Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird spoke out today, blasting Russia's vicious anti-gay law and the announcement from that nation's sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, that the Russian Federation would enforce its "homosexual propaga…
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Archives for August 1, 2013
Posts from August 1, 2013
Colorado Recognizes First Gay Divorce
Though gay couples cannot legally be married in Colorado, they can get divorced. On Monday, Juli Yim and Lorelei Jones became the state's first gay couple to get divorced thanks to a recently passed civil unions bill which took effect May 1st. Th…
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Federal Court Challenge Filed Against Virginia’s Marriage Equality Ban
As they announced they would earlier this month, the ACLU and Lambda Legal, along with the regional ACLU of Virginia, today filed a federal class action challenge in Virginia arguing that the state's marriage equality ban violates same-sex couple…
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Same-Sex Marriages Continue In PA As Court Receives New Request To Halt Them
Ill-content with the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court's lack of response thus far to a petition filed Tuesday intended to stop Montgomery County and its clerk D. Bruce Hanes from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Pennsylvania Depa…
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Pro-Gay Rights Message Posted By Anglican Minister Goes Viral
Last week, an Anglican minister in Gosford, Australia posted an image in support of LGBT people to his parrish's Facebook that quickly went viral. The image showed the Church's sign board with the message: "Dear Christians, Some people a…
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News: Dustin Lance Black, Cheyenne Jackson, Rhode Island, Retiring In France
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner apparently isn't to blame for sexually harassing 8 women because the city failed to provide him with proper sexual harassment training. Matt Damon talks bulking up for Elysium. Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert…
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Russian Sports Minister: Sochi Athletes Will Be Subject To Anti-Gay Laws
Despite recent assurances from the IOC that LGBT athletes competing at the 2014 Sochi Olympics would not be subject to Russia's anti-gay laws, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko warned today that athletes and visitors will not be given any spec…
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SCOTUS Ruling Revives Federal Challenge To Oklahoma’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
The battle for marriage equality has begun to escalate in the Sooner State, following the Supreme Court's gutting of section 3 of DOMA in United States v. Windsor, according to The Oklahoman. A 2004 challenge to the state's ban on same-sex ma…
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Towleroad Interview: Jinkx Monsoon
Photo: Tim Harmon Back in January, the world was introduced to “Seattle’s premier Jewish narcoleptic drag queen," Jinkx Monsoon, on season five of RuPaul’s Drag Race. By the time she broke out a note-perfect impersonation of Little…
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Marriage Equality Becomes Reality In Minnesota, Rhode Island
As earlier anticipated, at 12:01 AM this morning same-sex marriage became legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island, upping the number of states where gay couples can be legally wed to 13. According to The Star Tribune, couples in Minneapolis started marry…
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