Browsing Archive: February, 2012
First Posted: 02/28/2012 5:23 pm Updated: 02/28/2012 9:51 pm
Last week's controversial winter finale episode
of "Glee" may have shocked fans, but one lesbian, gay, bisexual and
tr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Wednesday, February 29, 2012,
In :
In the Family
Ira Gray,
Trans* queer activist and writer
Posted: 02/28/2012 6:13 pm
I was 19 and hiding in the room I was renting out of someone's
apartment. My laptop was constantly open, YouTube recommending me one
FTM (female-to-male) transition video after another. Th... Continue reading ...
Updated: 02/26/2012 2:12 pm - AP on HuffingtonPost.Com
SAN FRANCISCO — Three GOP congressional
leaders are appealing a federal judge's ruling that declared a law
prohibiting the government from recognizing same-sex marriages to be
unconstitutional, according to court papers filed Friday.
Private lawyers for the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group notified the
federal court in San Francisco that they are ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
In :
In the Family
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
Date: 20 February 2012 Time: 09:50 AM ET
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 As we shared last week, President Obama released his proposed budget
for the next fiscal year, detailing how his administration would like
to prioritize spending on the range of government programs, including
ones that will benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
community. Now, the... Continue reading ...
Posted by Shannon Frye on Tuesday, February 21, 2012,
In :
Anti-GLBT News
Posted on Advocate.com
February 21, 2012 11:06:16 AM ET
Rep. Bob Morris
An Indiana lawmaker is the only member of the state’s
House who refused to sign a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary
of the Girl Scouts, a gr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Shannon Frye on Thursday, February 16, 2012,
In :
In the Family
Co-Founder of the Immigrant Youth Coalition, Contributor to DREAM Activists Blogger Series
Posted: 02/16/2012 7:27 am on HuffingtonPost.com
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Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Thursday, February 16, 2012,
In :
GLBTQ Victories
Feb. 16, 2012, 3:31 a.m. EST from the Associated Press (AP)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The leader of the New Jersey Assembly's GOP
caucus says the 32 Republicans in the lower house can vote however they
want to on gay marriage.
Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick of Westfield says there won't
be any arm-twisting before the bill comes up for a vote Thursday. He
says most Republicans believe — as Gov. Chris Christie does — that the
question of legalizing same-sex marriage should be... Continue reading ...
Nancy Pelosi,
the highly-successful former Speaker of the House, in a groundbreaking
statement has just announced she is breaking with the Democratic Party
to lead them to include support for same-sex marriage equality as part
of the 2012 Democratic National Committee platform. A platform is the
basis of all political positions for that party. This s... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Tuesday, February 14, 2012,
In :
GLBTQ Victories
Posted 2/14/2012 by The Feminist Majority Foundation on Feminist.Org
Yesterday Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed a bill
legalizing same-sex marriage in the state making Washington the seventh
state to legalize same-sex marriage. The bill passed the Washington
House of Representatives by a vote of 55 to 43 and the state Senate by a
vote of 28 to 21.
Although the law is scheduled to go into effect June 7, if Preserve
Marriage Washington, a group that filed a referendum, collec... Continue reading ...
Posted on Advocate.com
February 14, 2012 11:50:57 AM ET
Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school board voted Monday
night to replace a
heavily criticized policy that has been described by LGBT groups as a de
facto gag order prohibiting th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Monday, February 13, 2012,
In :
In the Family
posted to Curvemag.com Lesbian and Bisexual Arabs on coming out, keeping secrets and living the audacity of hope. Maria De La O
First, you have to be invited. Then you have to promise complete
discretion. On the appointed evening, you arrive and the list is
checked. If everything looks OK, you’re in.
You’ve suddenly entered another world. There are scores of women
dancing, talking, eating, drinking. They come from different
ba... Continue reading ...
From The Advocate
March 2012By Winston Gieske
Written by Aaron Fricke in 1981, Reflections of a Rock Lobster
is an autobiographical tale of the then 18-year-old high school senior
who — more than three decades before Constance McMillen made headlines
in Mississippi — successfully sued his ... Continue reading ...
Posted on Advocate.com
February 13, 2012 09:47:37 AM ET
Washington governor Chris Gregoire will sign into law a marriage equality bill at a historic Monday ceremony in Olympia.
The Associated Press reports
that the governor will sig... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Wednesday, February 8, 2012,
In :
Anti-GLBT News
By Moni Basu, CNN
updated 2:50 PM EST, Wed February 8, 2012
Atlanta (CNN) -- The victim of a vicious beating by a
gang of men shouting anti-gay slurs said Wednesday that he wants his
attackers to face justice.
Brandon White, 20, spoke out for the first time at a news conference
in Atlanta. He said he should never have to worry about being assaulted
just because he is a gay man.
"If a straight person can walk to the store, I should be able to do
the same thing," he said. "I... Continue reading ...
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lesley J. Hancock on Monday, February 6, 2012,
In :
GLBTQ Victories
Posted on Advocate.com
February 06, 2012 08:58:26 AM ET
on www.advocate.com
The Washington legislature is poised to send a marriage
equality bill this week to the desk of Gov. Chris Gregoire, who has ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Shannon Frye on Wednesday, February 1, 2012,
In :
GLBTQ Victories
By Chris Johnson on January 30, 2012
A
Department of Housing & Urban Development official said Monday
religious institutions receiving federal funds for housing programs will
have to abide by a new HUD rule prohibiting discrimination against LGBT
people.
John Trasviña, assistant secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
Opportunity, confirmed the rule would impact religious institutions
during a conference call in response to a questi...
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