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Commentary
Our organizations must avoid debates on non-LGBT issues
LGBT groups are gaining political influence. And they exert hard-won political muscle to fight for full equality and support LGBT and LGBT-friendly elected officials. But given so much work left to accomplish on equal rights and limited resources, gay groups should not be so quick to enter debates on non-LGBT issues. … The dreamer in me certainly hopes one day the LGBT voice will resonate across any issue. But for today, the realist in me believes we should stick to debates in which we have a unique voice.
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News (USA)
Anti-bullying legislation fails to pass Illinois state Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislation that would require Illinois schools to create anti-bullying programs and fully explain how they would investigate bullying instances failed to pass in the state Senate Tuesday amid fear it could be used to promote acceptance of homosexuality.
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Life
Lambert makes music history, first out performer to debut #1 album on Billboard
Adam Lambert fans can rejoice, because Trespassing is officially the #1 album in the country. His PR reps were the first to break the happy news this morning.
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Life
Marvel Comics’ first openly gay super hero, Northstar, is getting hitched
Marvel Comics has announced that its first openly gay hero — Northstar — is getting hitched. Northstar will marry his boyfriend in mainstream superhero comics’ first same-sex wedding in an upcoming issue of “Astonishing X-Men.”
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News (USA)
Nebraska governor calls for popular vote on LGBT protections ordinances
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska’s Republican Governor Dave Heineman said Tuesday that voters should have a voice on the recently enacted city ordinances that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people.
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News (USA)
Court: Gay student may wear ‘Jesus is not a homophobe’ t-shirt to school
CINCINNATI, Ohio — An openly gay Ohio teen who sued his high school after being threatened with suspension for wearing a t-shirt containing the message “Jesus is not a Homophobe,” will be allowed to wear the shirt to school whenever he chooses.
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Commentary
Democracy in action — how Colorado killed civil unions, twice
Despite the bipartisanship that characterized the movement of civil unions through the Colorado state Senate, despite such broad, overwhelming support from Coloradans, the issue has torn apart the state’s legislative process, garnering national attention not for our courageous advancement of equality but for the mockery that has been made of the democratic process.
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News (USA)
Mississippi lawmaker says he never endorsed that gays be ‘put to death’
A Mississippi lawmaker, who earlier this month invoked an Old Testament Bible passage on his Facebook page that calls for gays to be “put to death,” says he never endorsed the killing of gays, and that he and his family have received death threats after his comments were misinterpreted.
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Life
Alveda King denounces NAACP resolution for ‘endorsing’ gay agenda
Several prominent African American leaders have denounced the recent resolution by the NAACP supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples, and have called it “an endorsement of homosexual agenda,” and an issue no different than abortion.
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Commentary
Tyler Clementi gets no justice
Tyler Clementi was bullied to death and the Judge heard guilty 288 times, yet sentenced his convicted antagonist to 30 days, 300 hours of community service and a $10,000 donation. While I do not doubt that Ravi was put through a measure of hell, knowing that he could be sentenced to a maximum of ten years and be the subject of deportation, I ask why this Judge even bothered to sentence him, at all.
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News (USA)
Californians, gay rights advocates worldwide remember Harvey Milk
Today is “Harvey Milk Day,” a day of honor for the slain gay-rights activist, which is officially recognized by the State of California and celebrated worldwide.
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News (USA)
Leaked GOP memo reveals supports for same-sex marriage
A leaked memo urges an about-face for anti-equality Republicans. A civil unions bill dies in Colorado, for now. But access to marriage expands in Rhode Island, and more new surveys confirm the ever-growing public support for equality.
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Life
Gay rights pioneer, groundbreaking author Rev. Robert Wood, turns 89
In 1960, the young Reverend Robert Wood (1923-present) published a first-of-its-kind book, entitled “Christ and the Homosexual,” in hopes of inspiring a movement of dialogue, new writing, and deeper understanding regarding the gay community, particularly by the Church.
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Life
N.C. pastor wants LGBT people put in ‘electrified’ pen to ‘die out’
MAIDEN, N.C. — Another alleged “man of God” from a small Baptist church in this North Carolina community has been caught on tape calling for the starvation and ultimate deaths of “queers and homosexuals.”
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News (USA)
Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30 days in jail, probation in Rutgers’ suicide case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A New Jersey Superior Court judge has sentenced former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi to 30 days in prison and three years probation for spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide.
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News (USA)
In landmark announcement, NAACP endorses marriage equality
MIAMI, Fla. — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) late Friday passed a resolution endorsing marriage equality for same-sex couples.
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Commentary
Religion stops the world with gay abandon
There has also been tolerance shown towards those remaining beliefs, customs and primitive explanations for existence, as long as they seemed harmless. However, recently those beliefs and customs have become rituals of terror in the lives of many people, in nearly all nations; from bombings to bullying. Many religious are claiming that their beliefs are under threat, evoking much sentimental support amongst their misguided followers. So outrageous, so egregious have their attempts been to subjugate peoples to their beliefs, that they have received righteous ridicule for their antiquated tenets…
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News (USA)
Mississippi lawmaker cites Bible passage that calls for gays to be put to death
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi state lawmaker, commenting on the announcement by President Barack Obama affirming support for same-sex marriage, invoked an old testament bible passage on his Facebook page, calling for gay men to be “put to death.”
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Commentary
Conservatives throwing tantrums at black community over Obama support
I must say that I am getting a kick out of reading and watching those on the right, particularly the religious right, predict how African-Americans will desert President Obama come election day due to his support of marriage equality. It’s hilarious to me to read the right-wing publications and blogs give room to a supposed angry black pastor who whines about how Obama has betrayed the black community, of course omitting the fact that said pastor never really supported Obama in the first place…
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Life
Television: NBC, Ryan Murphy (‘Glee’) unveil ‘The New Normal’
One of the most anticipated shows for the fall 2012 season will be The New Normal, from Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler. The show features Andrew Rannells (The Book of Mormon) and Justin Bartha (National Treasure) as a gay couple trying to have a child via surrogate.