Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Chris Geidner has the details at Buzzfeed: The Senate overcame any threat of a filibuster to a bill banning discrimination against LGBT people on Monday, setting up a final vote on the bill in the coming days. Seven Republicans broke ranks with their party in voting to block any filibusters against the bill, joined by all 55 Democrats in the …

“MONDAY IS CRITICAL. We need to drag the hearing out as long as possible but at least until 9:00 pm. The reason is because Chair Rhoads announced that decision-making would be right after the hearing (decision-making or DM means we will vote on the measure in committee). He is assuming we will be finished early on Monday and if this …

On Thursday a Hawaii court will hear the lawsuit brought by an anti-gay coalition that includes a Christian hate group and GOP Hawaii state Rep. Bob “Crazy Eyes II” McDermott. The suit demands that a restraining order be put upon Gov. Neil Abercrombie to block him from signing the marriage equality bill. McDermott and others argue that a 1998 constitutional …

The fourth day of public testimonies just began in the Hawaii House, where hate groups are continuing their campaign to run out the clock on the special legislative session by sending thousands of batshit crazy Bible-clutchers to speak. Hit the link if you can bear it.

Just in via press release: This afternoon at approximately 1:45, People For the American Way received a call claiming that a bomb was present in our building in Washington, DC. After evacuating the premises, officers with the DC Metropolitan Police Department searched the building and established that there was no danger. We take the safety of our staff seriously. We’re …

Kyle Mantala at Right Wing Watch: Fischer laughably went on to claim that ENDA grants special rights to gays, saying that “there’s no protection in here for heterosexuals, none whatsoever … they get no legal protections in the law.” Apparently Fischer doesn’t realize that ENDA would make it illegal to fire someone based on their sexual orientation … and being …

Many thanks to all the wonderful and supportive folks I met at Palm Springs Pride! Executive director Ron De Harte and his team delivered a truly flawless series of dizzyingly diverse events over three days and there was just no way to attend all of them, although I think I gave it a pretty good shot. Special shout-out to the …

As I’ve said here for the last few years, there has been zero chance of ENDA’s passage in the House ever since the GOP assumed the majority in 2010. But with all of today’s news about the bill, please keep in mind that its presumed passage in the Senate WILL move the issue dramatically forward as it drags formerly recalcitrant …