Tag: gay rights
group name: renewedactivist
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November 12, 2007 02:39 AM EST --
I read recently that the US House of Representatives have approved a bill, granting broad protections against discrimination in the workplace for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. Some have praised it . . .
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June 04, 2009 05:43 PM EDT --
President Obama has made June gay month because it is the 40th anniversary of the gay rights movement. It all started with the Stonewall rights of June 1969.
The Stonewall riots were a series . . .
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October 19, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
You know him best as the good wizard in Lord of the Rings and the bad guy in The Da Vinci Code. He's done a zillion plays and movies.
Sir Ian McKellen has agreed to keep his . . .
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November 12, 2008 01:43 PM EST --
Special Comment by Keith Olbermann on "Countdown" MSNBC-TV Nov. 10,2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27652443#27652443 video runs 6 minutes
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
Finally . . .
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June 04, 2009 02:52 PM EDT --
On June 1 President Obama bravely proclaimed June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. It is remarkable that an American president would do so. And it is certainly time that . . .
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June 12, 2009 04:15 PM EDT --
June is Gay Pride Month. For the first time in history a President has officially proclaimed it as such. I hear and read many negative comments about the celebration: therefore, I will attempt a defense. . . .
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July 27, 2009 09:52 AM EDT --
An American Apparel store’s decision to prominently display a pro-gay T-shirt has resulted in vandalism and death threats, a spokesperson for the chain told ABC 7 News.
Vandals smashed the . . .
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April 13, 2007 12:26 PM EDT --
I wonder about all of the people who have given their lives for the freedom,we in America, are supposed to live in. We claim to be a democracy but have all these lives been sacraficed in vain?Why . . .
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November 05, 2006 01:11 AM EST --
We pride this country on the freedom given to everybody no matter if you are black or white, irish or german, a woman or a man, but no, not those homosexuals you can be anything except that . . .
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May 15, 2007 08:14 PM EDT --
A lot of the folks I read online have spoken eloquently, and some even compassionately, on the demise of Jerry Falwell earlier today. Obviously, as a queer woman I found his worldview to be both . . .
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November 08, 2008 09:15 AM EST --
I still can not believe that California has passed prop 8. Being that we were legally married in California while we were allowed to, now we don't even know where it stands. Are they going . . .
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May 10, 2008 04:04 PM EDT --
I came across this on the web today. What I like about it is that it's both serious and funny all at once. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
The Heterosexual Questionnaire was created . . .
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April 27, 2009 12:38 AM EDT --
I'm standing in Church at mass with my family thinking of the person I'm in love with. The priest announces that it's World Marriage Day. I feel a slight pain in my chest, like a clenching . . .
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November 12, 2008 01:49 PM EST --
I recently ran across these words by the President of Spain , given in July, 2005, marking the day Spain accorded full rights to its gay and lesbian citizens.
Beautiful words, especially "a . . .
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April 08, 2009 10:51 AM EDT --
There was an article asking if gays getting married would result in humans marrying animals. I did not want to get in any kind of silly tit for tat name calling or deleting fight so I came to myself before . . .
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June 13, 2007 12:14 AM EDT --
I recently wrote an article on my blog about the 40th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia case, which was decided June 12, 1967. The blog article describes an absence in mainstream media of the . . .
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March 12, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
I'm probably going to end up just posting a link from my blog to here, so I don't cross-post. I really wish Gather would get their act together in terms of being able to pull in posts from my blog . . .
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May 07, 2008 08:01 PM EDT --
I just posted this article over on my blog . I was first alerted to this story by a fellow Gatherite. Here's a preview of my post:
One of my Gather.com buddies pointed out this article to . . .
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June 28, 2007 03:17 PM EDT --
An article in Salon this week examines the gay community in MMOs, including the issue of gay marriage in virtual gaming space in Second Life, Lord of the Rings Online, WOW and other games.
My name is . . .
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October 20, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday at Carnegie Hall, J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore, beloved headmaster of Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter books, is gay.
Entertainment Weekly reports :
Responding to . . .
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