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Bill would overturn California’s mandated search for homosexuality cure, about 40 years after it stopped being seen as an illness.
Gibbs Noncommittal on a 2010 DADT Repeal Time Line ...
The Republican party and the Conservative movement has not been known for their pro-gay stance. On the contrary they are known as touting "traditional family values" and promoting the concept of marriage as solely between one man and one woman. Many republicans also want to deny gays the right to serve their country, and be protected from hate crimes and employment discrimination. The Grand Old Party (GOP) has often used the issue of homosexuality as a wedge issue and a scare tactic to rile up their conservative Christian base.Lately there has been some indication that many in the movement ...
Source: Vince - 19 Feb
Last week, my University (The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London) held a discussion about LGBT rights in Africa. Invited were SOAS lecturer Marica Moscati (preparing her PhD on same-sex marriage), a spokesperson for Amnesty International, John Bosco (a Ugandan refugee) and Skye (Zimbabwean gay rights activist).
One against the stream
Moscati gave a quick picture of what gay rights in Africa looked like and showed a diverse picture from several nations punishing homosexuality with the death penalty or prison to one extreme opposite, South Africa. It prohibits discrimination based on ...
From my interview of R&B, jazz artist, Jennie Laws in May of ‘08, I thought she was not only a talented vocalist and musician, but a cool person to get to know, period. Then, Freddie Beat of popolio tipped me off to her NOH8 photo on her MySpace pages. Very cool! (In case you’re new to the NOH8 campaign, it’s a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of California’s State Proposition 8 in 2008 after voters rejected same-sex marriage six months after California’s Supreme Court ...
Good news! The Portuguese parliament passed a same-sex marriage bill last week, which will make the country the eighth in the world to have equal marriage rights nationwide.
President Cavaco Silva can still veto the bill, but there hasn’t been any indication that he will do this, which gives it a pretty good chance of being ratified. Encouragingly, the bill sparked very little opposition in the public, even among social conservatives.
I’m not sure what country will be next, but I’ll be taking bets all morning on which country is more likely to give equal rights and freedoms to all of its ...
The Iowa House and Senate with a large Democratic majority has succesfully eliminated attempts by conservative members who want to vote on eliminating same-sex marriage. Among those who attempted to force a vote to ban gay marriage are four Democrats who went against their own party! The legislation has failed but came within 3 votes of being passed.Please contact the four Democrats who attempted to force a vote to ban gay marriage:Dennis Black of GrinnellDennis.Black@legis.state.ia.usKeith Kreiman of BloomfieldKeith.Kreiman@legis.state.ia.usRich Olive of Story Cityrich.olive@legis.state.ia.usJoe Seng of DavenportJoe.Seng@legis.state.ia.usCall the Senate switchboard at 515-281-3371 to speak with these ...
While on the topic of House Bill 1590 that would repeal same-sex marriage, New Hampshire's Republican state representative, Nancy Elliott, explains to the executive session how gay males go about having intercourse. (via BoingBoing)
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American singer Aaron Carter has taken a stand against proposition 8 which banned same-sex marriage equality in California in 2008. The popstar posed for the NO H8 campaign run by photographer Adam Bouska who photographs anyone who wants to show their solidarity with the movement to repeal prop 8.Thank Carter for taking a stand through Twitter and Myspace.
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