Tag Archives: LGBT rights

The Ugandan Observer asked readers how to spot a gay Ugandan. Here’s a couple of suggestions. John Mayanja, 26, BusinessmanIf I see a man acting like a woman and a woman taking up an appearance of a man, I would imagine they are gay. If a man applies make-up and is so serious about the way they look, then they …

Some of you weren’t too fond of the LGBT movement attempting to co-opt the tea baggers’ tax protests, but if you ARE interested, today the HRC, Join The Impact, and Marriage Equality USA are organizing at least 60 protests at U.S. Post Offices around the country to demand fair taxation for LGBT couples. It doesn’t matter how long a same-sex …

Those “revolutionary” tea parties planned around the nation for April 15th are no longer entirely owned by the wingnuts. Via press release from Join The Impact: This tax day, the LGBT community is demanding equal rights for equal taxation. Massachusetts citizens will be gathering at the Long Wharf dock, near the site of the original Boston Tea Party, from 5:30pm …

There will be a protest of the murders of gay men in Iraq at NYC’s Iraq Mission at noon on Friday. Iraq Mission, 14 E. 79th Street in ManhattanFriday, April 10, 2009 at 12 Noon. Organizers of Friday’s protest point to the staggering number of gay men killed: over 400 since 2003, and over 85 since 2005. Men have been …

North Dakota’s House of Representatives has voted against extending anti-discrimination protections to LGBT citizens. Representatives voted 54-34 to reject the measure. It sought to ban discrimination in housing, employment and credit on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation. North Dakota law already extends the same protection to a number of categories, including a person’s race, color, sex, religious beliefs …

Connecticut’s Love Makes A Family is leaving on a high note. An advocacy group that was a major player in Connecticut’s gay marriage debate has decided to close its doors at the end of 2009. Leaders at “Love Makes a Family” say the 10-year-old group wants to conclude its work on a victorious note in the wake of last fall’s …

In 2007 the Human Rights Campaign supported a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that did not include transgender citizens, setting off the biggest rift in the history of LGBT activism as a huge coalition of groups aligned against the HRC. Yesterday the HRC announced that they will not go down that road again. The board of directors of …

Today the city of Gainesville, FL will vote on repealing their LGBT discrimination protections. A charter amendment that would strip this university city’s anti-discrimination protections extended to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender residents is before voters Tuesday. The fight began after the city commission last year revised Gainesville’s anti-discrimination ordinance to protect transgender people – those who are born one …

Dubya wouldn’t sign it, but President Obama will. The AP has been leaked word that the United States will sign on to the United Nations resolution calling for the global decriminalization of homosexuality. If you recall, one of Dubya’s last acts was to refuse to sign in December. The move was made after an interagency review of the Bush administration’s …

The Courage Campaign wants you to sign on to their letter asking President Obama to keep his promise and grant health benefits to the partners of LGBT federal employees. Dear President Barack Obama, Your historic election to the presidency shows that any barrier to equality in America can be overcome. We were especially pleased that you demonstrated a clear commitment …

It’s a longish speech, but there are some truly great moments. Julian Bond = hero.

Calling it the righting of a “gross unfairness”, today the Washington Post editorialized in favor of the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow the foreign partners of same-sex binational couples the same rights as married heterosexuals. The strain of the status quo on gay and lesbian binational couples should not be discounted. Because their relationships are not legally recognized …

“Guerrilla gay bar” is a combination of flash mobbing and social activism in which a large crowd of gay and gay-friendly folks “invade” a straight nightclub for a night of partying outside the regular gay scene. Most guerrilla gay bar events are well-received by the venues, who are happy for the business and the notoriety. (Not to mention the excellent …

Florida Gov. Charlie “Closet Case” Crist has just pissed off the fundie world by appointing black civil rights activist James Perry to the state Supreme Court. In a move that angered some conservatives but could please minority supporters, Gov. Charlie Crist has named Circuit Judge James Perry of Sanford to the Florida Supreme Court. Conservative interest groups including the National …

As if he wasn’t in enough trouble with the all the back and forth with defacto GOP head Rush Limbaugh, nominal GOP head Michael Steele has now totally signed his own death warrant. From an interview with GQ, as reported by Political Wire: On if women have the right to choose an abortion: “Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s …

The Human Rights Campaign has launched End The Lies, a new interactive site that calls out the lies used by the right wing to thwart LGBT equality. “Again and again, opponents of equality have claimed one shallow victory after another by telling lies about who we are as individuals, as loving couples and as families. These lies must be called …

The Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) have filed a federal challenge to Section 3 of the Defense Of Marriage Act in a Boston court. GLAD filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Boston on behalf of eight married couples and three surviving spouses from Massachusetts who have been denied federal legal protections available to spouses. Two of …

In what at an Arab gay blogger calls a first of its kind for the region, last week Lebanese gays protested recent beatings by local police. The protest was organized by Lebanese LGBT rights group Helem, which reports: Nearly two hundred people gathered yesterday afternoon at the crossroads of Sodeco in Beirut to protest against violations of the rights of …

Today Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) will introduce the legislation to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The SLDN wants the bill attached to a DOD funding bill which is expected to be voted on in April. Even as the administration gathers its footing, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network — a group dedicated to changing the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — …

Yesterday a bill granting health benefits for the domestic partners of state employees was approved by the Colorado state Senate, although the bill must voted on one more time before it can move to the state House. The measure (Senate Bill 88) would add domestic partners to the list of dependents eligible for coverage. Same-sex partners who have been in …