Sad news coming from Albany. The Marriage Equality Act failed in the New York Senate, with a vote of 24-38. After I swelled with hope listening to passionate speeches by Senator Eric Adams, Senator Eric T. Schneiderman and many others on the live feed, I'm feeling […]
Category: Equality
Georgia Govt Gets A Dash Of LGBT Diversity
Good news from down south! Yesterday, voters in Georgia elected the nation's first openly lesbian African-American state legislator, and Atlanta voted in the first gay man and first Asian-American to their city council. Say hello to Simone Bell and Alex Wan, because they'll be working […]
A Divorce Ban In California?
Have you ever thought to yourself, "if the sanctity of marriage is so damn important, then straight people shouldn't be allowed to get divorces"? Well, John Marcotte, a Sacramento-based web designer, has started a movement to ban divorce in California. “Since California has decided to protect […]
The Coolest 10-Year-Old Ever!
Check this kid out! You may have heard about the 10-year-old boy genius (that’s my assessment) who refused to say the pledge of allegiance because gays and lesbians don’t have equal rights. CNN got an exclusive interview with the boy, Will Phillips, and his father. […]
Marriage Equality In Portugal?
There's been some buzz for a little over a month that Portugal will be legalizing same-sex marriages, and it seems like we're getting closer and closer to the ultimate moment. After being re-elected in September, Prime Minister José Sócrates has promised that it'd be one of […]
British Sex Ed To Include Gay Relationships
The British government has recently announced that all schools must offer sexual education courses. Lessons will begin at age five, with primary school students learning about their bodies, puberty, marriages, divorces and civil partnerships. They'll move on from there to learn about contraception, gay and […]
Guess Who Has A Sex Tape?
We told ourselves that we'd stop writing about Carrie Prejean a while back, but this is just too good to be true. The former Miss California and
Is There Still Hope For Marriage Equality In New Jersey?
Though the wounds from Maine are push through their "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law. Kalamazoo, Michigan voted 62-38 to extend
Maine Votes To Repeal Gay Marriage Law
See that picture right there? That's how my heart felt this morning when I woke up to discover that fifty-three percent of Maine voters chose to repeal a law legalizing gay marriage. To hear the chief organizer of Stand For Marriage say that the "institution of […]
Is Anyone Else Getting Nervous About Maine?
In case you've forgotten, residents of Maine will be voting today on whether to keep a law that legalized gay marriage. The polls are predicting that it's extremely close, and I'm seriously about to pull out my hair worrying about this. No matter what happens, I'm […]