June 27, 2014
Labor, LGBT Activists Protest at Brunei Embassy in D.C.
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 9:00 PM |Today, a group of about 35 labor and LGBT advocates in Washington, D.C. protested the Sultan of Brunei for his anti-worker policies and human rights abuses against women and LGBT people.Read More
Anti-LGBT Faith Leaders Ask Obama for Special EO Exemption
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 8:00 PM |A group of approximately 160 religious leaders sent a letter to President Obama this week asking him to include broad religious exemptions in his forthcoming ENDA executive order.Read More
LISTEN: Samia's Soul is On Fire
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 7:45 PM |Check out "Soul on Fire," a new single from queer singer/songwriter Samia that explores pansexuality and strives to empower people whose desires don't necessarily fit into what conservative society deems acceptable.Read More
Did You Marry in WI During the Window? ACLU Needs You
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 7:30 PM |If you're a Wisconsin same-sex couple who married during the 8-day marriage equality window earlier this month, the ACLU of Wisconsin needs your help!Read More
BREAKING: 7th Circuit Stays Indiana Marriage Ruling
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 6:15 PM |The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has just stayed Judge Richard Young's ruling striking down Indiana's ban on same-sex marriage, pending appeal. Further marriages are on hold.Read More
1st Openly Gay U.S. General: DADT Was So Stressful I Nearly Retired
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 5:30 PM |Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith, the first openly gay general in U.S. history, revealed at a military LGBT pride celebration this week that the stress of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" nearly brought an end to her trailblazing career.Read More
Indiana Clerk Refuses to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Filed by Bil Browning | June 27, 2014 | 3:30 PM |Daviess County Clerk Sherri Healy, however, is still claiming ignorance and cites her religion as the reason she's refusing to follow the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Strangely enough, she's never refused someone who's been divorced.Read More
Earth to the WSJ: Trans People Are Not Mentally Ill
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 27, 2014 | 3:00 PM |I'm not sure if it psychiatrist Paul McHugh's agenda is based on willful ignorance or is a form of transphobia that is often related to a person's insecurity about their own gender identity.Read More
Presbyterian Church Crawling Toward Marriage Equality
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | June 27, 2014 | 2:00 PM |As a church that proudly touts itself as "reformed and always reforming," let's hope the Holy Spirit shows up again to help it along.Read More
Why the Pittsburgh Dyke & Trans March Is Necessary
Filed by Sue Kerr | June 27, 2014 | 1:00 PM |This is what the Dyke and Trans March means to me. I have not attended every march, but I was there for the first one, several in-between, and the most recent march.Read More
A Different Kind of Pride
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 12:00 PM |When the marriage discrimination amendment in my home state of Wisconsin was struck down this month, I experienced pride in a new and deeper way.Read More
Finnish Lawmakers Again Reject Equal Marriage Bill
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 11:00 AM |Lawmakers in Finland -- the only Nordic country where same-sex couples don't have the freedom to marry -- again rejected a marriage equality bill this week.Read More
Gary Oldman Apologizes: I'm an A-Hole
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 10:00 AM |Actor Gary Oldman, who touched off a controversy this week for defending other actors' bigoted remarks and throwing in a few of his own, apologized Wednesday on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."Read More
Vatican Signals Additional Shift in Tone on Gays
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 9:30 AM |A new document released by the Vatican yesterday reportedly calls for more respect and less judgment of same-sex couples, and for parishes to more fully include their children in church activities.Read More
WI GOP Candidate: Marriage Equality Will Lead to Incest
Filed by John M. Becker | June 27, 2014 | 9:00 AM |Another Republican sticks their foot in their mouth on marriage equality.Read More
