Verizon shareholders have voted to reject a proposed amendment to the company’s employment policies which would have added gender identity protections. Preliminary results showed that the resolution, which was opposed by the company’s board of directors, won 17 percent of shareholder approval. It takes 3 percent for a proposal to come back, which it achieved. According to Alberto Canal, of …
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The Kids Are Alright
From Kansas, a really sweet story about a gay homecoming king: There’s no way I’m homecoming king. No way, he thought. Sarah helped him walk to the middle of the stage, where Laura Wetzel, the queen, crowned him and gave him a big hug. “That’s awesome, Matthew!” she said. Matthew’s cheeks were red, and his face hurt from smiling so …
Read More »Protest The Pill Day
From The Pill Kills.com: June 7 marks the 43rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Griswold v. Connecticut. This was the first of many decisions that led to the culture of death we live in today. On that day in 1965, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Griswold v. Connecticut case, it set a legal precedent for …
Read More »Warnings To Gay Eurovision Fans
The British embassy in Belgrade will issue a pamphlet of “advice” to gay fans heading to the Eurovision Song Contest in Serbia this month, after fears were raised that local fascists plan to attack homosexual attendees. The British Embassy in Belgrade is funding the production of an information leaflet for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people planning to visit the …
Read More »Killer’s Lawyer Blames School For “Nurturing” Lawrence King
The defense lawyer of Lawrence King’s murderer is blaming the school for playing a role in the crime because they did not stop King from coming to school in feminine attire and did not intervene when King flirted with Brandon McInerney. As 14-year-old Brandon McInerney prepares to be arraigned today in the slaying of 15-year-old Lawrence “Larry” King at E.O. …
Read More »Myanmar: Before And After
NASA provides a view of Myanmar (Burma) before and after the cyclone. Terrifying. (Via – Andrew Sullivan)
Read More »Donna Summer – Stamp Your Feet
More Videos Here’s Stamp Your Feet, the new single from Donna Summer’s Crayons, due out May 20th. Embedding is disabled on the YouTube version of the clip, so let me know if this player gives you any problem.
Read More »HRC Head Apologizes For “Misspeaking” On ENDA Pledge To Transgenders
Last week in Atlanta, Human Rights Campaign executive director Joe Solmonese privately apologized to a group of transgender activists for “misspeaking” at a conference last year when he promised that his organization would not support a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that did not include gender identity protections. Solmonese met for more than two hours with Atlanta transgender rights …
Read More »Morning View – Brooklyn Bridge
And in the background are the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges.
Read More »Open Thread Thursday
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(Via – Married To The Sea)
Read More »PA Senate Gives Up Gay Marriage Ban
Thanks in part to the snark of Democratic state Sen. Vincent Fumo [left], the Pennsylvania Senate yesterday abandoned their latest anti-gay marriage bill. The main sponsor, Sen. Michael Brubaker, R-Lancaster, said it had become clear to him that the bill would not pass in the House and he therefore saw no point to a lengthy debate in the Senate. The …
Read More »VA Elects First Openly Gay Black Candidate
Via the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund: Last night, while most political onlookers were watching the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Indiana and North Carolina, a Virginia resident quietly made history as he became the state’s first openly LGBT African-American elected to public office. In his first bid for elected office, Lawrence Webb won a seat on …
Read More »Rep. Paul Broun: No Porn For G.I.’s
As if things didn’t suck enough for our guys overseas: GRAFENWOHR, Germany — Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men’s magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to soldiers at Grafenwohr. U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-GA [right], has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the current law that allows …
Read More »Good Work Wednesday
This Sunday join Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for a few rounds of Broadway Bingo at Spotlight Live in Times Square, where Charles Busch, Jackie Hoffman, and Karen Finley will be among the celebrity callers. There will be special musical performances by Joyce DeWitt (!), the cast of Naked Boys Singing, and Amber Martin. Prizes include paraphernalia from and tickets to …
Read More »A Little Fussy, But It Would Do
The late Brooke Astor’s Park Avenue apartment has just gone on sale for $46M. Six terraces, fourteen rooms, including four for the maids. Oh, and don’t worry about a mortgage, it’s 100% down. Conveniently located several blocks and one universe from my apartment.
Read More »Buh-Bye
In the history of the show, has any finalist crashed and burned so spectacularly as Jason Castro did last night? Wow. Otherwise, David Archuletta is back on his game. A mid-show email from Father Tony: “They have obviously taken the Archuletta boy off the Quaaludes.”
Read More »Appeals Court: NY Must Recognize Out Of State Gay Marriages
Yesterday the New York Court of Appeals refused to hear a case that challenged a lower court’s decision that the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. The court’s refusal means that the earlier ruling stands and New York must recognize same-sex marriages performed in jurisdictions where they are legal. The original case stemmed from a complaint from …
Read More »Morning View – Not A Keno Board
I found this odd bit of artwork downtown near the South Street Seaport. I thought it looked like a giant keno board, but I’m told it’s some kind of calendar, part of what was once many interactive art installations in the area. Can anybody tell us about it?
Read More »Jim Neal Loses NC Senate Primary
Openly gay U.S. Senate candidate Jim Neal was trounced in yesterday’s North Carolina primary, taking (as of this writing) only 19% of the vote to state Sen. Kay Hagen’s 62%. Hagen will now face incumbent Elizabeth Dole, who breezed to an easy win on the Republican side with 90% of the vote. Neal’s underfunded campaign ran no television ads and …
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