UPDATE: The below-linked source has edited their opening sentence to read: “Portuguese parliament has approved Friday a bill that will allow same-sex married couples to adopt their partner’s biological or adopted children.” So it’s not full adoption rights. Below is my original post. Today the Portuguese Parliament narrowly approved adoption rights for same-sex couples. The vote was 99-94 with nine abstentions. The …
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FRANCE: Homocons Stage Press Paris Conference With Manif Pour Tous
Note the Manif Pour Tous logo on the rainbow flags. France’s Constitutional Council may announce their ruling on the marriage bill today. Check their Twitter feed for messages about item #669. The ruling is expected to be positive.
Read More »GEORGIA: Thousands Of Anti-Gay Protesters Force End To Pride Rally
Led by priests from the Orthodox Church, thousands of anti-gay protesters forced the cancellation of a gay pride rally today in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi. Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen gay activists and bused them out of the city center shortly after they arrived at the gathering. Those occupying the street held posters reading “We don’t need Sodom and …
Read More »MAP: Racially Tolerant Nations
The Washington Post created the above map in response to a survey examined by Swedish economists. According to the survey responses, the least racially tolerant places are India, Jordan, Hong Kong, and Bangladesh. Among the dozens of questions that World Values asks, the Swedish economists found one that, they believe, could be a pretty good indicator of tolerance for other …
Read More »Human Rights Watch Names 2013 “Hall Of Shame” Anti-Gay Villains
To mark today’s International Day Against Homophobia, Human Rights Watch has posted its top four global villains in the battle for LGBT rights. Among those named is Pat Robertson’s ACLJ, which has been exporting anti-gay hate across the globe. The American Center for Law and Justice; President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia; Vadym Kolesnichenko, a member of Ukraine’s parliament; and the …
Read More »Uma Thurman To Play Anita Bryant
Deadline reports on the coming Anita Bryant biopic: Uma Thurman will star as controversial anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in Anita, produced by Sex And the City creator Darren Star, Howard Rosenman, Jeffrey Schwarz and Dennis Erdman. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will direct from a screenplay by Chad Hodge. Those filmmakers, who most recently helmed Lovelace, won Oscars for Common …
Read More »CHINA: Lawyers Petition Government To Consider Same-Sex Marriage
The South China Morning Post reports: Ten rights lawyers petitioned a key National People’s Congress commission yesterday, calling for legitimising same-sex marriage on the mainland, ahead of today’s annual International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. The lawyers, from law firms across the mainland, signed a joint letter calling for the law committee of the NPC to study the legalisation …
Read More »TODAY: Anti-Gay Scouting Rallies
Dozens of anti-gay rallies will be held across the nation today in a last-minute bid to pressure the Boy Scouts to keep their ban on openly gay scouts and leaders. Backing the campaign, you’ll be shocked to know, is the Family Research Council.
Read More »ACLU To ABC: Have Cam & Mitch Marry
The ACLU is prodding ABC to have the gay characters on Modern Family get married. Having two main characters in a wildly popular show get married would put the issue of marriage equality in living rooms across the country and generate conversations about the importance of allowing same-sex couples to marry – the kinds of conversations that we know change …
Read More »LAUNCHED: Crowd-Sourcing Ploy To Outbid Koch Brothers For Tribune Papers
Mediaite reports: In an attempt to make sure neither the Koch brothers nor Rupert Murdoch obtain ownership of the Tribune Company and its major assets like the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, a liberal group has started a crowd-funding campaign to raise enough money to outbid both potential buyers and, in their belief, “take back the media.” “The …
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