Gov. Palin took time this weekend to revisit the merits of another anti-gay federal law that, unlike DADT, failed to make it’s way into the books: the Federal Marriage Amendment. Palin told David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network that she supports passing a federal law that would constitutionally define marriage as a union between [...]
I heard this discussed on the radio last night. I know it’s not a story about gays, but it’s so important to everyone and gays could do a lot to save the horses by calling their Senators and Reps in Congress telling them to put an end to the rounding up and euthanasia. The BLM [...]
A mid-level New York State appeals court in Albany heard arguments Wednesday in a challenge to the state’s health benefit policy for spouses of gay state workers, the Associated Press reports. The challenge was brought by taxpayers represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative group. The four plaintiffs, a group of taxpayers the AP [...]
Remember the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., mayor who wanted to spend $230,000 on a “robo-toilet” to cut down on the number of men who have sex with men in public restrooms? His name is Jim Naugle. He’s been mayor since 1991. New term limits in Fort Lauderdale mean that come spring 2009, after 18 years in [...]
Ellen DeGeneres has stepped up her participation in the No on Prop. 8 campaign by recording a TV ad asking voters to oppose the proposed anti-gay marriage California constitutional amendment. Patrick Guerriero, campaign director for No on 8, made that announcement during a phone conference with LGBT press on Tuesday. “She’s filmed an ad that [...]
Openly gay former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell will host a live, hour-long special on NBC on Nov. 26 called Rosie’s Variety Show, it was announced in The Hollywood Reporter today. The show — a 2009 version of classic variety shows like The Carol Burnett Show or The Ed Sullivan Show — will feature celebrity [...]
The American Family Association is calling off a boycott of McDonald’s after the fast-food giant agreed to end its support for the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. In addition, a company employee appointed to the chamber’s board of directors has resigned. McDonald’s incurred the wrath of the AFA after it made a $20,000 [...]
Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor Sarah Palin said that she will not officially issue a proclamation recognizing National Coming Out Day. She declined a request by Alaskans Together for Equality to acknowledge the day, which will be on Saturday. The organization says it approached her after the vice presidential debate on October 2, [...]
Nine in 10 LGBT teens have been verbally harassed in the past school year, and almost half have been physically harassed. Homophobic remarks such as “that’s so gay” are the most commonly heard type of biased remarks at school “The 2007 National School Climate Survey reveals that, on a whole, the situation is still dire [...]
A new poll shows support for California’s Proposition 8 has grown in an 11-day period, reports CBS 5, the San Francisco Bay Area affiliate that commissioned the survey. Proposition 8 would rescind marriage equality for same-sex couples if passed. The California supreme court legalized same-sex marriage on May 15. Results found that among 670 likely [...]