Living: February 2014
Tea Party Leader: Brewer Veto Means Penis Cakes, Porn
Filed by John M. Becker | February 28, 2014 | 5:00 PM |Judson Phillips, the deranged founder of the Tea Party Nation, says that bakers will be forced to make penis-shaped pastries for gays unless fundamentalists are given a special right to discriminate against LGBTs.Read More
ACLU Asks Judge to Block WI Marriage Ban During Lawsuit
Filed by John M. Becker | February 28, 2014 | 4:00 PM |The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge yesterday to block Wisconsin's marriage discrimination amendment while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality proceeds.Read More
Now This Is Motivation
Filed by Bil Browning | February 28, 2014 | 2:00 PM |There are two things I love in life - hot guys and cats. Obviously, this matchup is inspired by the Gods.Read More
Thomas, Davis, & "Sensitivity" About Race, Part 2
Filed by Terrance Heath | February 28, 2014 | 12:00 PM |The only thug at that Jacksonville gas station the night Jordan Davis was murdered was Michael Dunn -- armed, empowered by right-wing subcultures, and nurtured on deadly brand of racial "sensitivity."Read More
Uganda Round-Up: Visas, Scientific Distortions, Aid Cuts
Filed by John M. Becker | February 27, 2014 | 7:00 PM |Swimming in a sea of Uganda-related LGBT news? Here are four important stories you may have missed.Read More
DC Mayor Unveils Comprehensive Trans Health Coverage
Filed by John M. Becker | February 27, 2014 | 4:30 PM |This morning, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced new rules requiring that all public and private health insurance plans that fall under the city's regulatory purview cover trans-related healthcare expenses, including gender reassignment surgery.Read More
Clarence Thomas, Jordan Davis, & "Sensitivity" About Race
Filed by Terrance Heath | February 27, 2014 | 12:00 PM |The murder of Jordan Davis, and a jury's failure to convict his killer, speaks volumes about the true state of America's racial sensitivity, and indifference to the lives of young black men.Read More
Remembering Marvin Burrows, Love Warrior
Filed by Davina Kotulski | February 27, 2014 | 11:00 AM |Marvin showed up at every rally, did interviews, lobbied politicians, and traveled around the state so that never again would an LGBT widow/er face homelessness, lose health insurance, or be told by a funeral home director that they are "not family."Read More
Report: NFL Explores Moving Super Bowl Out of AZ
Filed by John M. Becker | February 26, 2014 | 6:45 PM |The National Football League has begun to actively explore taking the 2015 Super Bowl away from Glendale, Arizona in the event that Governor Brewer approves an anti-LGBT discrimination law, Sports Illustrated reports.Read More
BREAKING: U.S. Judge Strikes Down TEXAS Marriage Ban
Filed by John M. Becker | February 26, 2014 | 2:40 PM |A federal judge in Texas has just ruled that state's constitutional marriage discrimination amendment is unconstitutional. His ruling is stayed pending appeal.Read More
With Trans Ban, U.S. Lags Behind in Military Inclusion
Filed by John M. Becker | February 26, 2014 | 1:00 PM |The U.S. placed a disappointing 40th in the first-ever global ranking of countries by LGBT military inclusion, largely because of the ridiculous prohibition on open trans service.Read More
'Researcher' Paul Cameron 'Open To' Gay Death Penalty
Filed by John M. Becker | February 25, 2014 | 6:30 PM |Crackpot doctor Paul Cameron went on the David Pakman Show today to endorse Uganda's new Anti-Homosexuality Law. He said he was "open to" putting LGBT people to death.Read More
Anti-Gay Witch Hunt Resumes in Uganda; One Already Dead
Filed by John M. Becker | February 25, 2014 | 5:30 PM |A Ugandan newspaper published a list of the country's "'200 top homos." One of them has already been killed, according to local reports.Read More
The Next Frontier for Marriage Equality? The South.
Filed by John M. Becker | February 25, 2014 | 10:00 AM |This week, the nationwide marriage equality advocacy group Freedom to Marry launched a million-dollar campaign to build support for marriage equality in the region of the country where hostility towards it is perhaps strongest: the South.Read More
Regnerus Taking the Stand Against Marriage in Michigan
Filed by John M. Becker | February 25, 2014 | 9:00 AM |In a federal court trial this week in Detroit, discredited researcher Mark Regnerus is scheduled to testify as an "expert witness" about the inferiority of same-sex parents.Read More
Human Rights Report Highlights LGBT Issues Worldwide
Filed by Michael Knaapen | February 24, 2014 | 1:00 PM |The Human Rights Watch "World Report 2014," which covers events of 2013, "summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide". The report includes explicit mention of LGBT issues.Read More
A Quick Aside to Alec Baldwin
Filed by Bil Browning | February 24, 2014 | 12:00 PM |If you're going to spend so much ink on bemoaning how not-homophobic you are and blaming everyone around you for causing all your problems, it's probably best not to start your piece with a transphobic slur.Read More
Why Grindr Mattered in Ryan Uhre's Death
Filed by Norm Kent | February 24, 2014 | 11:00 AM |If there is a predator out there, cruising a social app like Grindr, it's better we find out before there are more victims. You don't sacrifice someone's life to protect someone else's sexual identity.Read More
WATCH: Jason Collins Plays in L.A., Makes History
Filed by John M. Becker | February 24, 2014 | 10:00 AM |Last night, during a face-off between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers, Jason Collins made history by becoming the first openly gay basketball player to take to the court in the NBA.Read More
Jason Collins Signs With Brooklyn Nets
Filed by John M. Becker | February 23, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in a major American team sport, has signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.Read More
Strangers Give Coats, Gloves to Shivering Boy
Filed by John M. Becker | February 23, 2014 | 2:30 PM |An 11-year-old actor was put in a bus shelter without a coat or gloves. He shivered in the cold, and hidden cameras across the street captured people's reactions. Most gave him their coats and gloves.Read More
Sexy & Silly on Stage With Lucky Charming [PTAS]
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | February 22, 2014 | 5:00 PM |I'd love to be someone who could do drag, boylesque, or stand up, but I just can't let go in the way I'd need to to do a performance like the ones featured at Amuse Bouche Burlesque.Read More
The Yan Daudu & Nigeria's Queer Cleansing Law
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | February 22, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Since January, Nigeria's "yan daudu" population, a group that was surprisingly driven underground, is now being unearthed and actively pursued for punishment and persecution by murderous marauding gangs of their fellow Muslim brothers.Read More
Lively, LaBarbera Launch New International Hate Group
Filed by John M. Becker | February 21, 2014 | 7:00 PM |Scott Lively and Peter LaBarbera, two of America's most infamous equality opponents, announced the formation of a new international anti-LGBT hate group in Washington today.Read More
Illinois Marriages Start Now, Federal Judge Rules
Filed by John M. Becker | February 21, 2014 | 2:30 PM |A federal judge ruled today that same-sex marriages can begin immediately in Cook County, Illinois.Read More
The History of Marriage: A Video Primer
Filed by John M. Becker | February 21, 2014 | 1:30 PM |The next time you hear the tired "marriage has existed in the same form for thousands of years" trope, send your misinformed conversation partner a link to this video.Read More
Arizona, the Senate, and People Who Don't 'Get' Jesus
Filed by Guest Blogger | February 21, 2014 | 11:00 AM |I cannot imagine getting down on my knees to pray and asking God to judge others as less than me. That's not Christian. That's just egocentric bullshit.Read More
Dear Abby Smacks Down Homophobic Reader
Filed by John M. Becker | February 21, 2014 | 10:00 AM |"Gay people don't choose to be gay; they are born that way."Read More
AZ Pizzeria to Legislators: Discrimination Goes Both Ways
Filed by John M. Becker | February 21, 2014 | 8:30 AM |Rocco's Little Chicago Pizzeria in Tucson, Arizona wants anti-LGBT legislators to know that if they're going to legalize discrimination, they'd better be prepared for a taste of their own medicine.Read More
How Can We Support LGBT Ugandans? Like This.
Filed by John M. Becker | February 20, 2014 | 4:00 PM |What actions can we take that will be helpful, rather than harmful, for LGBT Ugandans who will soon have to live under this appalling law? Ugandan LGBT activists have some ideas.Read More
Casting Call: Trans Folks Who Want to Kiss on Camera
Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 20, 2014 | 12:30 PM |URGENT: are you trans? Are you comfortable kissing on camera? Would you like to help send a message of support to Russia's LGBT community? Then your help is needed - today!Read More
Anne Rice Obliterates Homophobes on Facebook
Filed by John M. Becker | February 19, 2014 | 6:00 PM |Bestselling author Anne Rice delivered smackdown after epic smackdown to Christian homophobes on Facebook on Saturday. Read More
Idaho Couples Ask Judge to Strike Down Idaho Marriage Ban
Filed by John M. Becker | February 19, 2014 | 3:00 PM |Yesterday, Idaho became the latest state with an active marriage equality lawsuit, thanks to four courageous couples and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.Read More
Regnerus: Marriage Equality = More Heteros Doing Anal
Filed by John M. Becker | February 19, 2014 | 12:30 PM |Mark Regnerus, the discredited "researcher" who thinks same-sex couples make inferior parents, also thinks marriage equality will result in straight people PUTTING THINGS UP THEIR BUTTS... for fun!Read More
The (Religious) Empire Strikes Back
Filed by Brynn Tannehill | February 19, 2014 | 11:00 AM |The writing is on the wall: we're going to get marriage equality. War's over, right? Not by a long shot -- this is where we start getting our asses handed to us.Read More
Louisville Group Places 'Ex-Gay' Billboard in Gay Neighborhood
Filed by John M. Becker | February 19, 2014 | 9:30 AM |A new billboard advertising the "pray away the gay" myth has cropped up in one of Louisville, Kentucky's most LGBT-friendly neighborhoods, causing a great deal of controversy.Read More
Catholic Priest Refused to Give Me Last Rites, Says Gay Man
Filed by John M. Becker | February 19, 2014 | 8:00 AM |A D.C. man who was recently hospitalized for a heart attack says the hospital chaplain refused to anoint him when the priest found out that he's a gay man.Read More
Anti-Gay Horrors Continue in Nigeria
Filed by John M. Becker | February 18, 2014 | 3:30 PM |Angry mobs are terrorizing gay men in Nigeria, hauling them out of their homes in the middle of the night and savagely beating them in public.Read More
The Fog of a Thousand Years
Filed by Mark S. King | February 18, 2014 | 11:00 AM |We select the bits and pieces to remember, and the truth fades. It becomes lost in the fog of a thousand years.Read More
Que(e)rying Michael Sam's Coming-Out
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | February 18, 2014 | 10:30 AM |If no team signs Michael Sam, the NFL will be sending the message that no time is the right time to be out in football.Read More
Pussy Riot Members Arrested in Sochi
Filed by John M. Becker | February 18, 2014 | 9:30 AM |Two members of the internationally famous punk rock band Pussy Riot were arrested today in Sochi as they walked down the street.Read More
New Olympic Pride Flag Tells Russia: The World is Watching
Filed by John M. Becker | February 18, 2014 | 8:00 AM |Check out a new pride flag from the Gettysburg Flag Words that's designed to send a message to Vladimir Putin about his anti-LGBT crackdown in Russia: the world is watching.Read More
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
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
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
Update: Trans Former Italian MP Released in Sochi
Filed by John M. Becker | February 16, 2014 | 8:45 PM |Vladimir Luxuria, a former member of the Italian Parliament and the first openly trans parliamentarian in Europe who was arrested for protesting Russia's anti-LGBT laws in Sochi, has been released from custody, according to new reports.Read More
Update: Gay UK Art Student Will Lose Virginity in April
Filed by John M. Becker | February 16, 2014 | 6:00 PM |Clayton Pettet, the 19-year-old U.K. student who plans to lose his virginity in public as part of a performance art piece, has set a new date for the event: April 2.Read More
Trans Former Italian MP Reportedly Arrested in Sochi
Filed by John M. Becker | February 16, 2014 | 4:15 PM |Vladimir Luxuria, a former member of the Italian Parliament and the first openly trans parliamentarian in Europe, has reportedly been arrested by Russian authorities for protesting in Sochi.Read More
Knocking on History's Closet
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | February 16, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Scholars and the LGBT community have been speculating about the sexual orientation or gender identity of great historical figures for a long time.Read More
Stop & Snap the Flowers [PTAS]
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | February 15, 2014 | 5:30 PM |Most of us scoff at cliches, and "stop and smell the flowers" surely has to be considered one of the most trite.Read More
Homophobic Note on Birthday Invite a Hoax, Radio Hosts Say
Filed by John M. Becker | February 15, 2014 | 4:30 PM |The story of a Long Island mom who replied to a small child's birthday invitation with an ugly homophobic rant is a hoax, two New York radio hosts now say.Read More
Watch Hot Boxers Make Out in 'The Weigh In'
Filed by John M. Becker | February 15, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Just in time to battle discrimination at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Perez Bros present their new short film entitled, The Weigh In (2014).Read More
Actress Ellen Page Comes Out
Filed by Bil Browning | February 15, 2014 | 2:30 PM |Actress Ellen Page, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Juno, came out last night at an HRC event in Las Vegas.Read More
Did Pope Francis Laugh at Marriage Equality?
Filed by John M. Becker | February 14, 2014 | 6:30 PM |Archbishop Stanislaw Budzik of Lublin, Poland says he did.Read More
Valentine's Day: Good Idea or Bad Idea? [Open Thread]
Filed by John M. Becker | February 14, 2014 | 3:30 PM |Valentine's Day: a wonderful excuse to do something sweet for the person you love, craven commercialism, or a not-so-nice day that marginalizes people who don't happen to be in relationships?Read More
Sexual Orientation Influenced by Genes, New Study Says
Filed by John M. Becker | February 14, 2014 | 3:00 PM |A new study of gay men in the United States has found new evidence that sexual orientation is influenced by genes.Read More
WATCH: Bilerico's John Becker Talks Johnny Weir on CNN
Filed by Michael Knaapen | February 14, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Bilerico's John Becker said on CNN today that if Johnny Weir doesn't speak out publicly against Russia's anti-LGBT laws in Sochi, he's not doing enough. What do you think? Watch and let us know.Read More
When Irish Eyes Are Homophobic
Filed by Michael Knaapen | February 14, 2014 | 11:15 AM |Diarmuid Martin, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, is being lauded as a great ally to LGBT people because he accepts that it's wrong to beat, spit on, and kill us. Read More
The First Openly Gay Eagle Scout May Soon Be Kicked Out
Filed by Terrance Heath | February 14, 2014 | 9:00 AM |Pascal Tessier is one of the first, if not the first, openly gay scouts to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. But when he turns 18 in August, the same policy that allowed him in will kick him out.Read More
#CheersToSochi Sends Valentine to Persecuted LGBTs
Filed by John M. Becker | February 14, 2014 | 8:00 AM |The latest video from the #CheersToSochi team is a musical Valentine to our persecuted LGBT siblings in Russia, Nigeria, Uganda, India, and all around the world.Read More
Russian TV Anchor Implies That Iwo Jima Memorial Depicts Gay Sex
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 6:30 PM |Dmitry Kiselev, a prominent Russian news personality and homophobe, insinuated on a recent newscast that the U.S.'s Iwo Jima Memorial resembles a big gay orgy.Read More
10-Year-Old Writes About Equality. Nails It.
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Aidan, a 10-year-old elementary schooler in Wisconsin, was asked by his teacher to write about something he wanted to change. Instead of toys or football, he wrote about equality.Read More
BREAKING: Facebook Adds Dozens of New Gender Options
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 1:05 PM |Social media giant Facebook has just announced that users will now be able to select from about 50 gender designations, rather than forcing them to identify as male or female.Read More
NY Mom Writes Anti-Gay Tirade on 7-Year-Old's Birthday Invite [UPDATED]
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 12:00 PM |A mom in Baldwin, New York RSVP'ed to a little girl's birthday party invitation with a vile anti-gay screed. The child's "crime"? Having two dads.Read More
Russian Orthodox Extremist to ABC News: Stone the Gays
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 10:00 AM |In an ABC News report that aired last night about Moscow's besieged LGBT community, the head of the extremist Russian Orthodox group "God's Will" said the country should stone gays to death.Read More
In Russia, Gay-Bashing Is an Olympic Sport
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 9:00 AM |In this anti-homophobia video protest, gay-bashing is depicted as an Olympic sport.Read More
Dallas Sportscaster Slams Homophobes, Defends Sam
Filed by John M. Becker | February 13, 2014 | 8:30 AM |Well-known Dallas sports anchor Dale Hansen delivered an epic takedown of homophobia in sports and the hypocrisy of those who claim a gay man like Michael Sam wouldn't be welcome in the NFL.Read More
WATCH: Trailer For New Documentary on Russian Anti-LGBT Hate
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 3:30 PM |Lucas Entertainment has released the trailer for "Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda," a forthcoming documentary about the persecution of LGBT people in Russia.Read More
Croatian Lesbian Choir Sings to Russian LGBTs
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 2:00 PM |Le Zbor, which bills itself as the first lesbian and feminist choir in southeastern Europe, decided to create a rousing piece of "gay propaganda" in solidarity with Russian LGBTs.Read More
Texas: No Marriage Ruling Today
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 1:30 PM |There was no ruling issued from the bench today in a federal same-sex marriage court case in San Antonio.Read More
BREAKING: KY Judge Partially Strikes Down State Ban
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 12:30 PM |A federal judge in Kentucky has just ruled that the state must recognize legal same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.Read More
Sam's 'Old-School' Dad Struggles to Accept Gay Son
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 12:30 PM |In an illuminating story published by the New York Times, gay football star Michael Sam reveals that the adversity he endured growing up was more challenging than his recent decision to come out.Read More
Check Out This Pun-Filled Coming-Out Cake
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 10:00 AM |I wish my coming-out had been half as clever!Read More
NY Advocates Push to Give Stonewall Inn Landmark Status
Filed by John M. Becker | February 12, 2014 | 9:00 AM |Did you know that the Stonewall Inn, perhaps the most singularly consequential place in the history of the modern LGBT civil rights movement, isn't formally recognized by NYC as a historic landmark?Read More
Numerous NFL Teams Would Welcome a Gay Player
Filed by John M. Becker | February 11, 2014 | 6:00 PM |Great news for newly out NFL hopeful Michael Sam: at least ten NFL teams have now publicly said they will welcome a gay player.Read More
U.S. Luger Pissed About Canadian Gay Olympics Ad
Filed by John M. Becker | February 11, 2014 | 5:30 PM |American luger Christian Niccum is not amused with a now-viral Canadian ad depicting luge as a gay sport. He also thinks homosexuality is a "lifestyle."Read More
Charlotte School Crowns Trans Student Homecoming King
Filed by John M. Becker | February 11, 2014 | 4:30 PM |On Friday, 17-year-old high school senior Blake Brockington made history when he became North Carolina's first trans homecoming king.Read More
Olympic Hunger Games: Sochi
Filed by John M. Becker | February 11, 2014 | 2:00 PM |The #CheersToSochi campaign just released another video slamming Russia's anti-LGBT human rights record called "Olympic Hunger Games: Sochi."Read More
Mourning Mike Vogt
Filed by Bil Browning | February 11, 2014 | 12:00 PM |Mike Vogt, a longtime Bilerico reader and commenter from Indiana, died suddenly over the weekend. The cause of death is still unknown.Read More
Green Bay Packers Coach: Our Team Welcomes All Players
Filed by John M. Becker | February 11, 2014 | 8:30 AM |Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy and members of his staff made absolutely clear yesterday that the team welcomes any pro-level player, regardless of sexual orientation.Read More
Meet LGBT Pioneer Irene Benedetti
Filed by Mark Segal | February 10, 2014 | 3:30 PM |Philadelphia's Irene Benedetti was - and is - an LGBT pioneer. There are many like her, and it's important to know their stories since they are our history.Read More
NYT: Nigeria Trying to 'Sanitize' Itself of Homosexuality
Filed by John M. Becker | February 10, 2014 | 2:00 PM |In a chilling report published last weekend, the New York Times says that Nigeria is trying to "cleanse" itself of homosexuality.Read More
First Lady, Vice President Tweet Support to Michael Sam
Filed by John M. Becker | February 10, 2014 | 1:00 PM |Gay Missouri football star Michael Sam, who came out last night, has some high-profile new fans today.Read More
Sochi LGBT Roundup: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Filed by John M. Becker | February 10, 2014 | 12:30 PM |Are you turning off the Sochi Games because of Russia's draconian anti-LGBT crackdown? Get all caught up on LGBT-related Olympic news here.Read More
Anonymous NFL Exec: 'Man's-Man' Game is Not Ready for Gay Player
Filed by John M. Becker | February 10, 2014 | 10:30 AM |In a disgusting, innuendo-laden Sports Illustrated article, eight NFL executives and coaches -- too cowardly to give their names -- called Michael Sam's historic coming-out a bad move.Read More
College Football Star Comes Out; May Be First Gay NFLer
Filed by John M. Becker | February 09, 2014 | 8:30 PM |Michael Sam, a University of Missouri star defensive lineman and an expected NFL draft pick this spring, has come out as gay. He may become the first openly gay NFL player in history.Read More
I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself
Filed by Bil Browning | February 09, 2014 | 4:00 PM |My column for this week's South Florida Gay News was about some of the hypocrisy surrounding all of the recent outrage over Russia's anti-gay laws.Read More
For 40 Years: No 'Freaks' or 'Faggots' Allowed
Filed by Bil Browning | February 09, 2014 | 11:30 AM |You know the old joke about the "perfect" progressive activist? She's a black lesbian mother without a job who uses a wheelchair to get around.Read More
Dancing With Fire [Picture Tells a Story]
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | February 08, 2014 | 5:30 PM |I was thinking about fire performers as I boarded a tiny commuter jet at my home airport in Portland, Maine.Read More
Philip Seymour Hoffman Kept an LGBTQ Presence in Film
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | February 07, 2014 | 4:30 PM |Hoffman played gay characters long before "Capote," and long before there was any real significant sea change in attitude and acceptance of LGBTQ people as full citizens.Read More
Help a Same-Sex Couple Have a Big Illegal Gay Wedding
Filed by John M. Becker | February 07, 2014 | 3:00 PM |Check out "My Big Gay (Il)legal Wedding" - a contest bringing five same-sex couples from non-marriage states to New York to get married - and meet one of the couples competing for the prize!Read More
WATCH: Hunting Gays in Russia
Filed by John M. Becker | February 07, 2014 | 1:00 PM |"Dispatches: Hunted," a U.K.-produced documentary chronicling the vicious gay- and trans-bashing exploits of Russian youth gangs, is up on YouTube. Watch it now before it's pulled.Read More
Heritage Foundation Isn't Following Nazis (Now)
Filed by Bil Browning | February 07, 2014 | 10:00 AM |The Heritage Foundation, a religious right "think tank," and the Cato Institute, founded by one of the Koch brothers, were following the American Nazi Party on Twitter until yesterday.Read More
Sochi: A Total Clusterf**k
Filed by John M. Becker | February 06, 2014 | 4:45 PM |The entire world is fixing its eyes on the subtropical Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia, and what do they see? A total clusterf**k, that's what. The place is just not ready.Read More
Ex-Bully Views Gay Former Classmate's Proposal Video, Apologizes
Filed by John M. Becker | February 06, 2014 | 12:30 PM |When Lucas and David's marriage proposal video went viral, a man who used to bully Lucas in high school saw it and contacted him to congratulate him and apologize.Read More
Nigerian Mob Forces Allegedly Gay Men to Have Public Sex
Filed by John M. Becker | February 06, 2014 | 12:00 PM |A Nigerian mob hauled a suspected gay couple out of their home and forced them to masturbate each other and have anal sex in front of a large crowd.Read More
Putin Critic Finds 200-Pound Penis Strapped To His Car
Filed by John M. Becker | February 06, 2014 | 9:00 AM |Welcome to Russia, where if you criticize the Kremlin they just might chain a giant dick to your car.Read More
USOC Sponsors DeVry, Chobani Condemn Russian Homophobia
Filed by John M. Becker | February 05, 2014 | 5:00 PM |Today, DeVry University and yogurt maker Chobani became the latest U.S. Olympic Committee sponsors to denounce Russia's anti-LGBT crackdown.Read More
Utah Filmmaker Hopes to Tell Story of Marriage Equality
Filed by John M. Becker | February 05, 2014 | 4:30 PM |Utah filmmaker D'Arcy Benincosa hopes to tell the story of America's embrace of marriage equality by telling the love stories of same-sex couples across the country.Read More
Skater Ashley Wagner Proudly Breaks Russian Anti-Gay Law
Filed by John M. Becker | February 05, 2014 | 1:30 PM |U.S. figure skater Ashley Wagner proudly defies Russia's ban on "gay propaganda," telling reporters in Sochi: "I believe in equality for all." Read More
Billie Jean King Drops Out of Sochi Delegation
Filed by John M. Becker | February 05, 2014 | 12:00 PM |Tennis legend and equality advocate Billie Jean King has pulled out of the Presidential Delegation to the Olympic opening ceremonies in Sochi because her mother is in poor health.Read More
Catholic Priest Denies Lesbian Communion at Mother's Funeral
Filed by John M. Becker | February 05, 2014 | 11:30 AM |A Catholic woman in Missouri recently revealed that she and her partner were denied Communion at her mother's funeral because they are non-celibate lesbians.Read More
Janet Mock: Piers Morgan 'Sensationalized' Me
Filed by John M. Becker | February 05, 2014 | 10:00 AM |A problematic CNN interview with Piers Morgan and trans advocate Janet Mock has turned into a fierce and bitter flame war.Read More
Think LGBT Soldiers Are Equal Post-DADT? Think Again!
Filed by Guest Blogger | February 04, 2014 | 6:00 PM |DADT may be over and dead, but we must remain vigilant in the fight against LGBT inequality in the military, because our soldiers and veterans are still at risk.Read More
U.S. Olympic Sponsor AT&T Denounces Russian Homophobia
Filed by John M. Becker | February 04, 2014 | 5:00 PM |Telecom giant AT&T, a sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team, denounced Russia's anti-LGBT crackdown today in a post on its blog.Read More
LA Gay Men's Chorus to Russian LGBTs: We Shall Overcome
Filed by John M. Becker | February 04, 2014 | 3:30 PM |The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles released a video containing a powerful musical message of hope for Russia's persecuted LGBT community: We Shall Overcome.Read More
U.S. College Baseball Player, Finnish Swimmer Come Out
Filed by John M. Becker | February 04, 2014 | 12:00 PM |Two more athletes - a college baseball player from Washington State and a swimmer from Finland - came out of the closet recently. Welcome out, guys!Read More
HORRIBLE: Russian Gay Men Brutalized on Camera
Filed by John M. Becker | February 04, 2014 | 10:00 AM |A new video report from the international watchdog group Human Rights Watch contains disturbing footage of brutal anti-LGBT attacks in Russia.Read More
Mormon Video: Help Your Friends Fight the 'Great War' on Masturbation
Filed by John M. Becker | February 03, 2014 | 7:00 PM |A dark new video from Mormon-owned Brigham Young University-Idaho warns students that they're fighting a great war against a powerful and ruthless foe: masturbation.Read More
Record Turnout at Mumbai Pride After Recriminalization
Filed by John M. Becker | February 03, 2014 | 5:30 PM |LGBT Indians and allies in Mumbai, India's largest city, responded to the recent recriminalization of gay sex by holding their biggest pride festival ever.Read More
Sochi Killing Stray Dogs to Prepare for Olympics
Filed by John M. Becker | February 03, 2014 | 4:30 PM |According to ABC News, the city of Sochi is trying to kill as many of its stray dogs as possible before the Olympics.Read More
BREAKING: ACLU Sues to Overturn WI Marriage Ban
Filed by John M. Becker | February 03, 2014 | 1:30 PM |Finally, a lawsuit has been filed in Wisconsin by the ACLU challenging the constitutionality of the state's marriage discrimination amendment.Read More
Is That a Smartphone in Your Pocket or...
Filed by Bil Browning | February 03, 2014 | 10:00 AM |You won't be able to keep your hands off this smartphone app that does something or other. It's gonna be huge soon. I can't wait to get my hands on it.Read More
Irish Drag Queen Delivers Powerful Anti-Homophobia Speech
Filed by John M. Becker | February 03, 2014 | 9:00 AM |"People who have never experienced homophobia in their lives... have told me that unless I am being thrown into prison or herded onto a cattle truck then it is not homophobia. And that feels oppressive."Read More
Surprise Birthday Party Becomes Marriage Proposal
Filed by John M. Becker | February 02, 2014 | 2:00 PM |Your daily dose of "awwww!" comes from Lucas, a West Hollywood gay man who arranged a fake surprise birthday party for his boyfriend David so he could ask him to marry him.Read More
Remembering the Little Picture [Picture Tells A Story]
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | February 01, 2014 | 5:00 PM |I'm working to build better mental and behavioral patterns for my daily life. Part of that process is stepping back from the vastness of the connected world and being mindful of the physical world I also inhabit. Read More
Help Matt Peterson Take Miley Cyrus to Prom
Filed by Bil Browning | February 01, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Matt Peterson is a huge Miley Cyrus fan. He met her years ago and got a little nutty. Now Matt's older, cuter, and even nuttier; he wants to take Miley to prom.Read More
VA Same-Sex Marriage Case Becomes Class Action Suit
Filed by Michael Hamar | February 01, 2014 | 12:00 PM |The plaintiffs in one Virginia's marriage lawsuits have been certified to represent all same-sex couples who have been barred from marrying in Virginia. Read More
