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Posts Tagged ‘Gay Rights’

Big day for Prop 8 lawsuit today!

According to AFER, the California Supreme Court will issue its ruling on standing in the Prop 8 case this morning.

Hate crimes, arson, and words that aren’t worth reclaiming.

LGBT individuals compose 26% of the nation’s arson victims; for a group that composes less than 10% of the population, 26% is an astronomically significant bias.

Two sports posts in one day..

David Testo, an American soccer star who most recently played for the Canadian team Montreal Impact, has come out of the closet.

DADT Repeal Measure Passes Cloture!!

Cloture has been invoked on the Stand-Alone DADT Repeal bill! DADT will end!

Colbert on the inherent bias in the DADT survey.

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

It Gets Better: Best In Show

There have been literally hundreds of videos created for Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project, but I think this one is – hands down – the best I’ve seen.

We lost another one.

Tyler Clementi was 18 years old, a student at Rutgers. His last message was posted to Facebook, on Wednesday the 22nd at 8:42 PM: “Jumping off the gw bridge sorry”.

Help Stop the Deaths

Help stop the epidemic of suicides among gay kids. Take action now.

David Blue 4 NOH8!!

SGU’s David Blue dons the tattoo and tape for NOH8!

Plain & Simple: Maggie Gallagher & St. Peter.

This is the simple reality: so-called “Traditional Marriage” has changed and evolved so much over the centuries that a regression of only 50 years would yield a vastly different definition.