It’s a big week for LGBT rights. Yesterday, Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) announced that she will introduce a bill to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. Today, GLAD announced it is filing suit in the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, challenging provisions […]
If you’re like me, you’ve read an awful lot about Prop 8, and while you still want to get the word out to those who need education about it, are probably getting a bit tired yourself of reading yet another article pro or con. Read this one, though. It’s by Amanda Young of Verde, a
The family of Larry King, a gay middle school student who was shot to death last year by a classmate, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit that accuses the school district, a shelter, and the Ventura County Rainbow Alliance, an LGBT-rights organization, of failing to protect him. The suit claims the Alliance “encouraged him to make
“My six-year old, the day after we lost Prop 8, asked me, with tears running down his face, if we were still a family.” —Contra Costa County Another Contra Costa parent explained, “My eight year old daughter heard many of those radio and TV ads, I can tell she is still reeling inside. We talk
Two men and two teenagers have been arrested in the December 13 gang rape of a California lesbian. Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime. According to several of the news sources reporting this, tips from local residents led to the arrests. Word from folks I know in the local area, too (h/t
Dominating LGBT news this week was Barack Obama’s choice of evangelical minister Rick Warren to give the invocation on Inauguration Day. Warren supported California’s Prop 8, but his homophobia (not to mention his anti-choice stance on abortion) mean his conservatism goes much deeper. Pam Spaulding notes wisely that the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery, who will
Two Democratic state legislators in California launched bills in support of overturning Prop. 8. If approved, they would place both houses on record as opposing Prop 8 and declaring it an illegal revision to the state constitution. One report says Indiana lawmakers are unlikely to give serious consideration next year to a constitutional amendment banning
This made my morning. (Yeah, they use that old Bible gag from The West Wing. But since Allison Janney is in this, too, I’ll forgive them.) Featuring (besides Janney) Margaret Cho, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Kathy Najimy, Rashida Jones, Sarah Chalke, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Shaiman. See more Jack
In our vlog last Thursday, Helen and I spoke about whether to take kids to the recent LGBT rallies and protests. I also wrote an article about kids and protests, which appeared today on 365gay.com. In it, I look not only at the question of whether to take kids (short answer: it depends on the
Officials with President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team named at least seven openly gay or lesbian people to transition panels. A coalition of 104 retired military generals and admirals has released a joint call to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and allow gay and lesbian members of the military to serve openly. At
