December 2010
43 posts
WatchBarney Franks awesome response to a right-wing reporter about the issue of “showering with homosexuals” in the military is excellent: “What do you think happens in gyms all over America? … We don’t get ourselves dry-cleaned.”
LOVE IT!
Obama Open to Marriage Talks →
projectqueer:
Obama at Wednesday’s press conference
Hours after signing the bill that will allow out gays and lesbians to serve in the military, President Barack Obama indicated he is open to fostering a dialogue on marriage equality in the U.S.
At a press conference Wednesday, Obama told reporters that his feelings on marriage equality are “constantly evolving,” but he mainly supports...
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Pulls Funding from... →
danielextra:
The Mapplethorpe Foundation joins the Warhol Foundation in announcing that no more funds will go toward the Smithsonian, unless the work of art pulled by the museum — A Fire in My Belly, a video portrait by [David] Wojnarowicz — is reinstalled. It was pulled last month after anti-gay activists with the Catholic Church and a right-wing news site, CNSNews.com, suggested that the...
VICTORY! Senate overturns DADT! →
Finally! A wonderful holiday gift for LGBT servicemembers, their spouses, their children and Americans in general.
Google FAIL: Will Google Ban 'Queers in History'? →
Not only is Google is completely and totally in the wrong here, they are insulting all queer families and people in the process by categorizing our history as “adult”
queerwatch:
Google gets it wrong. Hold them accountable.
A Gay Soldier's Letter Before Leaving For... →
danielextra:
I’m writing letters to my loved ones in case I don’t return from Afghanistan. I hope my partner never has to open his. If he does, it will ask him to tell who I was, because I couldn’t. Read more here.
Lesbian Moms Practice “Transformative Diplomacy”... →
For many of us, becoming moms means barely having time to get the laundry done, much less help establish a grassroots LGBT organization in a foreign country, assist them in passing a LGBT-inclusive national antidiscrimination law, and set up “a vibrant and active” LGBT community where none existed.
That’s exactly what Mindy R. Michels and Melissa E. Schraibman did, however, and the U.S....
“Do you really believe that mothers and fathers are interchangeable and that...”
– Some NOM Spokesperson, grasping at straws as well as reality
Tears from laughing. Tears.
(via jaundicedeye)
In France, Civil Unions Gain Favor Over Marriage →
When France created its system of civil unions in 1999, it was heralded as a revolution in gay rights, a relationship almost like marriage, but not quite. No one, though, anticipated how many couples would make use of the new law. Nor was it predicted that by 2009, the overwhelming majority of civil unions would be between straight couples.
“Discrimination is wrong. On the battlefield it does not matter who you love....”
– Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
“I will not ask people willing to die for my country to lie for my country!”
– Al Green, D-Texas on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Same-sex Skype marriage unexpectidly annulled →
“when America’s signature cultural institution can be so easily bullied by...”
– Gay Bashing at the Smithsonian - NYTimes.com
Belmont University Removes Lesbian Coach for... →
Belmont University: The place where tolerance goes to die.
Okay, so that’s not the school’s official motto, but it’s been quite the month for Belmont University, at least in terms of LGBT rights. In mid-November, school administrators refused to approve a campus group for gay students, going so far as to say that allowing groups of gay students to meet on campus would...
“Yes, biological reproduction necessitates a sperm and an egg. However, not all...”
– Father Geoff of the Catholic Church (via fuckyeahlgbt)
“Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we...”
– Jon Stewart (via gaywrites)
“There’s all this stuff at the moment, which is hateful, about people being up in...”
– Daniel Radcliffe (via avid)
Illinois Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions →
EXCELLENT NEWS!!!
Today in Illinois, both houses of the state legislature approved a bill granting civil unions to same-sex couples. Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign the bill into law, as he said he would support the unions while campaigning. The bill says that a civil union, expressly stated as between “two persons of either the same or opposite sex,” entitles the parties...