Results for: gay marriage
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Gay Government Takeover vs. Republicans vs. Shark vs. Bear Vs. Ninjas vs. Glee
This Sunday is extra Funday because we have VIDEOS of EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. By which we mean Kurt and his maybe future boyfriend, sexy ninja mental asylum ladies, superawesome trans athletes, and a special surprise marine mammal. Oh also did we mention that we managed to elect 106 queers to public office? Pat yourself on the back and have a cupcake. Also Keith Olbermann is on twitter, saying things.
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Christina Aguilera Gets Divorced, Likes Girls After All, is Not Dating Samantha Ronson
Christina Aguilera and her husband are getting divorced because obviously Christina wants to make out with girls. Join the club NO REALLY JOIN THE CLUB.
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Is Facebook Helping the Gay Rights Movement by Outing You?
Newsweek has a new article about gay people! This time, a new writer wonders if facebook might change the ACTUAL FACE of gay America? Also, Margaret Cho on Rue McClanahan, lesbian newlyweds are the first in the New York Times Vows video series, Dutch airline denies gay flight attendants request to not stay in Iran and South Africa’s only lesbian soccer team.
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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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Amber Heard is Gay: Everything You Need to Know About the Openly Bisexual Actress
Don’t let your younger brother know more about Amber Heard than you do.
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Marriage Equality: Not Coming To a State Near You?
Jessica our Real-Live Lesbian Lawyer/Legal Eagle, is back with more facts about things we don’t understand! If marriage equality isn’t coming to our states any time soon, what can we do NOW to protect the rights of same-sex couples in the meantime? Project 515 has answers, and its a blueprint you could bring to your own community much sooner than you think.
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New Jersey Committee Votes on Same-Sex Marriage Today Live-Blog! Maybe This Time, Gays’ll Be Lucky …
The New Jersey Judicial Committee is gonna vote on same-sex marriage today! Maybe this time, for the first time, equality won’t hurry away!
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Gay Activism Flowers for Earnest/Angry/Dancing Youths of America
All the young gays are celebrating in Seattle, uprising in NYC, dancing in Rutgers (and our strai army allies are dancing homosexily in Afghanistan!), taking back the night in WI, speaking against violence in CA, hosting Dan Choi at Harvard, and more! Also; Hawaii passes civil unions (the bill now goes to the governor), a lesbian stabs her ex, trans identity & faith & Laura Bush’s memoir on the 2004 debates around same-sex marriage.
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Obama’s Letting Lesbians Bring Feelings Into Other Lesbians’ Hospital Rooms
Obama is ordering the department of Health and Human Services to allow same-sex couples hospital visitation rights! Plus, the White House squashes Elena Kagan gay rumors, Constance McMillen will lead the NYC Pride parade, and today is the National Day of Silence.
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Rekers Rentboy Scandal: Are All Anti-Gays Totally Gay? We Investigate.
The hired rentboy is now speaking out against Rev George Rekers, admitting the rubdowns et al — how many times does this need to happen before we can assume the more you hate gay people, the more you probs are one? We count down 15 other cases of anti-gays caught being gay! Also, gay marrieds fight for their federal rights, Argentina considers gay marriage, something about same-sex parents happens in New york
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President Obama Says It Gets Better
President Obama makes a video for the It Gets Better campaign and obvs we have some thoughts.
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Gay Activists ‘Holler’, Obama Talks Back, Dan Choi Gets the Handcuffs
Obama responds to DADT protesters interrupting a recent speech, Dan Choi has chained himself to the White House fence again, and we don’t know how to feel. Plus, an Arkansas judge has overturned the law banning adoption by gay or unmarried people, two men are being held in the death of a gay professor, and gay divorce is the flipside of the gay marriage fight.
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Laurel Holloman Would Make Bette Porter Swoon, Too: The Autostraddle Interview
Jess chats with Laurel about her emerging art career, the controversy over The Kids Are All Right, her iconic lesbian roles as Tina and Randy Dean, what TV shows she’d love to be on, whether she’ll act again and much more! Plus, come face to face with Laurel and her artwork at The Dinah this Spring!
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The Big Commit: Gays Win Equality Forever With Activists and Adorable Children
So the National Organization for Marriage has had this Summer of Marriage tour happening for a while now, which is like the Summer of Love except the exact opposite. Bigots vanquished by adorable precocious children! NOM embarrassed and stood up by Maggie Gallagher! Gays win activism!
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It’s Time For HEY! Did You See That Comment! Friday
It’s you who make this all worth while. Your comments are like shiny diamonds, which everyone knows are even better than dollars. Dollars can only be used to buy boring things like insurance. If they just legalized gay marriage already, we wouldn’t have to worry about insurance, you all could just seduce pretty girls who have secure jobs and benefits with your side-splittingly witty comments.
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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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We’ll Always Have Prop 8 I Mean Paris: Goodbye, Judge Walker
Judge Walker, our collective judicial heartthrob, has announced that he’ll be leaving the bench at the end of this year in a decision he says has nothing to do with Proposition 8.
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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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Gay Adoption in Florida: You Lose Some/Often But You Win Some Too
This week has been disheartening for a lot of us queer activists, but cheer up a little bit because Legal Eagle Jessica is here to share some GOOD NEWS about gay adoptions in Florida.