February 17, 2014
Luxuria Detained Again, Will Be Escorted Out of Russia
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 6:00 PM |Italian trans activist and former politican Vladimir Luxuria was detained again today in Sochi for protesting Russia's anti-LGBT crackdown. Russian authorities will escort her to the airport tomorrow.Read More
IN Legislature Passes Amendment But Loses Battle
Filed by Bil Browning | February 17, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Today's vote in the Indiana legislature to pass a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage may not seem like a cause for celebration. If you look a little closer, you'll see the vote heralds the end of attempts to write queer couples out of state constitutions.Read More
Chelsea Clinton: LGBT Equality is the 'Unfinished Business' of 21st Century
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 3:00 PM |Chelsea Clinton delivered the closing address at an HRC-sponsored LGBT youth conference this weekend and called LGBT equality the "unfinished business of the 21st century."Read More
New Study: Homophobia Kills. Literally.
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 2:30 PM |A new 20-year study from Columbia University finds that LGB people living in high-prejudice communities die an average of 12 years earlier than those in more accepting communities.Read More
Florida Officials Ignore National Condom Week
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | February 17, 2014 | 1:30 PM |This week is National Condom Week, but you wouldn't know it if you lived in Florida -- Governor Scott and his appointees have been shamefully silent about it.Read More
Who's Your Favorite President? [Open Thread]
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 12:30 PM |On this President's Day, who is your favorite president and why?Read More
Kansans Protest 'Right to Discriminate' Bill
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 11:00 AM |Yesterday, hundreds of Kansans converged on the statehouse in Topeka to protest a "right to discriminate" bill.Read More
WA Converting Domestic Partnerships to Marriages
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 10:00 AM |On June 30, the state of Washington will automatically convert all remaining same-sex domestic partnerships to marriages.Read More
Ugandan Pres. Declares War on 'Homosexual Lobby'; Crowd Cheers
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 9:30 AM |A shocking, ugly new video has emerged out of Uganda of a crowd of lawmakers cheering President Yoweri Museveni's announcement that he will sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.Read More
Romney: It's 'Fine' if Gays Live Together, But Not Marry
Filed by John M. Becker | February 17, 2014 | 8:00 AM |NBC's David Gregory asked failed former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney whether his views on marriage equality have evolved with the rest of the country. Answer? Nope.Read More
