Archive for the ‘LGBT Families’ Category
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 »
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) mourns the passing of civil rights hero, Del Martin. Phyllis Lyon, Del's wife, was by her side when she died.
"Del and Phyllis reflect everything that marriage represents – lifelong commitment and everlasting love," said Molly McKay, MEUSA Media Director. "Our hearts go out to Phyllis ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Seems as though John McCain isn't as radical as his evangelical followers.
We know the Religious Right would like nothing more than to strip away any kind of legal recognition or protection for LGBT people and same-sex couples. That's why we're seeing anti-LGBT, anti-family marriage amendments that have the possibility of ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, Republican Party, United States | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
After Brian's eloquent post praising the brave equality stands of a couple New York Republicans, I thought it was interesting to read a recent article from The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY).
It seems as though the county manager in Otsego County took steps to exclude legally wedded same-sex couples (recognized in ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, New York, Politics, Republican Party, United States, Voices from the Right | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I posted yesterday about The Denver Daily News' hit piece on gay parents and their kids. Denver's gayzetteblog.com has done a great job covering the news. GLAAD and other gay groups jumped on it quick too.
From the follow-up article:
Denver psychologist Dr. Vivian Schaefer, who works closely with gay patients and ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Families, Media, Religion, Sexuality, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Via gayzetteblog.com (Denver) we learn of an absolutely ludicrous, radical right agenda-laden hit piece on LGBT parents and their kids.
Entitled, "Gay parents = gay kids? Study: Kids raised by gay folks more likely to grow up gay," The Denver Daily News article states:
As many as 21 percent of homosexually parented ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Minutes after the Massachusetts Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that would open same-sex marriage to out-of-state couples, the American Family Association's OneNewsNow posted an Associated Press article detailing the legislation's passage.
They changed the headline (and all the words "gay" to "homosexual") to read: "BREAKING NEWS: Out-of-state homosexual 'marriages' ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Media, Politics, Religion, United States | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
WFMY News 2 (Greensboro) did a wonderful story (video here) on my two good friends and mentors Gary Trowbridge and Frank Benedetti, a couple whose been together for decades. They are looking forward to a legal wedding in California. The state started legal marriages for same-sex couples yesterday at 5 ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Families, North Carolina, Religion, United States, Winston-Salem | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Marriage equality matters to many readers of InterstateQ I imagine. "Democrats are for LGBT rights, Republicans are against them" seems to be the generally accepted view of American politics, but after listening to the views of the presidential front runners, I can't help but notice they sound rather similar ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch, Democratic Party, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, Republican Party | 1 Comment »
