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It may seem surprising given the masculinity and violence often displayed by professional hockey players, but they are the most supportive of all the major sports of marriage equality, according to a new survey. Chicago Now reports: Should the U.S. Legalize Gay Marriage? 62 professional athletes from the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB, responded to […]
Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay youths, maintain ban on gay adult leaders. In what way isn’t this the cart before the horse? Does this make sense to any one person outside of the scouts? I fear their motives are more sinister. “It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve
Why should I personally go forward as a trans activist pushing for change? Why do anything for trans and LGBT community members when I have received a significant amount of pushback through the years from the religious right, LGBT community members, radical lesbian feminist separatists and even transsexual separatists? I’ve written in the past about
Salutations readers, I am Billy (Billie) LewisArtist / Writer / Photographer / Actress / Multifaceted in other areas that do not define me.I am a 43 years young, male to female transgender in her early stages and growth towards my true self. I am Lady Katherine’s ball and chain, for whom I have spent the
In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more than 60% of the vote. The vote to allow gay youth in Scouting — but not gay adult
This past week, there has been a massive media flurry about marriage equality, with both Delaware and Rhode Island both passing marriage equality laws and the Minnesota House voting to legalize same-sex marriage. News networks have been lauding the progress made by the LGBTQ movement, and to be fair, I was pretty excited myself. I
The U.S. Supreme Court fight over California’s Proposition 8, viewed by gay-rights advocates as a historic opportunity to establish same-sex marriage nationwide, may not even settle the issue in the state. The justices, who probably will rule next month, signaled during the March 26 argument that they might sidestep the underlying constitutional questions and decide
The Mormon Church has been strangely quiet over the last year or so as marriage equality bills and laws have begin passing across the USA. Mother Jones reports: But after the Mormon involvement in Prop. 8 was fully exposed, the backlash was severe–and apparently unexpected. The church became a target for public protests, and lost
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wants Catholics across the country to pray to God to let them continue discriminating. SDGLN reports: Proposition 8, the 2008 California referendum defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman, “was challenged as being unconstitutional and is now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court,
Delaware just became the 11th US state to legalize marriage equality. The Huffington Post: A divided state Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a bill authorizing same-sex marriage after hearing about three hours of debate. The vote sends the bill to Democratic Gov. Jack Markell, who has promised to sign it.The bill doesn’t give
