Category: LGBT
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Zealot on the C (and F) Train, STRIKES AGAIN!
Would you believe that I ran into this crazy man again? This time I didn’t spot him on the C train but did see him on the platform at Jay Street waiting on the Manhattan-bound F train. Of course, he again boarded the train and began to spew his hate-filled speech… which he deemed “preaching”…
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Zealot on the C (and F) Train
UPDATE: Zealot on the C (and F) Train, STRIKES AGAIN! Original Post: While riding the C train yesterday, my boyfriend and I were witness to a common scenario to the New York City subway system: the righteous and vehement preaching of a crazed zealot. This one was a pretty disheveled and his clothes were…
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UPDATE: A Hate-Monger Withdraws from Benediction for @BarackObama
The Huffington Post has announced that the Rev. Louie Giglio, who was set to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s second-term inauguration, has announced his decision to withdraw from the ceremony after concerns arose of his anti-LGBT stance. His statement reads: “I am honored to be invited by the President to give the benediction at…
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A Hate-Monger to Deliver Benediction for @BarackObama; Say Something
UPDATE: The Rev. Louie Giglio has withdrawn! Click here for the latest. Moments ago I sent the following letter to President Obama, asking him to rethink his decision to have Rev. Louie Giglio deliver the benediction on his Inauguration Day. As you can read in this HuffPo piece , ThinkProgress and in Jeremy Hooper’s Good…
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Jane Elliott and the Brown Eyes vs. the Blue Eyes; Equality Simplified
I’m embarrassed to say I had never heard of Jane Ellliott and her Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment until I stumbled across it on Reddit today, but having just watched this 14:37 clip of the 1970 Peabody Award-winning filmThe Eye of Storm (made for ABC News and later included in the 1984 documentary A Class Divided) I am…
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Brian Brown is Bad at Fortune-telling; #SCOTUS to Hear #Prop8 Case
Heads up! The Supreme Court just announced that it will hear the federal challenge to Proposition 8 and DOMA. This is the first time SCOTUS has heard a case on marriage equality. (h/t Towleroad) Of course NOM’s Brian Brown tweeted that he believes this is a future win for the side of bigotry. I responded…
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What Constitutes a Hate Crime? Ask Mallory Owens Once She’s Out of the Hospital.
D.A. Ashley Rich says she has no reason to call it a hate crime at this point in the investigation. That’s how the District Attorney is handling the case of Mallory Owens, a twenty-three year old Alabama woman who was celebrating Thanksgiving at her girlfriend’s house in Mobile on Thursday night, when her girlfriend’s brother, Travis Hawkins…
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Texas School District Bans Penguin Play; Tango is Too Taboo?
The book And Tango Makes Three, based on the true story of Roy and Silo, two male Chinstrap Penguins in New York’s Central Park Zoo, suffered its own share of controversy when it was released in 2005. The American Library Association reports that the book was the most challenged book of 2006, 2007, and 2008…
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Why I’m Voting for Obama Tomorrow
President Barack Obama is a kind and compassionate leader who cares for ALL of his constituents (unlike Romney who doesn’t care about 47% of the U.S. and will do what he can to stop the LGBT community from living equal lives under Federal law. On November 1st, President Obama replied to Sophia Bailey Klugh, the…
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#Broadway’s Max von Essen’s Plea to a #Romney Supporter
Broadway’s Max von Essen (currently in Evita) took to Facebook today to ask “why” an old friend had “liked” Mitt Romney’s Facebook page. His full letter is below and it is a heartbreaking read. It is also very dear to me because of my 406 “friends”, four of them like Mitt Romney’s official Facebook page…
Tommy Karr 