Political articles/news from local authors
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
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will fight against a gay marriage ban initiative if it happens to make it to the ballots in November. Read the story here: Governor Vows To Fight Marriage Ban Initiative
Barack Obama says if elected president he won’t require that his appointees to the Joint Chiefs of Staff support allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Read the story here: Obama On Gay Issues
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