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United States Refuses To Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration

United Nations — Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. In all, 66 of the U.N.’s 192 member countries signed the nonbinding declaration _ which backers called a historic step to push the General Assembly to […]

Prop. 8 sponsors seek to nullify 18K gay marriages

"The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay unions" Check the rest of it here

Obama Makes A Bad Choice For Equality

President Elect Barack Obama is creating controversy over his choice of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation on January 20th. Warren, a pastor and friend of Obama’s, stands in direct opposition to such things as gay rights, women’s choice and stem cell research. Personally, my one problem with Obama is  the depth of his "faith"

NEWSWEEK – The Religious Case For Gay Marriage

By Lisa Miller / Newsweek Published Dec 6, 2008 From the magazine issue dated Dec 15, 2008 Let’s try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does. Shall we look to Abraham, the great patriarch, who slept with his servant when he discovered his beloved wife

Transgender Law Center Seeking Volunteers

The Transgender Law Center in San Francisco is looking for transgender people and their allies in the Fresno/San Joaquin/Bakersfield/Coalinga area. We hope to facilitate a meeting with area legislators to introduce them to their transgender constituents and allow them to learn about issues facing transgender people in their district. We’re looking for trans-identified people in

Jon Stewart Takes Down Mike Huckabee On Gay Marriage

Watch Jon Stewart be nothing but logical and reasoned, while the self serving Mike Huckabee spews nonsense and avoids details… .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url(‘http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png’) !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;} The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Mike Huckabee Pt. 2 Barack Obama InterviewJohn McCain Interview Sarah Palin VideoFunny Election Video

Day Without A Gay – Schedule

The volunteer opportunities will be staggered throughout the day, but the length of the entire day will be from 9am-10pm, see details below. All activities will be overlapping, so as long as you see something you’re interested in, hopefully offering your day to service will be worth it. If you CAN NOT TAKE OFF WORK

All About Care / Camp Care Needs Your Help

All About Care is in severe need of funding, and facing a critical situation if they can’t raise enough money to stay afloat. In the current economy we’re losing lots of businesses, let’s not lose such a vital helping hand to the community as well. All About Care / Camp Care offers support and services

December Entertainment Reviews

   Best Gay Love Stories- New York City                                            Fall In Love in a City Of Dreams / Composition of Stories       Author: Brad Nichols                                                          Review By: Leon Velasco / Rating: One Thumb Up   The collected stories are very descriptive and clearly explain the surroundings that you can imagine the areas and envision the crowds of

Offensive Condescension

What the hell are we afraid of? Especially those of us who are affected by Prop 8? Looks like the two biggest things are religion and black Americans. As soon as Prop 8 passed and protestors took to the streets, a debate came up which raged long before Prop 8 and may likely go on