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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
LGBT Families Face MEGA Issues
I am on the mailing list for the MEGA Family Project, not because I currently have a partner and family in my life (I do not), but because I so admire the efforts of this important organization and want to keep up with their work. Born four years ag...
Drop the Soap. Please.
"Don't Drop the Soap," an adult board game from the son of Governor Kathleen Sebelius, will ship from the Kansas governor's mansion with the governor's blessing....
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...
Fall From Grace a Prophetic Title for Showtime Documentary
We’re not in Kansas anymore. If only Fred Phelps had a heart. I TiVO’d K. Ryan Jones’ documentary about Phelps, Fall from Grace, which premiered last night on Showtime, (which will air five more showings on its networks as well as...
On Being Queer and Iranian: A Real and Dangerous Existence
Arsham Parsi is proof positive that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not only wrong, but knows he is wrong. There are homosexuals in Iran, of course. And gay Iranians suffer from much more than a public denial of their existence. Beatings...
Jim Neal Out for NC Senate Seat
North Carolina businessman Jim Neal is taking on Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole for U.S. Senate, and as of this weekend, he’s taking on homophobia as well. In an online discussion Saturday on BlueNC.com, Neal responded to a comment that h...
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...
Homophobia: Common Ground for George Bush and the President of Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has finally found something he and President George Bush agree on. Both are anti-gay activists who believe homosexuals should be marginalized, outcast and punished. Their religious beliefs give them an excuse f...
Republicans Break Their Hypocritic Oath to “Moral Values”
When Roll Call opened the door to Sen. Larry Craig’s closet, the Capitol Hill newspaper outed more than one Senator’s internalized homophobia. The Republican Party was again exposed for its seemingly endless hypocrisy and devotion to the...
Kroger: Right (Wing?) Store’s Wrongs Are No Victory for Gay Rights
When Kroger banned Out & About newspaper from 34 Nashville-area Kroger stores and three Harris Teeter stores on May 31, they may have been just getting started. In June, Kroger expanded its effort to cleanse its stores of all things homosexual w...
