Archive for the ‘Anti-LGBT’ Category
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
From The LA Times:
The food fight is over.
Nearly a month ago, opponents of Proposition 8 -- which would amend the state Constitution to ban gay marriage -- started a "soft boycott" of Bolthouse Farms, among the largest producers of fresh-cut carrots in the world and the maker of juices and ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States, Western U.S. | No Comments »
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Famed singer and conservative talking head Pat Boone has written a curious commentary at the rabidly anti-gay "news" website WND.com. In the "exclusive commentary," entitled, "Are you ready for a gay America?", Boone laments the loss of what he sees as his traditional America and the forthcoming "breakdown of society," ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, Sexuality | 4 Comments »
Friday, September 19th, 2008
My attention was drawn to an article from a Kansas TV station this morning while browsing The Washington Blade's website. A teen in a small town of about 800 people was severely beaten inside his home by a classmate who had heard rumors he was gay. The rumor was false. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Hate Crimes, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, United States | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Yeah... a once Raleigh native told Washington, D.C.'s Metroweekly magazine that he felt safer in Raleigh, as well as in Boston:
At the same time, Mark Hayes, another local gay man, was finding himself similarly fed up. While Perry is a Washington native, Hayes came to the District about five years ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
The Winston-Salem Journal, my lovely hometown newspaper, published a great column by John Railey. Interviewing an African-American minister, Railey's column delves into just some of the multitude of issues that make stopping HIV/AIDS difficult in black communities and in the black church:
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Health, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The Charlotte Observer today published a front-pager on the new book edited by Mitchell Gold, featuring 40 stories of gay and lesbian people's ordeals growing up gay in America and their experiences in the church.
"CRISIS: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 5 Comments »
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
From the day job blog...
For a man who still cries when he hears the national anthem, I’m livid someone would question my patriotism based solely on my sexual orientation and party affiliation. My 80-year-old, heterosexual, U.S. Marines WWII/Korean War veteran, Old South, Democratic grandpa would kick your ass if he ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States, Western NC | No Comments »
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Looks as though this year's Soulforce Equality Ride is going to face a little opposition. As I wrote back on August 9 and as I reported for Q-Notes on September 9, the 2008 Equality Ride will make a stop at the Columbia, S.C.-based Columbia International University on Oct. 6.
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Soulforce Equality Ride 2008, South Carolina, United States | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
A young conservative slightly associated with the SPLC-listed hate group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) gave a radio interview for The Young Turks at the Republican National Convention. What was up for debate? Well, none other than a good ole helpin' of sodomy and a fine, fine conversation about Barack ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, LGBT, Politics, Religion, Republican Party, Sexuality, United States | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Gay writer James Kirchick, the assistant editor of The New Republic, eloquently outlined the many ways in which the GOP might be pulling back from its open and unregretable gay bashing. In his latest piece for The Wall Street Journal, Kirchick compared this year's Republican National Convention to past events ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party, United States | 5 Comments »
