Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire vowed Wednesday to pass a bill legalizing gay marriage. Gregoire, who is Catholic, had for a long time publicly opposed marriage equality, but has now come around on the issue. From The Seattle Times: “I have been on my own journey. I will admit that.
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gay persons of color: Book Review: Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature
Cover, Miss Chief: Shadow Catcher © 2008by Kent Monkman and Christopher Chapman “Sovereign Erotics is for those who—like so many of us—had no role models, no one to tell us that we were valuable human beings just as we are. This project is by and for the People. Our hope is that
Continue readinggay persons of color: Chile’s LAN Airlines launches targeted microsite
What better way to start 2012 off than with some happy news, this time from LAN Airlines, the flag carrier of Chile, whose new LGBT travel microsite, landiversity.com, is a one-stop shop dedicated to gay and lesbian travelers to and within South America. In 2009, LAN became the first Latin
Continue readinggay persons of color: Jamaican party endorsing gay rights wins election
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller swept back into office Thursday as preliminary results of the national election showed her People’s National Party (PNP) winning 41 of the 63 parliamentary seats at stake. Incumbent leader Andrew Holness conceded defeat late Thursday telling reporters: “The people of Jamaica have spoken.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Jamaica elections a turning point for gay rights?
There is much at stake for the LGBT community Thursday in general elections in Jamaica, often referred to as the most homophobic place on earth, but you wouldn’t know it if you read the Associated Press article published at CBC.ca, where there is absolutely no mention of the issue. In any
Continue readinggay persons of color: Did Richard Nixon have a gay lover?
Does anyone care if former U.S. president Richard Nixon had a gay lover? Well, I do, because I would prefer that the anti-Semitic, misogynist, racist, homophobic, Republican, and central Watergate scandal figure was not part of the LGBT team. But, as we all know, gays, like any other human beings,
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Gay Rights Are Human Rights
Produced by the U.S. State Department in December 2011, this video features an excerpt from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s historic December 6 speech calling on nations to recognized the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender human beings.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Glee – Let it Snow, Blaine (Darren Criss) and Kurt (Chris Colfer)
A nice, toe-tapping spin on the classic holiday tune “Let it Snow” with a vintage black and white touch from our favorite on-screen gay couple from Glee.
Continue readinggay persons of color: Kenyan men trafficked as sex slaves for men in U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, and Qatar
According to a report in the December issue of the magazine Identity, young gay men from Kenya are being trafficked as sex slaves for men in Persian Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. One of the alleged victims “Paul,” who had been promised a job with
Continue readinggay persons of color: Scott Fujita makes marriage equality video
Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita has made a video in which he declares his support for marriage equality. The Japanese-American, whose father was interned in a relocation camp during World War II, had in 2009 expressed similar sentiments regarding equality saying: “People could look at this issue without blinders on…the
Continue readinggay persons of color: Hockey defenceman Andrew Ference in support of gay players
Canadian hockey defenceman Andrew Ference who plays for the Boston Bruins came out in support of gay athletes last week in an article discussing open displays of religious fervour by professional football players, namely Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. From NESN: “It’s the same thing with anything in sports,” Ference
Continue readinggay persons of color: Thousands of children sexually abused at Dutch Roman Catholic institutions
A report, known as the Deetman Inquiry, has confirmed that “between 10,000 and 20,000” children were abused at Catholic institutions in the Netherlands over the past 65 years. This is the latest in a series of investigations and reports coming from North America and Europe which have documented widespread and
Continue readinggay persons of color: The Great American Republican Bully Movement
Sometimes the complexity of the American Republican circus can be more readily understood by clearing the pollution of campaign rhetoric and seeing a consistent strategy present in most Republican candidates currently hoping to lead the party into victory at the 2012 U.S. presidential elections. This approach, at its rudimentary level,
Continue readinggay persons of color: George Clooney astonished by "second-class" treatment of American gays and lesbians
George Clooney has signed on to star in the West Coast premiere of 8, a stage play written by Dustin Lance Black that chronicles the historic federal court trial (Perry v. Schwarzenegger) overturning Proposition 8, the ballot measure that denied gay and lesbian Californians the right to marry. From the
Continue readinggay persons of color: New Zealand’s LGBT and allied community hit with hardship
GayNZ.com sums up the details of a dark week across New Zealand: The fatal bashing of a Wellington man has shocked the gay community, and comes as it’s been revealed police believe a Christchurch teenager was murdered, and two people are about to be sentenced for attacks on gay men
Continue readinggay persons of color: Should Rick Perry’s YouTube ad be banned as hate speech?
The question, broached by Amber MacArthur in Thursday’s The Globe and Mail, comes with its own set of issues that perhaps merits a bit of precision. As MacArthur points out: “The Perry video is an open attack on the gay community. He clearly implies that homosexuals should not be allowed
Continue readinggay persons of color: Mr. Gay Namibia assaulted
Wendelinus Hamutenya, the current representative of Namibia for next year’s Mr. Gay World to be held in neighbouring South Africa, was assaulted and injured in a homophobic attack on Tuesday in the capital, Windhoek. According to Informante, the young rights activist is now under police protection with two armed officers
Continue readinggay persons of color: Australian tennis champion Margaret Court slams marriage equality
Legendary Australian tennis champion and Pentecostal, Reverend Margaret Court, has once again displayed her flagrant brand of homophobia, this time in her condemnation of the marriage equality movement in Australia. Court, who founded and is a senior pastor in Perth’s Victory Life Church, spoke to The West Australian about the
Continue readinggay persons of color: Video: Hillary Clinton delivers historic speech to the U.N.
Acknowledging America’s own imperfect record on equality, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on nations around the world to recognize that: “Like being a woman, like being a racial religious tribal or ethnic minority, being LGBT does not make you less human. And that is why gay rights are
Continue readinggay persons of color: Richard Branson calls on influential figures to fight Nigerian anti-gay law
Through his blog on Monday, English business magnate Sir Richard Branson urged everyone with influence in Nigerian affairs to help stop the country’s discriminatory anti-gay bill from being legislated: “Too sad to comprehend that Nigeria are passing a law in this day and age to put gay people in prison
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