Emily’s Team Pick: Tell Your Story to the US Commission On Civil Rights
“Please, tell your stories. And spread the word, so that all of our voices are heard.”
Attack on Trans Woman in McDonalds: Hate Crime, Wake-Up Call, Horrifying
On April 18, Chrissy Lee Polis, who is 22, tried to use the washroom in a McDonald’s in suburban Baltimore and was attacked by two patrons instead. The community has responded with support. McDonalds? Not so much.
The Anti-Gays Must Be Crazy
Gay judges can’t judge and abortion rights activists are actually lesbian activists but also! A church in Ohio really loves gay people a lot and made us a sign!
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?
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.
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.
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King & Spaulding, the law firm Boehner tapped to defend DOMA in court, has withdrawn from the case.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
Delaware Makes Best Civil Unions Ever Happen
Delaware, land of my credit card bills, makes Civil Unions happen.
Emily’s Team Pick: Vote Mob
I will keep bothering everyone about the election until the election is over.
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.
“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…
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.
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.
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.