January 22, 2014
Indiana Anti-Marriage Amendment Advances
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 7:57 PM |Indiana's GOP-controlled House Elections and Apportionment Committee has just voted 9-3 to advance HJR-3, a proposed marriage discrimination amendment, to the full House.Read More
Starkville, Mississippi Passes Pro-LGBT Resolution
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 6:30 PM |The small city of Starkville, Mississippi became the first city in that state to officially recognize the humanity and affirm the dignity of its LGBT residents.Read More
LGBT Advocates Hijack #CheersToSochi Campaign
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 5:00 PM |LGBT advocates are hijacking the pro-Olympics #CheersToSochi campaign to draw attention to the persecution of LGBT people in Putin's Russia.Read More
Thriving Chinese 'Ex-Gay' Industry Under Fire
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 4:00 PM |While it's sad to see how widespread the discredited and dangerous practice of "ex-gay" therapy is in China, it's heartening to see LGBT advocates there fighting back.Read More
Obama's '08 Inauguration As Seen From Space
Filed by Bil Browning | January 22, 2014 | 3:00 PM |President Obama's 2008 inauguration was awe inspiring and mammoth. But did you know you could see it from space?Read More
'Thousands' of Nigerians Demand Stoning of Gay Men
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 2:30 PM |It gets worse: a mob of thousands threw stones into the Sharia court in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, demanding the execution of gay men arrested under the country's new anti-LGBT law.Read More
Mayor Parker to Critics of Her Marriage: 'Get Over It'
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Houston mayor Annise Parker took time off work last week to marry her now-wife, Kathy Hubbard, and local GOP leaders despicably attacked her for it. Now Parker is hitting back.Read More
Jon Stewart Skewers the Sochi Homophobic Olympics
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 12:30 PM |Late-night comedy guru Jon Stewart cast his satirical eye on the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, slamming the host nation's atrocious LGBT human rights abuses and comparing Russia to fellow competitors in the "2014 Sochi Homophobic Olympics."Read More
Olympic Toilets Encourage Gay Propaganda? [Caption This]
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 11:00 AM |If Russia is cracking down on public displays of homosexuality, then why are they building sports facilities with double toilets in the men's bathrooms?Read More
Sherri Shepherd Apologizes for Anti-Gay Comments
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 10:45 AM |Shepherd says she's sorry for her offensive remarks and that they were misrepresented, but doesn't clarify whether or not she regards homosexuality as a sin.Read More
Indiana Religious Right Ties Itself in Knots
Filed by Bil Browning | January 22, 2014 | 10:00 AM |Want to know why the religious right is losing the battle over marriage equality? To paraphrase Bill Clinton, "It's the hypocrisy, stupid."Read More
Nigerian Catholic Cardinal Praises Anti-LGBT Law
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 9:00 AM |Senior officials in Nigeria's Roman Catholic Church are among the staunchest defenders of a draconian new anti-LGBT law that criminalizes virtually every aspect of LGBT public life.Read More
Leading India Psychiatrist: Homosexuality 'Unnatural'
Filed by John M. Becker | January 22, 2014 | 8:00 AM |The outgoing head of the Indian Psychiatric Society expressed stunningly retrograde, outdated views on homosexuality in an interview with the world's largest English-language newspaper.Read More
