March 28, 2012
HIV Positive Sports Star Magic Johnson Buys the LA Dodgers
Filed by Karen Ocamb | March 28, 2012 | 7:00 PM |Yesterday, March 27, Magic Johnson - now a magic businessman, HIV educator and philanthropist - made another announcement: he and a group of investors bought the LA Dodgers baseball team for $2.1 billion. Read More
Venice Florida Votes Unanimously to Protect LGBT Community
Filed by Nadine Smith | March 28, 2012 | 6:30 PM |Passage of the human rights ordinance during Tuesdays council meeting means those that work or live in the city will be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.Read More
'Christian' Backers of NC Amendment Prefer Division Over Peace
Filed by Matt Comer | March 28, 2012 | 5:30 PM |The National Organization for Marriage's secret strategy to "divide and conquer" is curious, given their usual rhetoric about "Christian" and "family" values. Isn't peace more suited to the Gospel?Read More
Nadine & Andrea's Baby [What You Need to Know]
Filed by Bil Browning | March 28, 2012 | 4:30 PM |Contributor Nadine Smith and former contributor Andrea Hildebrand's son, Logan, has spent a long (in baby years) time around powerful and beautiful women. Is it any wonder then, that he's reaching out for First Lady Michelle Obama?Read More
Ft. Lauderdale Finally Raising the Rainbow Flag with Pride
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | March 28, 2012 | 3:30 PM |In February the South Florida Gay News ran my Letter to the Editor, "Commissioner Rodstrom, Pick up the Flag and Carry it with Pride," creating critical dialogue that identifies issues of public policy on which the Ft. Lauderdale City Commission must act. Read More
Boycott Celebrity Cruises
Filed by Norm Kent | March 28, 2012 | 2:30 PM |For all members of the LGBT community who elect to board one of their ships again, shame on you. A horse kicks you once and it is his fault. Kicks you again, and maybe you are to blame. Don't ride that horse.Read More
Drag Race's Willam Responds to Disqualification Rumors
Filed by James Holmes | March 28, 2012 | 1:00 PM |Speculation has run rampant about what sent Willam home - and no one seems to be enjoying it more that the controversial queen herself. In this new video from Logo, she addresses some of the theories floating around online.Read More
Israel, LGBT People & Equality Forum
Filed by Mark Segal | March 28, 2012 | 12:00 PM |I believe it's fair to say that Israel has the right to protect itself against people who are at war with it. But for the LGBT community, that should not be the issue. Here's what it should be.Read More
Alaska's Anti-Trans 'Tolerant City' Ad
Filed by Bil Browning | March 28, 2012 | 11:00 AM |With Anchorage facing a vote soon on whether to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city's non-discrimination ordinance, the religious right fanatics have stooped to a new low.Read More
Fred Karger on Documents Exposing NOM's Anti-Gay Strategy
Filed by Karen Ocamb | March 28, 2012 | 10:00 AM |Openly gay Los Angeles-based Republican presidential nominee Fred Karger reacted to the just-released documents exposing the political tactics of the National Organization for Marriage. Karger filed the original complaint with the Maine Ethics Commission that launched the state's investigation of the antigay group.Read More
Help Wanted: Bigoted Stupid Celebrities
Filed by Bil Browning | March 28, 2012 | 8:42 AM |"Hollywood with its cultural biases is far bigger than we can hope to be. We recognize this. But we also recognize the opportunity - the disproportionate potential impact of proactively seeking to gather and connect a community of artists, athletes,...Read More
Chinese Animation on Trans Miss Universe Contestant
Filed by Bil Browning | March 28, 2012 | 8:37 AM |Next Media Animation has a new video out about the recent controversy from north of the border after transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova was booted from the competition. Notice that the Chinese video uses better terminology than...Read More
