In Some States, Being Gay Still Not Quite Not Illegal
Laws that criminalize homosexuality were declared unconstitutional in 2003, but that doesn’t mean they don’t still exist.
Jamey Rodemeyer’s Bullies Won’t Be Charged Criminally — What’s Our Best Next Step?
14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer’s bullies won’t be charged criminally. So what can be done to prevent this from happening again?
Brandon McInerney Will Go to Jail for 21 Years for Killing Larry King
“Prosecutors said the first trial showed that the case was too emotional to take to trial a second time. “The first jury was unable to keep their emotions out of it,”
Penn State Scandal: Everybody’s Talking About How Nobody’s Talking About Homosexuality
One side blames homophobia for the cover-up and reluctance to intervene, the other side blames anti-homophobia for the media’s apparent reluctance to equate homosexuality with pedophilia!
NOM Is Basically Just Making Shit Up At This Point
The National Organization for Marriage sent an “emergency alert” earlier this week because “senate liberals have sunk to a new low” and “we can’t let them get away with it.” Most of their message is in bold or italics. All of it is a lie.
BREAKING: California State Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Protect Marriage On Standing in Prop 8 Case
The state Supreme Court has ruled that Protect Marriage has legal standing to appeal Judge Walker’s Prop 8 decision.
Illinois Catholic Charities Drop Gay Adoption and Foster Care Lawsuit Over Civil Unions
Catholic Charities Illinois called off their legal fight to continue providing foster care and adoption services for heterosexual couples only. They’d rather just provide adoption services for no one.
NYPD Raids Zuccotti Park, Evicting Occupy Wall Street Encampment and Enraging Many
What happened in Zuccotti Park.
Anti-Gay Rhetoric By Any Other Name in Tennessee
No one will notice you’re homophobic if you talk about economics enough!
It Gets Worse: Radio Host Uses Penn State Sex Abuse to Discuss Gay Adoption
What does the Penn State sex abuse scandal have to do with gay adoptive families? Oh, that’s right, nothing.
100,000 Signatures to Shut Down Ex-Gay “Torture Clinics” in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian government has shut down about 30 abusive ex-gay clinics, but over 200 remain.
We Won a Thing: Mississippi Votes Against Classifying All Embryos As People
Mississippi voted against changing the legal definition of “person” to include “every human being from the moment of fertilization.”
Hillary Clinton Names Ellen DeGeneres Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness
This post has Hillary Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres in it. Talking to each other about how to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Yeah, you should probably read it.
It Gets Better With Books and Teen Gay Activists
This California teen is working hard to make things better by providing gay books to gay kids all over America.
Occupy Writers Is Your Favorite Authors in Support of the Occupy Movement
Occupy Writers is a group of authors who have joined together to bring their support of Occupy Wall Street to a wider audience — you.
“Commitment Campaign”: New Game Plan For Making Straight People Like Us
The “equal rights” angle wasn’t working so some gay marriage advocates are switching it up.
Michigan Introduces Anti-Anti-Bullying Bill Named After Gay Teen Suicide Victim
How did an anti-bullying bill become a pro-bullying bill?
This Is A Homophobia Post: Sometimes the World Is Terrible For Gays, Lesbians
There was a lot of homophobia this week. This is 20 to 44% of it.
Occupy Oakland’s Awesomeness Triumphs Over Fringe Craziness
Occupy Oakland’s achievements were overshadowed in the media by the violence of a splinter group and that’s really not fair because Wednesday was actually really awesome.
NOM Knows How to Use Photoshop, Uses Its Powers for Evil
The National Organization for Marriage photoshopped 60,000 Obama supporters to look like they’re protesting gay marriage. No, really.