Political articles/news from local authors
They just keep coming. It’s like a movie no one would believe. Another conservative, Republican member of Congress has fallen. Vito Fossella of New York, who’s worked legislatively to support a constitutional amendment barring same sex marriage, voted against the Matthew Shepard Act to add gays to hate crime laws, and touted himself as another […]
The Stonewall Democrats have posted the results of their inaugural Stonewall Census. This past December, they conducted an in-depth survey of the opinions and priorities of their members. The Stonewall Census surveyed their membership on a range of subjects including voting priorities, Democratic participation and satisfaction with the group’s work. Stonewall Democrats – Stonewall
Did you know that… *Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people have been targeted by the Tobacco Industry.*Interventions to counter tobacco use are not always culturally tailored for the LGBT communities. *The LGBTQ communities smoke at rates 40%-almost 200% higher than the general population. The National Tobacco Control Network is working to support the many local
Gay men longing to see San Francisco drop its ban on bathhouses should not count on the city’s new HIV prevention director to champion their cause. In response to a question at a meeting with community members Wednesday, April 23, Dr. Grant Colfax said he is not inclined to support ending the decades-long policy of
A monument will be erected in Tel Aviv honoring gays and lesbians persecuted during the Holocaust. The Israeli news site Ynet reported Wednesday that an agreement to build the monument has been signed by city council and LGBT civil rights leader Itai Pinkas. Read the story HERE
A coalition of conservative groups says it has collected more than enough signatures to force a proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage onto the November ballot. The groups, under the banner ‘Protect Marriage’ say they have collected more than 1.1 signatures, and will present them to county registrars this week. Ballot initiatives require 694,354 signatures to
What is the Day of Silence®? The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), is a student-led day of action when concerned students, from middle school to college, take some form of a vow of silence to bring attention to the name-calling, bullying and harassment — in effect,
The state of Oklahoma is starting to see the financial consequences of Sally Kern‘s vicious anti-gay tirade, as one company has already said they’re reluctant to set up in house in the state due to her comments. Read the story here: Anti Gay Remarks Could Cost Oklahoma Major Corporation
I’ll refrain from stating my opinion about the anti-christ, oops, I mean the Pope, regarding his visit this week to the United States. There will be plenty of groups, including gay activists, who will by saying enough as they protest him and the policies of the disgraced Catholic church. Click on the following link for
"I think everybody’s got to relax on all this gay stuff." — Bill O’Reilly, The O’Reilly Factor, August 15, 2007 From his suggestion that the "secular progressive movement" would like to have "poly-amorphous" marriage ("you can marry 18 people, you can marry a duck") to his statement that it would be "insane" and "inappropriate" to
