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Politics + Activism

Tennessee’s Republican Senators’ Delusional Plan To Pretend Gay People Don’t Exist

You know how no one ever told you anything about gay people even existing? What if that was the law?

Rachel April 26, 2011 49 Comments
Politics + Activism

Paul Clement Keeping That “Defending DOMA” Gig by Quitting King & Spalding

Paul Clement was quickly hired by a law firm started by the architect of the Patriot Act, where he can safely pursue his desire to defend discrimination against gay people.

Riese April 26, 2011 38 Comments
Politics + Activism

Texas Says Trans People Aren’t Real, Definitely Can’t Get Married Or Be Happy Ever

In which Texas governor Rick Perry is the absolute worst.

Rachel April 25, 2011 63 Comments
Politics + Activism

BREAKING: Law Firm Boehner Hired to Defend DOMA Pulls Out, Can Handle the Truth

King & Spaulding, the law firm Boehner tapped to defend DOMA in court, has withdrawn from the case. THIS IS AWESOME NEWS.

Riese April 25, 2011 49 Comments
Politics + Activism

Pastor Arrested Who Aided “Ex-Lesbian” Flee Her Daughter’s Other Mother

Ideally this arrest puts us much closer to actually finding Lisa Miller and her daughter because this is one of the most heartbreaking lesbian custody battles of all time.

Riese April 25, 2011 29 Comments
Politics + Activism

Top Cities for Gay Couples Are in States That Are Nice to Gay People, Who Knew?

According to Census Survey Data from 2005-2009, the top 10 cities with the highest number of gay unmarried couples are also in states that allow gay marriage or domestic partnerships. Let’s talk about this.

Ryan Yates April 23, 2011 25 Comments
Politics + Activism

Republicans for Gay Rights & Other Homosexual News Updates

GOP adds another pro-gay-rights presidential candidate, Log Cabin Republicans push for marriage in NY, craziness in Iowa and a disappointing ruling in Montana.

Riese April 22, 2011 30 Comments
Politics + Activism

Roommate Indicted For Hate Crime for Acts Leading to Gay Student Tyler Clementi’s Suicide

Dharun Ravi, the roommate of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who committed suicide last September, has been indicted on 15 counts and if convicted, will serve 5-10 years.

Rachel April 21, 2011 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Boehner Hires Really Expensive Lawyer to Defend DOMA, Is a Real Anti-Gay Go-Getter

If you were worried that your tax dollars weren’t going to be used to defend DOMA any longer, well, you can probably rest easy now.

Rachel April 19, 2011 31 Comments
Politics + Activism

Gay Tolerant Environments Make Life Feel Tolerable for Gays, Study Shows

A new study from Oregon shows that when you treat queer teens like actual humans, they are significantly more likely to want to be alive. (Being in a democrat-majority county is also helpful, sidenote)

Riese April 18, 2011 18 Comments
Politics + Activism

Delaware Makes Best Civil Unions Ever Happen

Delaware, land of my credit card bills, makes Civil Unions happen.

Riese April 17, 2011 20 Comments
Politics + Activism

Emily’s Team Pick: Vote Mob

I will keep bothering everyone about the election until the election is over.

Emily April 17, 2011 38 Comments
Politics + Activism

Score One For Gay Marriage, Zero For Maggie Gallagher And Anti-Gay Republicans

Rep. Trent Franks and Maggie Gallagher both had a lot of feelings about gay marriage being bad, but it turns out no one cared about them.

Rachel April 16, 2011 21 Comments
Politics + Activism

“Corrective Rape” in South Africa: Not Getting Better

The contempt, and rage, felt toward the lesbian community in South Africa is pretty devastating, and the meeting with the LGBTQ activists wasn’t the catalyst we’d hoped for…

Carmen April 15, 2011 15 Comments
Politics + Activism

Glenn Beck, Other Republicans Obviously Love Gay People Duh, Stop Being Paranoid

It turns out that the Republicans have no issues with gay people or homophobia at all! Glenn Beck said so. So it’s cool.

Rachel April 15, 2011 27 Comments
Politics + Activism

One Canadian’s Mission to Help GLBTQ Refugees Find a Kinder, Colder Home

David Pepper is traveling around Canada to mobilize the LGBT community to sponsor people being persecuted because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.

Ryan Yates April 14, 2011 17 Comments
Politics + Activism

Emily’s Team Pick: Sh*t Harper Did

That’s ‘shit’ like the poop, ‘Harper’ like the poop, and ‘did’ like what Harper does with shit, ‘dot com’ like what you do on the internet.

Emily April 14, 2011 17 Comments
Politics + Activism

Towards A More Gay Union: Update On The States

It’s ten o’clock, do you know where your new legislation about gay people is? Well it could be coming to a state near you so get your galoshes on.

Rachel April 13, 2011 26 Comments
Politics + Activism

Donald Trump Doesn’t Like Gay People Anymore, But Guess What, He Never Did

Donald Trump is eager to throw gays under the bus in pursuit of the terrifying prospect of his presidency, which early polling suggests could be an Actual Thing.

Riese April 12, 2011 113 Comments
Politics + Activism

This Trans Man’s Discrimination Case Will Hopefully Change New Jersey, The Country

New Jersey has arguably the best legal protections for trans people in the workplace in the entire country, and that’s where possibly the most important trans lawsuit of our time is happening.

Rachel April 11, 2011 22 Comments
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