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Broken Bargain For LGBT Workers
A new report from the Movement Advancement Project: A landmark new report released today examines how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers might have the same job as a coworker, yet be legally fired, denied equal benefits and be required to pay thousands of dollars more in taxes simply because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. A Broken …
Read More »Christie Sets Special Election Date To Fill Senate Seat Of Frank Lautenberg
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has acted swiftly in response to yesterday’s passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. The special election will be October 16th and Democrats are unhappy. New Jersey state law conflicted on the timing of a special election to fill a vacancy. One section of New Jersey law on vacancies said the special election should be held at …
Read More »Britain Gives Ugandan Hater The Sadz
So says the cheerleader for Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill. UPDATE: Oh, now he’s ever so pissed at me.
Read More »Marriage Passes In House Of Lords On Voice Vote, Bill Proceeds To Committee
The Guardian reports: The Lords voted by 390 votes to 148 to reject an attempt by Lord Dear, a crossbencher, to defeat the bill at second reading. It is very unusual for the Lords to block a bill at second reading and some peers may have been voting against Dear because they were opposed to the idea of the Lords …
Read More »LIVE VIDEO: House Of Lords
The final comments are being made at the House of Lords in advance of the vote on marriage, which could come around 2PM Eastern. Watch live here. The Lord speaking at this writing (above) just announced that he will vote for the “wrecking amendment” to stop the bill from coming to a vote. UPDATE: JMG reader Mike directs us to …
Read More »Israeli Finance Minister Backs Marriage
More on Yair Lapid can be found here. The below statement was made on May 18th. (Tipped by JMG reader Eric)
Read More »Boston Cops Warn Of Hook-Up Crimes
Boston police have issued a warning to the LGBT community after a rash of crimes that involved hook-up sites and cell phone apps. Multiple reports have been filed by gay men who say they were drugged and then robbed. Gay rights groups responded to the reports on Monday and expressed their concern in the community. ”We are saddened by the …
Read More »Louisiana House Bans Gay Surrogacy
On Sunday the Louisiana House approved a bill that bans unmarried couples from entering into surrogacy contracts. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal. The final version of Senate Bill 162 defines “intended parents” as “married persons,” thus barring unmarried partners and same-sex couples from becoming parents through surrogacy. However, much of the opposition to the …
Read More »HRC Posts Vine Clip Of Porno Pete
UPDATE: I’ve removed the Vine video because there doesn’t appear to be a way to disable autoplay. Watch it here. JMG reader Erik sends us the top photo below, the second is from the Instagram account of Buzzfeed reporter Chris Geidner. That’s Matt Barber at the podium. Porno Pete is to the left of the handicapped sign.
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