Results for: gay marriage
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Friday Fix: Essence’s Lesbian Wedding, Stephen Colbert’s Gay Fear, Other Stories
Essence’s first lesbian wedding! Early returns from DADT Survey have good news! And Stephen Colbert faces his fears, which include the editor of OUT Magazine, Feministing interviews Rachel Maddow and Winston is a snail for Halloween. Also, moar, with a special appearance by Anderson Cooper and the Jersey Shore (not together).
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Uncool High Schools: Constance McMillen Transfers, Kern Votes Against Harvey Milk Day
Constance McMillen, the lesbian who wanted to bring her girlfriend to prom, has switched schools to avoid bullying. Harvey Milk Day won’t be celebrated by the teenagers who need it most because of homophobic Prop-8-supporting school administrators! Awesome! Also, gay unions legalized in Portugal, more feelings on Elena Kagan, Montgomery College will have an African-American lesbian president, Christian charities are maybe kind of allowed to legally discrimate sort of, and Jezebel wants to talk to you about women’s colleges.
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Fifth-Grader with Two Moms Falls, Gets Injured, and Nobody Makes a Sound
Jenna Bissell is being discriminated against in the fifth grade because she has two moms. Happy Mother’s Day! Also, Iowa hates gay campers, David Dean Bottrell hates Setoodeh’s Newsweek article, and important historical milestones for gays in Lithuania and the Philippines.
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Consequences for Anti-Gay People We Hate: Michigan Asst AG Takes “Leave of Absence,” Etc
Our faith in the workings of the universe/the concept of justice is partially restored with the news that crazed homophobic stalker Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell has taken a leave of absence and will face disciplinary hearings, and also that Jene Newsome, black lesbian DADT victim, is suing the Rapid City police who outed her.
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On The Upside, These Gay Kids Have Awesome Parents!
It’s not all doom & gloom. Ceara Sturgis’ tuxedo pic didn’t even make it into the yearbook, but her Mom is standing up for her! And she’s not the only Mom out there taking a stand. Also, Houston Pride will feature uniformed police officers, the Washington Blade returns, California struck down anti-gay law and um someonemurderedtheirdaughtersgirlfriend and a trans student was attacked in a college bathroom.
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Virginia AG Favors Rescinding Gay Protections, College Students Raise Hell
New Virginia AG doesn’t waste any time in office trying to make gays really pissed at him, but at Liberty University students are lovin’ the Creationism 101 discussion. The Denver Archdiocese doesn’t want kids of the gays in their schools, but there are some Catholics who are down with equality. Westboro Baptist Church is going to the Supreme Court. Plus, kerfluffle in Virginia, some tips for the census, and another blow to DADT.
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Anti-Gay CA Senator Ashburn Walks Out of Gay Bar, Gets DUI, COMES OUT
The lawsuit for those injured in the Atlanta Eagle bar raid needs your help, Roy Ashburn is a lying hypocrite, General Petraeus has worked with queers in the past and hasn’t been raped by a man yet, the VA Attorney General wants to take away college protections, Minnesotans are giving it their all for Uganda, and Roseanne wants to save the gay Mormon kids.
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Prom is Better Cancelled Than Ruined by Tuxedo-Wearing Lesbians
Rather than allow a lesbian to bring her girlfriend to prom and wear a tux, the school has canceled prom altogether! FANTASTIC. Also; the cute video of the kid finding out about gay people, the death of coffee shops, gays and the census, Bill O’Reily defends lesbian couple’s child and the national equality riders are coming soon to an oppressive campus near you.
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Gay Equality Will Require More Imagination, Less Talk of Buttsex
A new book explains how “politics of disgust” have drowned out the “politics of humanity” necessary to achieve equal rights [sidenote: similar imagination and empathy-based strategies apply to challenging racism as well]. Also, gay Asians face racism within the community, International Women’s Day, watching “The Little Mermaid” while trans, Corey Haim’s death, Jon Stewart & Steven Colbert FTW last night and gay TV-makers will lose their tax breaks.
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How “The Real World DC” Makes Us Love Gay Activism, Our Hypothetical Mothers
The kids on The Real World DC are earnest about activism, and remind us of the good kind of Mom. The New Hampshire House killed two anti-gay bills, Congress is getting close to voting on ENDA, an African-American lesbian is running for Mass state senate and meanwhile rights are taken away from people in Virginia and a discrimination suit is reversed.
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Holiday Hangover: Shopping Deals, Half-Men, Anti-Gay Ads & 12 Muppets Singing!
D.C. Buses plastered with anti-gay marriage ads, post-holiday shopping deals, Charlie Sheen gives us an even more serious reason to hate “Two and a Half Men,” ABC Nightline asks why there are so many single black women, Haviland Stillwell interview, best TV moments of 2009, drag queen on the X-mas tree, and some funny Christmas Carol videos!
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Malawi “Gay” Couple Pardoned, Ceding to U.N. & International Pressure (No Homo)
GOOD NEWS! Following a meeting with U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika pardoned the “gay” couple who had been sentenced to 14 years of jail and hard labor, announcing, “I have done this on humanitarian grounds but this does not mean that I support this.” Also,
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Young Black Lesbian Missing Since September Finally Makes the News
Mitrice Richardson went missing in September, but never got the attention granted to white, blonde, heterosexual children. But new clues bring new hope and the gay & lesbian community can help you guys! Plus lots of other headlines.
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Daily Fix: First Comes Ugly Gays, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Your Incest Baby in a Baby Carriage
Straight people can be fat and ugly too, you know.
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Thanks Anti-Equality Conservative A**hats, But John Shelby Spong & the Gays Have Had Enough of You Now.
Have we said all there is to say to people who passionately oppose full & equal rights for gays and lesbians?
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Rwanda Votes on its Kill the Gays Bill, Zimbabwe Kicks the Gays Out of School
Rwanda is voting on a “kill the gays” bill too, just like Uganda, which slipped under the radar ’til now. Zimbabwe kicks two girls out of school for lesbian activities, most New Yorkers are upset same-sex marriage didn’t pass, unearthed video footage of Matthew Shepard in a documentary, and what to do when your UK girlfriend’s American Visa expires.
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Uganda is Takin’ it Back: Anti-Gay Bill Will Kill the Gays After All
Uganda calls takebacks — killing gays will remain a piece of the anti-gay legislation after all. We look at other countries with similar laws and recent interviews with anti-gay leaders in Uganda. Also; GLSEN is counting the number of times you say “dyke” on twitter and we don’t understand why and an annoying columnist talks smack about the hot teacher makeout.
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Daily Fix: Friends of Vanished Gay Med Student Fight to Rescue him from Ex-Gay Ministry Exodus International
Well, the Exodus International conference features a Women’s Oasis breakfast every day (our favorite meal to eat out!) and almost everyone gets a roommate! It’s like an Olivia Cruise, but with less fun and more Jesus and more shame/self-loathing.
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Daily Fix: That’s More Than a Name, That’s an Attitude.
“My Staff Pick today is ME. More specifically, my name — it’s not really Green. My name’s Laneia. Hi! I’m Laneia.”
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Daily Fix – Pow! Bang! Zap! HuffPo! O-Bawms! Lezberado! Exclamation Points!
“Showtime said it is averaging more than 500,000 video views per day on YouTube this year, many for its “Lezberado” channel dedicated to “The L Word.”” Lezberado? That’s me!”