Video Montage of the Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally in Fresno, CA
The Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally in Fresno, CA took place on Saturday, May 30, the first Saturday after the California Supreme Court upheld discrimination in the state by upholding Prop 8, eliminating the fundamental civil right to marry for thousands of same sex couples in the state. Here is a video montage of the rally. 26 different speakers appear in the video below, including (but not limited to): Michelle Clunie, actress from Queer As Folk and Without a Trace Rabbi Denise READ MORE »
HIV Still Seen as the ‘Gay Man Disease’
I thought that the whole ‘only gay men have HIV’ hysteria had passed in the late 1980’s; that someone had educated the obviously sex-education-sheltered population at some point letting them know that sexually transmitted diseases and infections affect well, sexually active people… Male, female, of all sexual orientations. However, I recently learned that in the United States, Canada, UK, Germany, and Hong Kong, discrimination is still going strong–Even to the READ MORE »
Prop 8 Decision Day: California Upholds Discrimination
The California Supreme Court upheld the discriminatory Proposition 8 and has yet again told its same sex citizens that they are not worthy of equal protection under the law. While the 18,000 same sex marriages that were performed in the short amount of time that the state recognized gay marriage in 2008 will be upheld, the option of marriage for thousands of other same sex couples in the state will not be able to become a reality–At least not until Prop 8 is overturned. While Prop 8 READ MORE »
Prop 8 Decision Day
The California Supreme Court has recently announced that it will release its decision on the fate of Proposition 8–Whether it will uphold the Constitution and recognize equal protection under the law, or uphold discrimination by taking away fundamental civil rights from a minority–at 1pm on Tuesday, May 26. At 1pm on Saturday, May 30, thousands of supporters of marriage equality for everyone, rather than just the majority of the Californian population–Both LGBT people and READ MORE »
Happy Birthday Harvey Milk!
Today would have been Harvey Milk’s 79th birthday. It also would have been an official day of significance in the state of California, had Governor Schwarzenegger not vetoed legislation to declare every May 22 as officially Harvey Milk Day. Last year, the Governor stated that Harvey Milk was merely a local hero; not a man worthy of remembrance with an official day of significance. But we can officially say that this is not true–And an Academy Award proves it. Harvey Milk READ MORE »
Third Grader Organizes Gay Marriage Rally
This has me smiling. A lot. As part of an independent class project, Ethan McNamee organized a same sex marriage rally in Colorado. His incredibly powerful speech is below. Now folks, this is what happens when you raise your children to think for themselves and to be a good human. I would also like to mention that Ethan doesn’t sound confused by same sex marriage in the least. Just sayin’… h/t TakePart READ MORE »
Ellen DeGeneres: Be True to Yourself & Everything Will Be Fine
Ellen DeGeneres gave an incredibly passionate and inspirational commencement speech at Tulane University last week that included some of her own life experience (wanting to be famous, becoming famous, coming out, losing fame, and becoming famous again) and a great deal of humor as only Ellen could pull off effectively. But with all joking aside, Ellen gave an incredibly moving speech with a sentiment that every person needs to be reminded of every once in a while–Be true to yourself READ MORE »
Newest from National Organization for Marriage: Hide the Children Edition
This is a new ad from National Organization for Marriage and uber extremist group CornerStone Policy Research that is currently running in New Hampshire. But this time, instead of raining gays, NOM is now exploiting children to try to get the word out about how “marriage needs to be protected” because it’s just oh so confusing…for first graders and those who still carry around their first grade mentality. As Womanist Musings so eloquently points out, “They are READ MORE »
When Will We Say Goodbye to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?
President Obama has voiced his disapproval of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the federal law that does not allow lesbian and gay people to serve openly in the military, many times and he has also voiced his position on ending the law. However, qualified and valued people continue to be discharged from the military and the Obama Administration continues to talk about ending the policy without any follow through as of yet. Among the 12,500 people who have been dismissed from the military READ MORE »
Maine Becomes 5th State to Legalize Same Sex Marriage
The Maine Senate passed to legalize same sex marriage with a vote of 21-13 and Maine’s governor signed that passed bill today, making Maine the fifth state to recognize, celebrate, and show a little equality to their same sex couple citizens! This is a great step for the Democratic governor, John Baldacci, who had previously stated that he opposes gay marriage but supports civil unions, which he says provides many benefits of marriage. Republican Senator Debra Plowman argued that the READ MORE »
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