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Robbie Rogers to Become First Openly Gay Major League Soccer Player
Advocate.com
3 mentions — 2 hours ago
The American soccer star has signed a deal to play with the Los Angeles Galaxy, sources say. Robbie Rogers, an American soccer player who played several years in Europe before coming out as gay and then announcing he was retiring from the sport, has signed an agreement to ...
Op-ed: Democrats Throw Queers Under the Bus—Again
Advocate.com
3 mentions — 1 day ago
Senate Democrats showed their true colors when they left LGBT families and individuals out of this week's sweeping immigration reform bill. When will the Democrats be our allies in more than name only?It’s a reasonable question.The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been introduced in every Congress but one since ...
Bikers Block WBC From 9-Year Old’s Funeral After Westboro Links OK Tornado To Jason Collins
The New Civil Rights Movement
2 mentions — 1 hour ago
The Westboro Baptist Church this week linked the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma, which killed 24 people, including nine children, to support for openly-gay NBA player Jason Collins, and threatened to protest funerals of several of the tornadoes’ victims, including 9-year old Nicholas McCabe.The WBC, which call themselves God ...
Rogers coming back as first openly gay player in MLS
usatoday.com
4 mentions — 17 hours ago
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Artist Spotlight: Christopher Sousa
Advocate.com
2 mentions — 10 hours ago
More like still lifes than figure studies, Sousa's lads have an Edwardian tilt to their top hats. Christopher Sousa is a largely self-taught painter. He lists Lucien Freud, Paul Cadmus, Jenny Saville, J.C. Leyendecker, and Euan Uglow among his influences. He was born in Fall River, Mass., in ...
The Boy Scouts Made It Worse |News | Towleroad
Towleroad
3 mentions — 1 day ago
The headline, "Boy Scouts Move to Allow Gay Members," read with such promise. Including gays in the Boy Scouts has been a goal of our community for decades, most notably since James Dale challenged the Scouts' discriminatory policies in the 1990s. A sharply divided Supreme Court rejected Mr.
Help GLAAD end the ban on gay leadership and troops in the Boy Scouts
GLAAD
10 mentions — 2 weeks ago
In just a few short weeks, 1400 members of the Boy Scouts' National Council will converge in Dallas to decide whether or not to end the Boy Scouts' ban on gay youth.Now, more than ever, your community needs to hear from you about why gay youth and parents ...
White House supports gay #BoyScouts, pushes for full inclusion
GLAAD
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
In a statement to the Washington Blade today regarding the the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) history-making vote to approve a resolution that will allow gay youth to participate, White House spokesman Shin Inouye said:"The President welcomes the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to open its ...
New Antigay Children's Book Teaches Kids to Hate LGBT Families
Advocate.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Amber Dee Parker’s picture book God Made Dad & Mom encourages kids to pray for the destruction of families with same-sex parents.A new picture book by Amber Dee Parker and Hannah Sequra attempts to battle messages of LGBT equality with a warm and fuzzy brand of hatred, reports ...
Share your AT&T Live Proud moment
attliveproud.com
2 mentions — 21 hours ago
AT&T has partnered with Adam Lambert and The Trevor Project to create awareness of resources for LGBTQ youth in crisis intervention.Like us on Facebook at AT&T Live Proud or retweet specially noted tweets between April 1 and June 30, 2013, and we will donate $1 or $0.50, respectively,
Theological School Grads Show Support With Rainbow Tassels
Advocate.com
2 mentions — 17 hours ago
Most of the students and faculty at the Claremont School of Theology's commencement wore the tassels as a symbol of inclusion.Rainbow tassels were the order of the day at the Claremont School of Theology's graduation. While the graduation season has been marked by some undesirable outcomes for LGBT ...
Puerto Rico Legislature passes sweeping nondiscrimination bill protecting LGBT people
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Blog on WordP...
4 mentions — 22 hours ago
The Puerto Rican House of Representatives today approved a sweeping nondiscrimination bill that protects LGBT people in employment, housing, governmental services, public accommodations and private entities. Last week, the Senate approved the bill in a 15-11 vote and Gov. Alejandro García Padilla has vowed to sign the bill ...
Lesbian elected to AAPA board
Washington Blade – America's Leading Gay News So...
3 mentions — 2 days ago
The American Academy of Physician Assistants this month elected Diane Bruessow to its Board of Directors. (Photo courtesy of Diane Bruessow)Diane Bruessow, who is at-large member of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association Board of Directors, founded the Long Island Lesbian Cancer Initiative in 2000. She also works ...
MMA Fighter in First Fight Since Revealing Gender Transition
Advocate.com
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
Fallon Fox competes in Florida tonight, in the wake of transphobic comments and questions about whether it's appropriate for her to fight women. The eyes of mixed martial arts fans will be on Fallon Fox tonight as she competes for the first time since becoming the first openly ...
Ukrainian LGBT Pride Event Blocked
Advocate.com
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
A court agreed with Kiev city officials' concerns about security and canceled what would have been the nation's first pride march.A nationalist tries to attack an LGBT activist during a protest over an antigay bill that was under consideration in the Ukrainian Parliament last summer. The nation is ...
Moscow Pride organisers arrested outside Mayor’s office
PinkNews.co.uk
2 mentions — 7 hours ago
Gay Russian activist Nikolai Alexeyev and fellow organisers of Moscow Pride have been arrested while meeting outside of the office of the Mayor of Moscow.Mr Alexeyev, who has been arrested each year he attempts to organise gay pride events in the city, posted a photo on Twitter from ...
"All My Children" recap (May 20-24): Lezbo Princess
AfterEllen.com
2 mentions — 24 hours ago
This week, All My Children began their abbreviated schedule of Monday and Wednesday airings. Viewer’s habits have changed, and it appears AMC has taken note of this and is trying to go with the flow. While the shortened week did give us fewer Bianca scenes than we’d like ...
Edie Windsor, David Boies, Kenji Yoshino Highlight LGBT Inclusive NYU Graduation At Yankee Stadium
The New Civil Rights Movement
3 mentions — 23 hours ago
Edie Windsor, the woman whose Supreme Court case will likely overturn DOMA, David Boies, the attorney who brought Prop 8 to the Supreme Court, and NYU’s own Kenji Yoshino, an openly-gay man,frequent MSNBC guest and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU, were among ...
Feminist Friday: Michelle Yeoh to Kick Her Way Back into Our Hearts
AfterEllen.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Oh, I do like it when there is some actual good, sane news for ladybits. Congressional Democrats are hoping to crack down on false advertising by “crisis pregnancy centers” that give women the impression that they are actual clinics. Which they are not. Many crisis pregnancy centers don’t ...
Boy Scouts of America votes to end century-old ban on gay scouts
Reuters
2 mentions — 2 days ago
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.More than 60 ...
Zach Wahls at Summit
youtube.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
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Op-ed: Boy Scouts Must Complete the Inclusion Process to Remain Relevant
Advocate.com
4 mentions — 2 days ago
There is more work to do, say the leader of GLAAD and the lawyer who argued Boy Scouts of America vs. James Dale before the Supreme Court in 2000. Thirteen years ago, the United States Supreme Court answered one of two questions that had been brought before the ...
Boy Scouts' Decision Draws Heated Reaction From All Sides
Advocate.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Pro-LGBT forces say it doesn't go far enough, while right-wingers say churches may leave scouting.Jennifer Tyrrell hugs Zach Wahls upon hearing of the BSA's decision as her son Cruz looks on. Reaction to the Boy Scouts of America’s decision yesterday to allow openly gay scouts but continue the ...
Ukraine: LGBT activists in Kiev hold first ever gay pride march
PinkNews.co.uk
2 mentions — 7 hours ago
Despite a ban by a local court, more than a hundred LGBT rights activists held the first gay pride demonstration in the capital of Kiev.The event was relatively peaceful despite the attempts by a very small number of individuals to disrupt the occasion.“This can be considered a historic ...
State Roadblocks Could Complicate Marriage Momentum
buzzfeed.com
4 mentions — 1 day ago
Your Post Has Been Launched!Fabulous! Don't forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.If the Supreme Court doesn’t end bans on same-sex couples’ marriages in all 50 states this June, then the constitutional bans in most of the states across the country could prove a stumbling ...
NY State Senator Introduces Bill To Strip Boy Scouts Of Tax-Exempt Status
The New Civil Rights Movement
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
A Democratic New York state senator has introduced legislation that would strip the Boy Scouts of their tax-exempt status over their continued refusal to allow gay adults into the 103-year old organization. Democratic state Senator Brad Hoylman filed the legislation after the Scouts made their decision yesterday to ...
BREAKING: Boy Scouts to allow gay youth
GLAAD
4 mentions — 2 days ago
The Boy Scouts of America made history today by approving a resolution that will allow gay youth to participate. The new membership standards, which state that 'no youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone,' will ...
Number Of Liberal Americans Growing, Number Of Conservatives Dropping, Says Gallup
The New Civil Rights Movement
3 mentions — 1 day ago
The number of Americans who describe themselves and their beliefs as “liberal,” either on social or economic issues is growing significantly and reaching new highs, or meeting earlier ones, based on data from a just-released poll by Gallup, a generally conservative organization. Accordingly, the number of Americans who ...
Advocate ‘confident’ Boy Scouts will end ban on gay youth
gay news : Washington Blade – America's Leading...
3 mentions — 2 days ago
The Boy Scouts to set to vote on a resolution today to end its ban on gay youth (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)An LGBT group working to end the gay ban for the Boy Scouts of America is striking an optimistic tone on the day leaders are ...
Fixed: NOM’s Response To Boy Scouts Allowing Gay Youth
The New Civil Rights Movement
2 mentions — 21 hours ago
Via Twitter, the above image is a copy of National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown‘s statement on the Boy Scouts of America‘s decision to allow gay youth into their ranks — fixed by @dubeats.@fakedansavage @joemygod Brian Brown’s BSA statement needed some proofreading so I’ve taken the liberty.
Obama ‘Welcomes’ Boy Scouts Decision But Says Leadership Should Be Open To Gays Too
The New Civil Rights Movement
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
President Barack Obama says he “welcomes” the Boy Scouts‘ decision yesterday to admit openly-gay boys into its ranks, but says that all levels of the organization, including adult leadership positions, should be free of discrimination.“The President welcomes the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to open its ...
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you like the immigration bill?
americablog.com
2 mentions — 3 days ago
Well, that was fun.As predicted, Democrats in the Senate yesterday joined their Republican colleagues in a little bit of legislative gay-bashing directed at the so-called “comprehensive” immigration reform bill, that’s looking less and less comprehensive by the hour.Democratic Senators, including Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin ...
Going To Court: Kate Hunt, 18-Year Old Charged In Underage Same-Sex Relationship, Refuses Plea Deal
The New Civil Rights Movement
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
Kaitlyn Hunt, or “Kate,” has just refused a plea deal in a case that has focused the nation on discriminatory prosecutions and ways in which LGBT people are treated differently by some prosecutors. Kate Hunt, a high school senior who began a consensual relationship with a classmate three ...
Could Video Games Be a Cure for Anti-LGBT Bullying?
Advocate.com
4 mentions — 1 day ago
As more LGBT people turn to video games to alleviate stress, gaming presents a way for bullying victims to cope. Every day that 11-year-old Caine Smith goes to school (video below), he gets pushed around, punched, and called a fag just because he's a little shy, has long ...
Lucy Lawless says "Xena" might be returning from the grave
AfterEllen.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Holy mother of lesbian subtext, you guys, Lucy Lawless tweeted yesterday afternoon about the most mind-blowing thing in the history of possible TV resurrections. Deep breath. Ready?Had an interesting call from a chap who wants to re-invigorate the #Xena brand. You guys may have started something.But there's a ...
Florida Teen Rejects Plea Deal On Felony Charges For Same-Sex Relationship
ThinkProgress
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt, who has been charged with a felony for having a sexual relationship with her younger girlfriend, has rejected a plea deal that would have included two years of house arrest and having to register as a sex offender. A statement released by her lawyers ...