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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 ...
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. ...
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...
Ga. Legislature to Vote on Bullying Bill
Georgia Equality has issued an alert urging the LGBT community to call your state senator and urge him or her to vote “yes” on an anti-bullying bill, scheduled for a vote today. SB 461 would amend current law to strengthen schools’...
You Too Can Join the Sit-in Against Hate Crime on YouTube
YouTube users are posting videos in honor of 15-year-old hate crime victim Larry King in hopes of raising awareness of homophobia. The continuous stream of videos includes video blogs, a message from Lizzy the Lezzy and Gary the Gay, a clip of Elle...
Phelps Family Won’t Let Heath Ledger Rest in Peace
Fred Phelps and his family cult are at it again. His Westboro Baptist Church announced their intention to protest at actor Heath Ledger’s U.S. memorial services. The actor, who was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, is expected...
Ga. Legislature May Detour Hate Crimes Legislation
In an article published yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that efforts to restore hate crimes protection in Georgia may be out of reach in the upcoming 2008 session. Georgia’s original hate crimes law, passed in 2000 under D...
Senate Passes Hate Crimes Prevention Act
As expected, the U.S. Senate voted yesterday on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and as expected, the majority of the Republican Party chose to side with hypocrisy and divisive politics. The Republican minority hoped to filibuster the...
