Openly gay Illinois House reps Greg Harris and Deb Mell spoke emotionally from the chamber floor tonight in reaction to the lack of a vote of the marriage equality bill.
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No Vote In Illinois
Lambda Legal reacts: This is a stunning failure in the Illinois House. This is too important to families across Illinois, and Lambda Legal’s lawsuit, Darby v. Orr which was filed a year ago yesterday will move forward. The day is coming when Illinois will have the freedom to marry. Lambda Legal has been working in the Midwest for the respect …
Read More »Obama Issues Pride 2013 Proclamation
This afternoon the White House issued President Obama’s proclamation in recognition of LGBT Pride Month. The message cites the president’s support for ENDA, the federal bill to overturn DOMA, and HIV reduction campaigns. For more than two centuries, our Nation has struggled to transform the ideals of liberty and equality from founding promise into lasting reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and …
Read More »Major Lazer – Bubble Butt
Stereogum has named this their video of the week and the clip already has 1.2M views in three days. I wonder if this will get the sort of feminist backlash that Baby Got Back did or if the booty-shaking phenomenon has bored them by now. Warning: extreme butts ahead. You probably don’t want to watch this in your cube.
Read More »FLORIDA: Haters Fly Usual Gay Days “Warning” Banner Over Walt Disney World
The Orlando Sentinel reports on what has become an annual tradition during Gay Days at Disney: The plane appeared to be making loops from as far north as Altamonte Springs to as far south as Belle Isle, but it was hard to tell from the ground. The “warning” is in reponse to “Gay Days” at Walt Disney World, a tradition …
Read More »Hate Group Leaders To Shout At Gay Clouds Outside DC Headquarters Of HRC
A cavalcade of crazies will tumble out of their clown car on Tuesday to march in tiny hilarious circles outside of the DC headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign in protest of Capital Pride. Christian Newswire has the press release: “Why are so many cities proudly celebrating a harmful sexual preference that undermines health, undermines families, and leads children astray?” …
Read More »Presumed FBI Nominee James Comey Signed SCOTUS Brief Backing Marriage
Word leaked out this week that President Obama is set to nominate former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, a Republican who served under Bush II, to head up the FBI. Today the Human Rights Campaign points out an interesting detail on Comey: Six decades after J. Edgar Hoover created a “Sex Deviate” program to investigate, red-flag and target gay and …
Read More »Racist Comments On Interracial Child Force Cheerios To Close Comments
General Mills was forced to disable commenting on its YouTube channel for Cheerios after racists bombarded a clip featuring an interracial child. The half-minute ad — which has more than 250,000 views — shows a young girl chatting about Cheerios with her Caucasian mother, and later pans to her black father. While the spot garnered an unusual amount of racist …
Read More »NBA Owner Joins Gay Sports Group
Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has joined the advisory board of Athlete Ally, the group founded by collegiate wrestler Hudson Taylor to fight homophobia in sports. Cuban made most of his fortune in 1999 when he sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.9B.
Read More »ORLANDO: Rainbow Merchandise Appears In Disney World Shops For Gay Days
Disney has always rebuffed complaints about Gay Days by pointing out that the events are unofficial and that everybody is welcome to enjoy their parks. The Orlando Sentinel points out that this year rainbow-themed official Disney items have appeared in the parks’ gift shops. Earlier this week, Disney began to sprinkle merchandise throughout its parks with designs including rainbows, symbol …
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