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Hailey and high water: Leisha on board Olivia cruises 2008-04-28 16:49:11 And now for some "we're bored with the culture war so let's talk about something frivolous like an 'L Word' star's new endorsement" news: The popular Olivia
travel and entertainment company has announced that Alice Pieszecki herself, Leisha Hailey, has... Read more:water
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Video: Audio, views both out of sync 2008-04-28 14:58:46 So this guy, Chattanooga street preacher David Taylor, presents his one-sided anti-gay views
in a way that he thinks sets him apart from run of the mill "homophobes." We, however, would argue that his approach is more damaging and even... Read more:Audio
Conservatives to Fargo: 'Treat 'em less than, Wells!' 2008-04-28 12:38:28 Pro Vita Advisors, a non-profit organization that helps write and present shareholder resolutions designed to make companies less supportive of things like gay rights and a woman's right to choose, will tomorrow introduce a shareholder resolution asking banking institution Wells
... Read more:Conservatives
, Fargo
Video: What's Yiddish for 'ex-gay'? 2008-04-28 12:02:31 Trust your mother, bubbe. She always knows you best: Damn, maybe this gay male writer is straight too. I did, after all, just totally fall in love with one Bunny Levine! Coming In [YouTube]
Tomorrow: Make Albany less banny, all 2008-04-28 11:31:47 We've talked before about our undying affection for the Empire State Pride Agenda. The New York state advocacy group is truly one of the hardest working, most focused LGBT organizations in the nation, and we've been inspired by their infectious...
Geez, even their countdown's untruthful 2008-04-28 10:13:05 Today is the anti-gay "Day of Truth." It's not tomorrow -- it's today. So that being the case, if those behind the unrighteous, "ex-gay"-encouraging public school endeavor were to host a countdown to the day on their website, that countdown...
Grab your remote, olives: Stoli show back for another shot 2008-04-28 09:41:26 "Grey Goose presents GAY DUDES DOING GAY THINGS"? No way. "Absolut presents THE LESBIAN VARIETY HOUR"? Doesn't exist. "Popov presents QUEER LIFE (and a nasty hangover)"? You're not gonna find that show on any channel. No, no -- none of...
Gays are 'gross' and 'satanic': Is that a Maine priority? 2008-04-28 08:30:31 The Christian Civic League of Maine
and its notoriously queer-hostile leader, Mike Heath, have announced that they'll petition to put referendums on the state's 2009 ballot designed to (a) outlaw civil unions and same-sex marriages in the state and (b)... Read more:priority
As if being a gay teen weren't tough enough 2008-04-29 18:32:52 The ACLU is coming down on Memphis, Tennessee's Hollis F. Price Middle College High and its principal, Daphne Beasley, for (allegedly) violating the privacy of two male students by publicly identifying them as gay. The story, which sounds more like...
Audio: Hartline on the stump 2008-04-29 13:58:42 Some of you might be familiar with "ex-gay" James Hartline, who routinely annoys the San Diego/ Hillcrest area of California with his "gays can and should change" brand of political activism. But what you may or may not know is... Read more:Audio
You're outraged? Well we're out and we're raging! 2008-04-29 12:02:17 Watch this "outrage" from conservative radio host Sean Casey and then we'll get back to you: Oh, so you're "outraged"? Yea, well, we're outraged too. We're incredibly outraged that rather than look into the facts of the matter, you instead...
Dudes head to Oyster Bay, fish for fairness 2008-04-29 09:39:37 It's a familiar story in the queer activism world: A gay couple who's sick and tired of being denied marriage equality protests the shortsightedness by going down to their local government office to try and obtain a license to wed,... Read more:fairness
Ironically, it was 'Truth' that was greeted with silence 2008-04-29 08:17:15 The so-called "Day of Truth
" went by yesterday with less than a whimper. While last Friday's pro-acceptance, anti-bullying Day of Silence attracted considerable attention, there was barely a mention of Monday's anti-gay endeavor on either mainstream or "pro-family" news sites,... Read more:silence
But unfortunately, Mike, bigotry's not just for bigots 2008-04-28 19:16:18 Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Brubaker might be sponsoring legislation that alter his state's most precious governing document so that it explicitly bans its gay tax-paying citizens from the freedom to marry. But don't you DARE call him a "bigot." This...
Way to defend love of Anna/Nicole, Smith 2008-04-30 13:24:33 Last month, we analyzed a brief portion of a speech that anti-gay speaker Ryan Sorba regularly gives at colleges across the country, pointing out some of the liberties and misrepresentations that we were able to find in even the most... Read more:Smith
Pete's discourse takes southward descent 2008-04-30 12:52:49 The inescapable words of anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera have now extended beyond the bounds of just our fair nation. The Americans For Truth head has given an interview with the Brazilian publication Enfoque Gospel, in which Pete, who is credited...
Waiting in the wings: Logo GLAADly goes behind the scenes 2008-04-30 11:34:03 Were you too cheap or too poorly connected to find yourself at one of this year's GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies? Well fret not, ill-networked pauper. For the Logo net has announced that on May 3, they will air the special,... Read more:Waiting
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Video quiz: Who's the 'heretic'? 2008-04-30 10:54:43 Watch this short clip and then take our little quiz: Alright, so this man is obviously having a very strong negative reaction to a religious leader's "heretical" teachings. That means the person to whom he is speaking must be doing...
We're not cunning linguists: What's Greek for 'frivolous lawsuit'? 2008-04-30 09:18:15 Hey, lesbians: Did you know that every time you use "the l word" to describe your sexual orientation, you are offending the delicate sensibilities of an entire island populace? At least that's what some residents of the Greek
Island of...
Presbyterians & lesbyterians: Union recognition rules now muddier than ever 2008-04-30 08:09:39 Last August, we briefly told you about Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, an out lesbian, being rebuked by the United States Presbyterian Church for presiding over same-sex unions. Well we're happy to announced that yesterday, a church court decided that Spahr... Read more:Union
You're so lesbian, you probably think this coy quip is about girl-sex 2008-05-01 16:10:05 We knew there have been clouds in her coffee. But have there been girls in the fabulous Carly Simon's bed? Check out this snippet from an interview with the Bay Area Reporter and decide for yourself: After speaking with you... Read more:think
Can't we remember the good times (that didn't foster bias)? 2008-05-01 15:59:21 Pastor Ken Hutcherson, who you might remember staged an attention-causing boycott and protest against the Day of Silence, has written the following email message to his congregants: Praise for a one life story! I received a call from a man...
'WTF?!' measure killed by W.F. 2008-05-01 15:11:52 On Monday we told you how the "pro-family, pro-life" Pro Vita Advisors firm was cooking up an anti-gay shareholder resolution that would've made the Wells Fargo banking outfit considerably hostile towards their LGBT employees. Well, we're happy to now tell...
God the Bounty Hunter 2008-05-01 13:10:41 Speaking about our opposition's apparently successful drive to get a gay marriage amendment on the state's November ballot, a San Diego pastor by the name of Chris Clark tells Baptist Press: "Without a doubt this is a God-sized victory," Clark... Read more:Bounty
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Methodists stave off the inevitable for another year 2008-05-01 11:22:51 The United Methodist Church's General Conference have once again chosen to see the world in the sort of short-sighted way that deems certain humans to be lesser than creatures. That's because by a vote of 574-298, they have voted to...
Queen for a gay: Racine student fights gender restriction 2008-05-01 09:55:28 A male student in Racine, Wisconsin, was nominated by his fellow students to a short list of seniors who could possibly end up on this year's prom court. However, school administrators are fighting the teen democratic process, going so far... Read more:Queen
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Offense vs. defense: You decide who's the inappropriate Iowan 2008-05-01 08:51:50 In reaction to the anti-bullying, pro-acceptance Day of Silence that was recognized last Friday by some of the nation's public school students, a "pro-family" personality in Iowa, Chuck Hurley, released the following letter, in which he encourages folks to pray... Read more:Offense
Why must Don Wildmon 'open mouth'? 2008-05-02 14:42:37 We haven't been the least bit surprised that the American Family Association is up in arms over the same-sex kiss that recently aired on "As The World Turns." But what we have found bizarrely shocking is the obsession they've shown... Read more:mouth
The principal issue: Did she 'out' or not? 2008-05-02 12:22:46 And now in "widely conflicting accounts of what went down during two gay dudes' school days" news: We have a followup to the situation in Memphis in which a high school principal is being accused of outing and harassing two... Read more:issue
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