Gay activists sure can turn make lemonade! Rather than remaining mute about lawmaker Sally Kern's anti-audio, about 300 people gathered in Oklahoma City today to pressure the state's legislature to pass comprehensive hate crime laws.

Meanwhile, Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe, whose organization spearheaded the secretly taped audio's publication, offered some forgiving words on Kern:

Rep. Kern may not have realized the effect her ugly words would have, but she now has an opportunity to say to her constituents and to gays and lesbians and their families across Oklahoma, that she regrets the language she used. The damage is done, but her apology can begin the healing.

A Kern apology ain't likely, especially since she refers to her gays and terrorists equation a "metaphor". She just wanted to scare up some support, she says. She's certainly scared up more than that…

BJ Cruz made gay history in Guam. The former Guamanian Supreme Court judge and politico won a special senatorial election this weekend:

Victory endorsee B.J. Cruz won a special senatorial election on Saturday, capturing 41 percent of the vote.

Cruz, a Democrat, beat Republican Telo Taitague and fellow Democrat Tom Ada, who won 30 and 28 percent of the vote respectively.
According to the Pacific News Center, Cruz wants to get to work immediately by taking part in legislative proceedings and confer with other legislators on matters pertaining to the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

The election gives the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund its first win this year.

Victory Fund has endorsed 34 other homo-politicos this election season.

The Victory Fund's feeling victorious this morning after a whopping 31 homo-politicos won last night's elections.

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Howard Bayless made history in Alabama yesterday. The politico became the openly gay man elected to a public office and will now sit on the Birmingham Board of Education.

Celebrating his victory, Bayless made sure to thank The Victory Fund, a gay non-profit dedicated to helping queer candidates:

This election was about the future of this community, and the Victory Fund understands that in order to change hearts and minds we all have to roll up our sleeves and work hard for our all our neighbors, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm grateful for everything the Victory Fund has done to help us move our state forward.

Bayless' win comes one year after that of Patricia Todd, the state's first openly gay Representative. Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe also celebrated the news, "Howard Bayless is a hero to gay people in Alabama, but his election proves that all kinds of voters respond to real leadership."