Hundreds of Sacramento-area students rallied to support four students suspended for wearing anti-gay shirts. One participant said: "It's only going to get worse against Christians. We're going to get persecuted more and more. But those who stand to the end: God is going to save them." Um, right...
Sony's banking on Spider Man 3. Literally. Some insiders claim the flick cost $300 million to produce. No doubt, however, it'll make it back. And then some.
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission will honor Nepal's Blue Diamond Society for all their hard activist work. Unfortunately, they will not be honored with actual blue diamonds.
We've never quite understood Kate Moss and Pete Doherty's relationship. Now we do. And they're kind of cute. Still total nutters, but cute...
The fuzz may have been investigating theft at Atlanta's airport, but they found a bunch of horny gay men, instead. Now they're looking for more.
Regional lawyers have ruled that Latvia's City Council acted unjustly in barring last year's gay pride parade. Hoorah!
Maryland's House has passed a bill requiring health insurance companies to extend benefits to same-sex partners and children. The bill now needs to be signed by the governor to become a law. (We totally just had a School House Rock flashback.)
GLAAD's celebrating the tenth anniversary of Ellen Degeneres' coming out with a month full of flag-waving faggotry.
Sri Lanka may forbid homosexuality, but that's not stopping gay activists from planning a pride event. Trouble is, they don't have any money. Do you?
In an effort to make a more single friendly album, Madonna has joined forces with Justin Timberlake and uber-producer Timbaland. If they can't help her sales, no one can...
The House Judiciary Committee isn't fucking around with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. They've just issued a subpoena for more documents regarding the allegedly illegal firing of federal prosecutors. Nail him to the wall, kids!
New York has agreed to extend benefits to employee's same-sex partners. About fucking time, no?
Mario Vasquez still claims he's not gay. But, of course, the interview took place before that whole sexual harassment lawsuit, so who knows...
Don Imus may have called them "nappy-headed hos", but the Rutgers Women's basketball team has agreed to have a little sit-down. We hope they give it to him good.
Robbie Williams may have ditched Take That! to embrace his bad boy image, but some are saying the recently rehabbed singer's mulling a musical reunion. Um, is that supposed to be a career booster or a death rattle?
21-year old Akino George has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the beating of gay singer, Kevin Aviance. Like his violent cohorts, George copped a plea. Smart fucker...
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For all you activisty types, we want to give you a heads-up about the Creating Change conference in Kansas City this November.
Creating Change™ is the premier national grassroots organizing and skills building LGBT conference. Each year the conference is held in a different region of the United States and attracts 2,500+ participants from within and outside of the LGBT community. The conference is well known for providing a unique environment where activists and leaders come together from diverse places and backgrounds to create a community that is both strengthening and inspiring to the participants.
Starting the conference on November 8 is an interesting move by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the organization that puts on the event. Depending on the way the elections go, it could be a very exciting or depressing time.
Remember the 2004 election when we had to support John Kerry and John Edwards even though they opposed legalization of samesex marriage? Remember the excuses we made for them because they were our only alternative to President Bush? Well 2008 might be different, and it could be up to Sen. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin.
The Senator, perhaps best known for his role in drafting the Campaign Finance Reform bill of 2005, is slated to speak at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Leadership Awards on May 6. Feingold also recently spoke at a fundraiser for the Stonewall Democrats, and Out for Democracy says he is "the most likely of the potential 2008 candidates to come out in full support of marriage equality for same-sex couples."
Stranger things have happened, and having been the only dissenting vote against the U.S. Patriot Act, the good Senator is used to making unpopular decisions. Make sure to let him know that we have his back if he has ours.
DC Leadership Awards: May 6th [Out for Democracy]
A new American hero? [!! omg blog !!]
Senator Russ Feingold [Official Site]
McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill [Library of Congress]
NGLTF, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, is calling out the alledged "gay prevention" programs, saying their "counselors" are actually causing more psychological harm than they are helping people.
According to a report by NGLTF, "some Christian-based gay prevention and treatment groups have used the First Amendment protection of religion to avoid sanctions by state health officials seeking to enforce regulations on counselors who offer therapy without a license."
We applaud the NGLTF for actually putting their donation money to worthwhile use in battling this problem. It's good to know those checks we write may help change some parents' minds, and save a kid or two from having to live the horror of a gay-conversion camp. And judging by the oh-so-masculine appearance of their success story poster-boy, Alan Chambers (picture above), their legitimacy is dubious at best. Our boy Alan there makes Johnny Weir look like Rambo.
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