I am not the resident LGM expert on these issues. But I have to think that marriage equality in Utah of all places is basically the tipping point for it spreading across the whole nation very quickly. Maybe I am too optimistic.
Tag: gay and lesbian rights
All I hear from the brogressive crowd is that Rand Paul is a great defender of civil liberties unlike those evil Democrats. Let’s remember Julian Assange after all: “The libertarian aspect of
Glad to be friends with Evan Hurst, who is leading this great campaign.
I’m not particularly comfortable with the idea of boycotting the Winter Olympics in Russia because of the nation’s anti-gay laws. Mostly, I don’t think it’s fair to athletes to be used as pawns in a political game and I do think that athletes can become Tommie Smith and John Carlos, protesting in very powerful ways. […]
Schools are listed here with no comment provided. The list of most LGBT unfriendly schools is largely a repeat of last year with 16 returning schools and four replacements (in bold): Grove City Colleg
If you haven’t read E.J. Graff’s personal history of moving from a radical queer activist to “mainstream and married,” you owe it to yourself to do so.
The Family Research Council has called for a day of action on June 30 against same-sex marriage. They designed a really great logo for it. These people are so ready to come out of the closet, they can’t help themselves. ….Once again, it’s worth noting that it is in fact impossible to parody conservatives. Impossible.
The historian of gay America, George Chauncey, with an excellent essay on the history behind the move toward gay marriage. In part: The lesbian and gay liberation movements of the early 1970s did not
Finally, the active Big 4 sports professional athlete barrier is broken, as Wizards center Jason Collins comes out as gay. Let’s hope it’s the first of many. It’d be nice if by, say,
The Rhode Island Senate has passed a marriage equality bill by a 26-12 vote. Governor Lincoln Chaffee has already come out in support of it. After a long battle played out within the bizarre entity known as the Democratic Party (all 12 no votes were from Democrats), the pressure became too much for Senate Majority […]
If you haven’t read Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita’s Times editorial in support of gay marriage, do so. It’s another of the growing examples of professional athletes pushin
On March 4, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the plaintiff in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, deciding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applied to same-sex sexual harassment