The New Yorker has published a long, thoughtful story suggesting that Tyler Clementi wasn't killed by homophobes. At least, not the way we might think. It became widely understood that a closeted student at Rutgers had committed suicide after vid…
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Archives for February 5, 2012
Posts from February 5, 2012
WATCH: Madonna’s ‘Super Bowl’ Halftime Performance
If you missed Madonna's Halftime show at the Super Bowl (as you may well have, because as it turns out NBC's livestream of the event skipped it completely), you can watch it,AFTER THE JUMP ……
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To Stream The Super Bowl, Plus Halftime Show (UPDATED)
Perhaps you've heard: Tonight at 6:30 p.m., Eastern Time, some of the biggest, fastest, strongest and richest men in America will meet on a field of painted grass in Indianapolis and practice war games. They will wear shoulder pads, and they will…
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Praying The Gay Out Of Bangor (UPDATED)
American Christianists have become very skilled at euphemizing their desire to pray the gay away. See the verbiage coming out of Portland, ME, where Bishop Dick Malone has announced the formation of a chapter of "Courage," the worldwide Cat…
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Rep. Jim Splaine Defends Equality
In an excellent editorial published today in the Sea Coast Online, gay New Hampshire State Rep. Jim Splaine demolishes one of the most common attacks on marriage equality mounted by bigots in his home state: That marriage equality was forced upon New…
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Lesbian Mothers Of The Golden Orchid Society
I never learned about the same-sex marriages of the Golden Orchid Society when I was growing up, and I bet you didn't either. Now, thanks to Rainbow Rumpus, plenty will. According to a just-published essay at Rainbow Rumpus, the online magazine f…
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Proposed Executive Order Could Ban Anti-LGBT Discrimination By Government Contractors
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, has been kicking around the government in various iterations since 1994, and since 2009 has included language protecting transgender people from workplace discrimination. ENDA's never been signed in…
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Episcopals For Marriage Equality In Washington
As the Washington State Senate voted in favor of marriage equality on Wednesday, it had the vocal support of a senior member of the Episcopal clergy. Earlier this week, the Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel, VIII Bishop of Olympia, posted the following to his blo…
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