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Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis announces engagement
Former gender studies professor on FBI ‘Most Wanted’ list captured in Mexico
Brazil lawmakers OK bill to allow treatment of homosexuality as a disorder
Del. state House approves transgender protections bill
Eldest of ‘19 Kids and Counting’ joins anti-gay hate group FRC
Man pleads not guilty in New York City hate crime shooting
NY college debates whether to display rainbow flag alongside national banners
Transgender city council candidate could become a first in NYC
HUD: Same-sex couples often face discrimination in housing rentals
Attorney: Judge in Fla. teen sex trial should step down
Grand Forks: First in N.D. to add protections for LGBT city workers
Russia to ban adoption by same-sex couples
NYC health officials warn of meningitis risks ahead of gay pride weekend
Baltimore mayor officiates group wedding ceremony at pride festival
Equality Illinois plans $500K ‘Fight Back for Marriage’ campaign
Openly gay Polish parliamentarian attacked following Warsaw pride event
Transgender man finally gets name change; Va. judge refers to him as ‘she,’ ‘miss’
Mugabe vows to strengthen penalties against gays: ‘They should rot in jail’
E.W. Jackson: Using my past anti-gay statements against me is ‘persecution’
HUD: Same-sex couples often face discrimination in housing rentals
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
AFER chronicles three years working to overturn Proposition 8
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid signs on as 50th co-sponsor of ENDA
Nominations could bolster limited ranks of openly gay ambassadors
No decisions today from U.S. Supreme Court on Prop 8, DOMA cases
Monday, June 17, 2013
Seeing red over recent anti-gay attacks, Columbus wears pink
Social Security Administration updates policy on changing gender marker
At LGBT Pride reception, Obama urges ban on workplace bias against gays
Pew study finds media coverage favors same-sex marriage
Monday, June 17, 2013
Rubio: ‘I’m done’ with immigration bill if gay couples are included
Caterpillar drops support for Boy Scouts over continued ban on gay leaders
Survey: Despite greater acceptance, LGBT Americans less happy than other U.S. adults
Ten same-sex couples wed in group ceremony at Maine pride event
Boston police adopts guidelines on how officers should treat transgender people
Transgender student’s discrimination suit goes before Maine’s high court
Boston police warn of robbers targeting gay men in bars, online hookup sites
Del. state House approves transgender protections bill
Man pleads not guilty in New York City hate crime shooting
NY college debates whether to display rainbow flag alongside national banners
Transgender city council candidate could become a first in NYC
Attorney: Judge in Fla. teen sex trial should step down
Transgender man finally gets name change; Va. judge refers to him as ‘she,’ ‘miss’
Lesbian may be forced to testify against spouse in Ky. murder case
Little substance on LGBT rights from Va. Democratic candidates
Grand Forks: First in N.D. to add protections for LGBT city workers
Equality Illinois plans $500K ‘Fight Back for Marriage’ campaign
No transgender students have taken advantage of new Neb. athletics policy
Wis. Supreme Court to hear challenge to state’s domestic partner registry
Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
Advocates launch campaign to repeal Ariz. ban on same-sex marriage
N.M. governor: AG was correct in not issuing opinion on same-sex marriage
New Mexico couple files lawsuit seeking same-sex marriage
Idaho GOP leaders urge lawmakers to erase local LGBT protections
Boy Scout leaders chided for marching in Utah pride parade
Idaho Falls seventh city in Idaho to consider anti-discrimination ordianance
Calif. Senate committee advances transgender student rights bill
Former gender studies professor on FBI ‘Most Wanted’ list captured in Mexico
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Obama: No substitute for love, support parents provide – ‘gay or straight’
Southern Baptists officially oppose Boy Scouts’ policy to accept gay youth
Robertson: Gays will ‘destroy’ Boy Scouts to ‘accommodate kids who want sex with each other’
Eldest of ‘19 Kids and Counting’ joins anti-gay hate group FRC
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Queerty prematurely announces ‘disappointing’ U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DOMA
VIDEO: Secretary of State John Kerry marks LGBT pride month
Anti-gay activists gather outside HRC headquarters to denounce Pride Month
E.W. Jackson: Using my past anti-gay statements against me is ‘persecution’
Monday, June 17, 2013
Longtime LGBT advocate, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89
Pacers’ Roy Hibbert apologizes for gay slur, cursing – fined $75,000 by NBA
Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber compares gay adoption to having pets
Bermuda approves bill prohibiting discrimination against gays
Transgender rights bill appoved by Canadian Senate committee
Edmonton base first Canadian military installation to raise LGBT pride flag
Puerto Rico governor signs two gay rights bills into lawSouth America
Brazil lawmakers OK bill to allow treatment of homosexuality as a disorder
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Ruling: Brazilian states must register same-sex civil unions as marriages
Brazil to allow in-vitro fertilization for same-sex couples
Uruguay’s president signs marriage equality bill into law
Russia to ban adoption by same-sex couples
Openly gay Polish parliamentarian attacked following Warsaw pride event
Thousands march for gay rights, marriage equality in Croatia
Pope Francis wades diplomatically into gay marriage debateAfrica
Mugabe vows to strengthen penalties against gays: ‘They should rot in jail’
Monday, June 17, 2013
Nigeria bans gay marriage, gay rights groups; imposes 14 year prison terms
Two Moroccans tried for homosexuality sentenced to 4 months in prison
Gay couple marry in South African town’s first same-sex union (Video)
Israeli police say 2009 killings at gay youth center were not a hate crime
Israeli police arrest three suspects in 2009 shooting at gay youth center
Chinese police detain gay pride march organizer
Filmmaker plans campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in South KoreaOceania
World’s largest study of children of LGBT parents finds kids are thriving
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
New Zealand ‘poster boy for gay rights’ cleared for appearance on ‘Ellen’ show
New Zealand becomes 13th country to legalize same-sex marriage
NZ Parliament plans third and final vote tonight to legalize same-sex marriage
Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis announces engagement
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
My first day as a dad
‘M’ or ‘F’? Outdated IDs worry transgender people
‘America’s Got Talent’ contestant disowned by family because he is gay
Transgender city council candidate could become a first in NYC
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
‘The Out List’ – LGBT Americans share their personal, professional stories
Lesbian earns Major General rank, becomes highest ranking out officer
‘The Fosters’ brings TV a rare depiction of lesbian couple as heads of household
About 23 percent of LGBT men getting Father’s Day greetings today
Sunday, June 16, 2013
‘Kinky Boots’ wins Best Musical, struts off with the most Tony Awards
‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Matilda the Musical’ front runners in tonight’s Tony Awards
Looking back 50 years: Huge strides for the gay rights movement
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Views & Voices
BARBARA WEICKSEL
Marco Rubio: No ‘special’ rights for gay Americans — but I’m not ‘a bigot’
I wish I understood why allowing married, bi-national same-sex couples to apply for a visa through the marriage-based green card application process is such an abomination to Marco Rubio. ... Perhaps all we have to do is take a look at his voting record in the Senate and the statements he’s made to understand the soul of Sen. Marco Rubio.
ALEJANDRA ESTRADA
Why I Believe in Pride
This month is all about Pride: being proud of who you are, and unafraid to stand up for what you believe in. As a gay, undocumented immigrant, that has not always been easy for me. From a young age, my parents taught me that there was one aspect of our lives we weren’t supposed to discuss: our immigration status. I came to the United States from Mexico when I was three months old. This is the only home I know...
NOAH BECK
Middle East Gay Pride and LGBT safety exist only in Israel
Sexual minorities are as unwelcome in the Middle East as are religious minorities. Just as the Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East are generally hostile to Christians, Jews, Bahá’ís, Zoroastrians, and other religious minorities, they are even less welcoming of non-heterosexuals. Except in Israel. And yet it is Israel — absurdly enough — that is consistently singled out for excoriation by human rights groups, college campus activists, and other ostensibly well-meaning individuals.
The heckling lesbian — lending credence that we’re crazy gay activists pushing our gay agenda
Rude behavior just gives more fuel to the conservative, homophobic Americans who believe we are simply crazy gay activists pushing our gay agenda into the face of every American. It gives credence to their idea that we are simply a bunch of perverted morons, who want attention and rights, and will do whatever, whenever to garner attention which they don’t believe we deserve. Michelle Obama is not an elected official. She is the wife of the President of the United States...
ROB WATSON
Is homosexuality a ‘handicap?’
Red colored my vision the other day as I was packing a box of old papers in preparation for their move. The files I had to go through seemed endless. As I neared the bottom of one stack, I came across a beaten brown manila folder that stopped me dead. It was labeled “Rob’s homosexuality.” This was certainly a subject for discussion that my parents and I have had for over thirty years now. I was not aware, however, that it had warranted its own special file...
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Views & Voices
The Boy Scouts of America and the irreverent churches
And so it begins -- the abandonment of the Boy Scouts of America by churches of the Southern Baptist persuasion, for the lifting of the longtime national ban on admitting openly gay Scouts. At the end of the day, who really suffers here? The Southern Baptist Convention? The Assemblies of God? The Southeast Christian Church? No, of course not. These churches will continue to preach their version of the Bible and continue to discriminate and alienate. And they will do it all in the name of their so-called “loving” God.
‘Thank you for standing up for me’
Last week, the Boy Scouts of America took its first step in ending decades of wrongs against its own youth members, myself once included. When I was fourteen years old, I was faced with an impossible, scary and irrational choice: “If you choose to live that lifestyle, you’re choosing not to be a Boy Scout.” My dismissal from Boy Scouts was the very first time I was forced to stare down outright discrimination. It came at an all-too-young age...
A gay dad sounds off about fundamentalists who target kids
As a parent, my job one is the protection and care of my children. It is my job to be vigilant over their self-worth, to keep them physically safe, to show them how to be moral and productive citizens, and to empower their spiritual growth. It is a duty that I take very seriously. It is distressing when total strangers launch an attack against all those things specifically targeting my kids. That is exactly what author Amber Lee Parker and illustrator Hannah Segura have done with the release of their children’s book “God Made Dad & Mom.”
BRODY LEVESQUE
For a lost soldier…
They had grown up in eastern Ohio, in a small rural farming community. They played football, went fishing, did farm work, and discovered that after a few failed attempts at pursuing the fairer sex, that their real romantic interests laid in each other. By the time they had graduated from high school, the Vietnam conflict had escalated and rather than wait to get drafted, they decided to join the U.S. Marines together. They went to boot camp and not long after graduation found themselves on troop planes headed for Vietnam...
Memories and Memorials — for the countless many, lost far too young
For me, Memorial Day is about honoring not only those who died fighting for our freedom, but also those closer, lost to far different battles, particularly AIDS. ... And so, this Memorial Day, I’ll pause and honor the many of my own troops who have fallen in battle. They may not have had the uniform or the recognition of our armed forces, but the wars they fought were just as valiant, and I, for one, am richer for their many, varied gifts and sacrifices.
