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Remember the Milk and Recruit More Gays
It’s Oscar time, and I’ve started my annual Run of the Movies, trying to fit it viewings of as many Academy Award-nominated films as I can before the big show. Last night, I went to see Milk, and got a healthy dose of vitamin D (for ...
Florida Judge Rules Gay Adoption Ban in Unconstitutional
In the right-wing war on LGBT America, we continue to win a few and lose a few. Today, we won one. The Miami Herald reports that Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman has ruled that Florida’s 30-year ban on adoption by gays and lesbians i...
Burundi Moves to Criminalize Homosexuality
File this under: “as bad as things are for the LGBT community in America, it could be worse.” This just in from the InternationalGay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC): In an unexpected move, the National Assembly of Burundi...
Ministers Preach to Gays and Straights at Atlanta’s Join the Impact Protest Against Prop 8
Several ministers spoke in both religious and secular terms about the issues of gay rights and gay marriage at the Join the Impact! protest in Atlanta last Saturday. Take a look at Life on Q’s video of the speech by Dr. Margaret Aymer at Atlant...
Gay Marriage? White Knot?
Groups are springing up everywhere to add to the momentum of community activism in the aftermath of the passage of Proposition 8 in California. One interesting one is called White Knot. The idea is to create a new symbol for marriage equality. ...
Georgia Equality’s Jeff Graham Speaks at the Join the Impact Protest in Atlanta
Take a look at Jeff Graham’s speech at the Join the Impact protest on Saturday, November 15. Jeff is executive director of Georgia Equality, a statewide political advocacy group for Georgia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender commun...
MEGA Family Project Founder Speaks at Atlanta’s Join the Impact Protest
Here’s a look at Kathy Kelly’s speech at the Join the Impact! protest in Atlanta on Saturday, November 15. Kathy is founder and executive director of the MEGA Family Project. The non-profit organization began as Marriage Equality Georgi...
The New York Times Buries Gay Prop 8 Protest Story
I am getting more than a little irritated by the mainstream media’s coverage of the anti-gay marriage amendments in California and elsewhere. Leafing through my Sunday New York Times this morning, I got hotter than my coffee to search for an a...
LGBT Atlantans Crowd to State Capitol for Join the Impact Protest
A very large crowd descended on Georgia’s Gold Dome this afternoon, braving the cold and wind to protest the passing of California’s Proposition 8, yet another in a long and shameful line of anti-gay marriage amendments. Here are a few ...
Update: Georgia Joins the Impact to Protest Against Anti-Gay Prop8 Amendment
The protests in Georgia in conjunction with Join the Impact are gathering steam, with several other Georgia cities planning protests tomorrow (Saturday Nov. 15) at 1:30 p.m. Protests are being coordinated nationwide to send a visible message of the...
Gay Atlanta to Join Protest Against California’s Proposition 8
Groups are organizing around the country to demonstrate the LGBT community’s disappointment over the passage of the anti-gay marriage measure, Proposition 8, in California, as well as anti-gay marriage amendments that were also approved by narr...
Keith Olberman Takes Straights to Task Over Gay Marriage Vote
I have never understood why the African-American community joined forces with the religious right to campaign for intolerance and discrimination in our country. It seems to me the height of hypocrisy. Our country began with the creed that all men w...
Should Melissa Etheridge Pay California Taxes?
Somebody, give Melissa Etheridge some water. While you’re at it, pour me a glass. Etheridge is burning mad about the California gay marriage ban, and I am right there with her. She wrote a post on The Daily Beast blog where she suggests tha...
One Step Forward, Three Steps Back for Full Equality in the 2008 Election
I still have not taken off my Barack Obama t-shirt. I don’t think I have ever been so excited, relieved and encouraged by a Democratic candidate for president. I was a Clinton loyalist in the 90s, and had a difficult time choosing between H...
Thank You Howard Dean
A little over five years ago, my intense but private political interest became an active obsession. I was frustrated and worried by the George W. Bush “victory” in the 2000 election and by a war of little value and of even less justific...
A Georgia Voter’s Guide for Queers
The 2008 election is upon us, and it’s time for LGBT Georgians to vote. As in all elections, the media attention is primarily focused on the Presidential race and a few other major contests like the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumba...
Things to Do in Connecticut: Get Gay Married
Aahh, autumn in New England. There is so much beauty. Take Connecticut for example. Many of us outside of the Northeast think of it only as New York City’s suburb, but this charming little state has a lot to offer, and enjoys a special pl...
Palin Supports Gay Rights But Not Gay Rights
I have not been able to blog for a while now. The complete disintegration of my country has had me speechless. Between the stock market crash, McCain “suspending” his campaign to hang out in New York for a while and the House of Represe...
Republicans Continue Their Law of Opposites Approach with VP Choice
In the initial media coverage of today’s announcement of John McCain’s choice for the Republican VP nomination, the word of the day has been “maverick.” I see it more as “cavalier.” In choosing Alaska Governor Sa...
Democratic National Convention Was Mission Accomplished
With all the media hype about a throw-down between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, you would have thought the Democratic National Convention was going to devolve into an episode of American Gladiators. Yet despite the flames not only fanned, but ...
Ellen Gets Her Gay Wedding
After all these years, hope is lost. It’s time to give up the fantasy of being Ellen Degeneres’ girlfriend. Sorry, fellow Ellen admirers. Ellen and Portia de Rossi got married — legally married — at their California home...
It’s Not the Heat. It’s the Homophobia.
July is apparently Hate Month across America. Is it just me, or is the summer heat really bringing out America’s inner bigot? Maybe it’s not the heat. It’s the homophobia. I submit to you evidence of the rising fever of intoleran...
Georgia Democratic Candidates for U.S. Senate Are Gay-Friendly in Varying Degrees
Over the last few days, I’ve attempted to research the five Democratic candidates seeking the party’s nomination for the right to challenge Sen. Saxby Chambliss in the fall. It has been a frustrating exercise, with limited media attentio...
Californians Plan Their June Wedding Parties
It is near 5 p.m. here in Atlanta, meanwhile LGBT Californians have three more hours to wait before they can have the state’s permission to marry. According to a story by Reuters, some of the more gay-friendly cities (Los Angeles, San Francisc...
MEGA Answers the Question: “Maybe Baby?”
If the sound of your ticking biological clock is driving you crazy, you may want to spend some time with the MEGA Family Project this Saturday, June 14 from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at UUCA. The LGBT family-focused organization is holding a worksho...
And America’s Next Top Candidate Is…
After several hours of CNN, I’m left with the feeling that American Idol, America’s Next Top Model and their clones have given some politicians and pundits an overly healthy appetite for the dramatic pause. And the winner of the Democrat...
Where Not to Go on Your Gay Vacation
The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) has released a new poster that maps LGBTI rights around the world. Think of it as an important reference for your gay travel planning. The map is color-coded to indicate where you may be subject...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Give First U.S. Speech to the LGBT Community
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) announced today that Archbishop Desmond Tutu will give an historic 30-minute address to the LGBTI community in San Francisco on April 8, 2008. It’s the first time that he has ...
Georgia Lesbian Mom Wins Appeal, Will Not Be Jailed
The Amercian Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced yesterday that the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of one lesbian mom, who had volunteered to adopt and care for a seven-year-old girl, at the request of (and with the permission of) the...
UPS Delivers Inclusion to the LGBT Community
What can brown do for queers? Atlanta’s own UPS announced today that it has added lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-owned businesses to its supplier diversity process. As an added bonus, LGBT-owned businesses can also take advanta...
