Chris Jarvis

VIDEO: Will Phillips Accepts GLAAD Award

I’ve written about 10 year old Will Phillips before…explaining that I’m not much for heroes, but this boy is a hero of mine. He refused to say the Pledge Of Allegiance in school until LGBT Americans have equal rights. He garnered national attention for that brave move and now GLAAD has bestowed an award on […]

Porn Fiasco

If I were to type it in it wouldn’t be that bad. I mean I can just erase the history. But what if mom comes home early? It doesn’t matter; she won’t be home until like four. That gives me a hour and a half. I can just look at a couple of bad pictures

Gavin Newsom Announces Run

  Gavin Newsom is back, baby…Although he dropped out of the Governor’s race, he’s just made the following announcement regarding a run for Lt. Governor… Just announced that I am running for Lt. Gov.! I want to say thank you for eveyone’s support today and over the years. I hope you will join me in

Atlanta Eagle Employees Win

  A little more justice today as the employees of the Atlanta Eagle bar, who were arrested in September for supposedly "lewd dancing without a permit" (what century are we even living in??) have been declared NOT GUILTY. Read the story here…

ACLU Takes On Shameful Mississippi School

Reading about Constance McMillen, the young girl in Mississippi who asked to take her lesbian girlfriend to the prom, resulting in the school cancelling the event completely, I was left feeling defeated. Many recent events concerning LGBT civil rights have resulted in organization simply "pulling the plug". It was evident recently when the Catholic Church

Oklahoma Gets Ugly All Over Again

After the recent story about conservatives in the Oklahoma legislature debating whether the government should be allowed to intrude on traditional marriage (while having zero problem with the government intruding on same sex relationships) here comes another stunner from the state. Now, Republican Senator Steve Russell has taken a bill aimed at looking into secondary

NYT Session with Boies & Olson

David Boies and Ted Olson, attorneys in the CA Prop 8 case, sat down with Adam Liptak, Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times, at the newspaper’s Manhattan headquarters last night to discuss the landmark case. The two were filled with optimism as well as reality, discussing their return either later this month or

VIDEO: Saudi Man Jailed After Innocent Video Surfaces

While we occasionally consider political actions in regards to protesting the lack of equality for LGBT Americans that may end up with us being arrested to prove a point, those ideas can’t even be entertained in many, many other countries. A young Saudi man decided to make a brief, YouTube video with a friend of