.S. Presidential election getting All The Press And Attention, here’s a few reasons why you shouldn’t let your local election go unnoticed.