Study: Gay Soldiers Don’t Cause Disruption Santorum Suggests Military Was ‘Indoctrinated’ Into Supporting DADT Repeal Obama’s puzzling switch on same-sex marriage 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 ...

Okay, so I'm probably going to get in a lot of trouble for this, and it's certainly possible that I'm a complete idiot, but I do not understand this NOH8 campaign at all. You've seen these ads, in which luminaries running the gamut from Cindy McCain to Madison Hildebrand are photographed bearing the NOH8 stamp on their cheeks and duct tape over their mouths. The point is to show the range of people-- gay, straight, and related to John McCain-- who oppose California's Proposition 8 and support same-sex marriage. Okay so that's good! What I don't understand at all is ...

Robbery and stabbing in Seattle had homophobic element, victim says. New shots of Saturn's moons Mimas and Calypso. Rep. Mike Pence calls for constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage at CPAC. LMFAO: Turns out it was Mitt Romney doing the assaulting on his flight from Vancouver. New Zealand billboard featuring 'gay-o-meter' called socially irresponsible: "The advertisement for the online polling site haveyoursay.co.nz, which was displayed on the corner of Cuba and Webb streets, consisted of a large graph titled 'gay-o-meter', with the axes labelled 'degree of homosexuality' and 'degree of homophobia'. A diagonal ...

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 ...

The New Hampshire House has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage in the state: "CACR 28 defined marriage in this state by saying it can only be between a man and a woman. It was rejected by a wide margin, 201-135, short of a simple majority and far below the three-fifths majority -- 238 votes -- it needed to advance to the Senate. Sponsors tried to delay a vote on the bill until March 17, so local voters could weigh in on petitions at town meeting that ask for a popular vote on the amendment. "All ...

You know, most social conservatives at least wait until a public figure has issued an opinion before they start bringing up the idea of impeachment. Oh, but not Maryland's most reliably far-reaching for of the 'mos, Don Dwyer (pic.). The Republican state delegate has penned a letter to the office of State Prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh, saying that if MD Attorney General Douglas Gansler (D) should issue an opinion that calls for any recognition of marriage outside of one man, one woman, then he, Dwyer, will begin the process of booting the AG from office. Now, we're not joking: February 16, ...

Nick Clegg MP is interviewed by readers of Pink News today. Questions cover issues like tuition fees and ID cards, as well as more obvious "LGBT issues" like same-sex marriage, tackling homophobic bullying and attacks, and the ban on gay and bisexual men, and their female partners, donating blood. ...

On Wednesday, legislators will vote on two separate bills that aim to repeal New Hampshire's gay marriage law which took effect on January 1. The first is House Bill 1590 which is an act to repeal same-sex marriage, and the second is a constitutional ... ...

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 ...

Despite the fact that both the Senate and the House in Iowa failed in attempts to bring a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage up for a vote last week, four Democratic state senators have since signed on with anti-gay forces, the Iowa Independent reports:  "Four Democratic state senators — Dennis Black of Grinnell, Keith Kreiman of Bloomfield, Rich Olive of Story City and Joe Seng of Davenport — broke with their party and signed on to a Republican petition to force a vote on same-sex marriage." The measure is technically dead (until 2014, the ...

NH House to vote on marriage equality repeal Wednesday. Rejection recommended. New York gets Brainwashed. Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger who was killed at the Olympics, told his father he was terrified of the  Whistler luge track: "He called me before the Olympics, three days ago, and he said, 'Dad, I'm scared of one of the turns.' I said, 'Put your legs down on the ice to slow down,' but he said if he started the course he would finish it. ... He was brave." Andrew Sullivan and Maggie Gallagher to ...

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 ...

Here are the five biggest stories from Gay News Watch over the last week: Federal judge in Prop 8 marriage trial is gay himself: QUICK LOOK: The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in... ...

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) ...

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. ...

Queer-Folker Randy Harrison. Kick-ass activist Ann Northrop. A few arrests. It's just another pre-Valentine's Day marriage protest in New York City: (Photos: Jamie McGonnigal) Jealous, hetero friends? *** **Here are some highlights/lowlights, via the organizers @ Queer Rising: · Alan Bounville, Jake Goodman, Justin Elzie and Gabriel Yuri Bollag chained and pad-locked themselves to the entrance railing, subsequently blocking entry to the marriage bureau. · A gathering of under 100 same-sex marriage equality proponents for a press conference and rally in the park opposite the bureau. · The application – and subsequent rejection – of over 20 same-sex couples hoping to obtain a marriage ...

New Hampshire GOP Rep. Nancy Elliott voiced her concerns this week in an executive session regarding HB1590, a bill that would repeal New Hampshire's marriage equality laws. She explains what same-sex marriage means to her: "We're talking about taking the penis of one man, and putting it into the rectum of another man, and wiggling it around in excrement, and you have to think. I'm not sure. Would I allow that to be done to me? All of us — that could happen to you — Would you like that happen to you? Is that normal? Is that something that ...

Kenya's newspaper The Daily Nation is reporting that police saved three men suspected of being gay from "hundreds of angry youth baying for their blood" on Friday: "Subsequently, a same-sex marriage that was planned to take place in the coastal town failed to take off as two men who announced the wedding went into hiding. Police were forced to intervene to save the three men who residents had accused of being 'notorious gays' who were behind the spread of the practice in the town. Two men suspected of being a couple by residents were flushed out of their ...