LGBT Rights

UN Secretary General’s Speech on LGBT Human Rights Gets an Inspiring Remix: VIDEO

Andy Towle March 23, 2012

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's March 7 speech to the UN about the human rights of LGBT rights around the world has been given an inspiring … [Read more...] about UN Secretary General’s Speech on LGBT Human Rights Gets an Inspiring Remix: VIDEO

Andy Towle March 21, 2012

In an interview with the Washington Blade's Chris Johnson, Elizabeth Warren, who is running to unseat Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts, said … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren Calls on Obama to Finish Evolving on Marriage Equality, Says DNC Should Embrace Plank

Andy Towle March 20, 2012

Iowa's most virulent anti-gay activist, Bob Vander Plaats, is holding a hate rally in the Iowa Capitol today at 10 am, the Des Moines Register … [Read more...] about The Family Leader, NOM, and Catholics to Hold Hate Rally in the Iowa Capitol Today

Andy Towle March 15, 2012

On March 7, the Christianist Alliance Defense Fund sent a proposed ballot initative to he Colorado Legislative Council that would protect the rights … [Read more...] about ‘Focus on the Family’ Files Colorado Ballot Initative To Allow Anti-Gay Discrimination Based on Religious Beliefs

Andy Towle March 15, 2012

Lambda Legal looks back on the case that brought down sodomy laws:In 1998, on a September night in Houston, police stormed into John Lawrence's … [Read more...] about Looking Back on Lawrence v. Texas: VIDEO

Andy Towle March 13, 2012

On The Young Turks, Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss recent revelations and criticism of Invisible Children, the group behind the 'KONY … [Read more...] about Anti-Gay Christian Fundamentalist Groups Fund ‘KONY 2012’ Group Invisible Children: VIDEO

Andy Towle March 12, 2012

(image emol) Four suspects in the brutal attack on Chilean gay man Daniel Zamudio have been arrested, Chilean news outlets are reporting. Zamudio, 24, … [Read more...] about Four Arrested in Brutal Beating, Branding of Gay Chilean Man

"LGBT Rights Window Closing In Egypt":In many ways, the huge demonstrations of early 2011 that took place in Tahrir Square and led to … [Read more...] about NEWS: Afghanistan And Egypt; Brad And Ellen; Glenn Beck, Louis Farrakahn, And Andy Samberg (VIDEO!)

New developments re: the killings of gays and/or emo kids in Baghdad ... The New York Times has settled the question raised in my last post on the … [Read more...] about More News On The Killing Of Gays & Emos In Iraq

Andy Towle March 9, 2012

Students rally in support of fired Tennessee principal Dorothy Bond. Opponents of LGBT license plate in Indiana trying to void group’s contract with … [Read more...] about News: Titanic, Marc Cherry, Mass Effect, Britney Spears, Indiana