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Politics + Activism

Obama, Gay Marriage and America One Week Later

President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, and then what happened?

Rachel May 15, 2012 22 Comments
Politics + Activism

Parents Just Don’t Understand, But Maybe Young People Don’t Either (About Gay Rights)

Maybe young people aren’t going to be the saviors of the campaign for equal rights for gays.

Rachel May 14, 2012 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

Romney Says He’s Not a Bully, Just Likes Pranks And Stuff

In high school Mitt Romney and his friends jumped some kid and forcibly cut off all his hair while he screamed and cried. Romney thinks this is mostly NBD.

Lizz May 12, 2012 51 Comments
Politics + Activism

Homophobes Throw A Stupid Party for North Carolina’s Stupid Amendment 1

Tacky.

Carmen May 10, 2012 104 Comments
Politics + Activism

Gay Catholic Student Success Story Ruined By Homophobic Bishop

Keaton Fuller is the only gay kid at his Catholic high school – and it wasn’t even that bad until Monday.

Carmen May 9, 2012 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

North Carolina’s Amendment One Passes, Outlawing Already-Illegal Gay Marriage

“I have never seen a community mount such a forceful, unified, creative response to a collective threat. I have never had so many neighbors tell me, “Your battle is mine too.”

Rachel May 9, 2012 20 Comments
Politics + Activism

BREAKING: President Obama Announces He Supports Same-Sex Marriage (With Video!)

Obama has just announced he personally supports gay marriage.

Rachel May 9, 2012 129 Comments
Politics + Activism

New York Works for GENDA and Gender Identity Workplace Protection

Now that marriage equality has passed in New York state, one organization is turning its attention towards gender identity protection in the workplace.

Rachel May 7, 2012 3 Comments
Politics + Activism

Joe Biden Goes Rogue With Same-Sex Marriage Support

Joe Biden finished “evolving” a long time ago, it seems.

Riese May 7, 2012 26 Comments
Politics + Activism

Violence Against Women Act May Be Stripped of LGBT Protections Because of Awful Republicans

The Violence Against Women Act was going to be updated to include protections for gay people, undocument immigrants, and Native American communities, but House Republicans are doing their best to make sure it isn’t.

Rachel May 4, 2012 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rachel Maddow Talks About Wage Inequality, Drops Some Knowledge on Republicans

Lizz’s Team Pick: Rachel Maddow drops some serious knowledge about gender based wage inequality in basically the most amazing video ever. It gets real.

Lizz May 3, 2012 34 Comments
Politics + Activism

Missouri Republican Zach Wyatt Comes Out Against “Don’t Say Gay” and Also As Gay

Rep. Zach Wyatt of Missouri came out as a “proud gay man” on the floor of the House.

Rachel May 2, 2012 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

Romney’s Bigot Base Bullies Gay Foreign Policy Spokesman Into Quitting

The gay foreign policy spokesman Romney hired tolerated about two weeks of B.S. before jumping ship — yep, it’s gotten that bad over there.

Riese May 2, 2012 27 Comments
Politics + Activism

Amendment 1 Advances in North Carolina, Religious Homophobes Rejoice

North Carolina’s anti-gay Amendment 1 looks like it might succeed.

Rachel May 1, 2012 62 Comments
Politics + Activism

Mitt Romney and Gay Marriage: It’s Complicated

Once upon a time, Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, and he wasn’t quite as anti-gay as conservatives might like.

Rachel May 1, 2012 12 Comments
Politics + Activism

Tomorrow ACT UP! And OWS Join Forces, Ask Lawmakers to Give Wall Street the FiST

By which they mean a Financial Speculation Tax (Fi.S.T.)

Jamie J. Hagen April 24, 2012 2 Comments
Politics + Activism

Romney Hires Openly Gay Spokesman, Conservative Groups Clutch Pearls in Horror

Mitt Romney’s spokesman is openly gay, and the AFA’s Bryan Fischer is very upset about it.

Rachel April 21, 2012 61 Comments
Politics + Activism

VIDEO: Haviland & The SuperPac Men “Super Freak Super PAC”

Legendary video stars Haviland Stillwell and Ashley Reed made this amazing video to “raise awareness about Super PACs” and it’s SO WEIRD and I think you’d like it.

Riese April 21, 2012 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

Conservative Group Doesn’t Want You Having A Gay Ol’ Time At Disney World

The Florida Family Association is trying to raise enough money to fly a warning overhead for Gay Days at Disney World. Perhaps they would be better off just shouting hate from the top of the Dumbo ride.

Lizz April 19, 2012 22 Comments
Politics + Activism

DADT Is Repealed, But Lesbians Still Can’t Be Cub Scout Den Leaders

It’s no accident that the Boy Scout Oath calls for young scouts to be “morally straight.”

Rachel April 18, 2012 10 Comments
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