May9
Awesome.
When Did You Choose to Be Straight?
Street interviews conducted by Travis Nuckolls and Chris Baker (ilovechrisbaker.com) in Colorado Springs prove that asking the right question can be more important than anything you can tell someone.
(by Travis Nuckolls)
May2
Real time count of how many marriages were ruined by gay marriage.
Apr29
What an inspiring way to start a Monday. This is a really thoughtful and personal piece, and I think it’s an important moment in our society.
NBA player Jason Collins says he is gay
I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.
I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different.” If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.
(via SI.com)
Apr11
Wow, this is an impressive move by the NHL. What’s up now, NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS, et al.?
Bloomberg: The National Hockey League has announced a partnership with a gay rights advocacy group as part of an effort to become “the most inclusive professional sports league” in the world.
The NHL and its players union reached an agreement with the You Can Play Project, a Denver-based advocacy group that opposes homophobia in sports and promotes LGBT equality.
“We are delighted to reaffirm through this joint venture with the NHL Players’ Association that the official policy of the NHL is one of inclusion on the ice, in our locker rooms and in the stands,” says NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in a statement.
Nov8
Washington state has approved gay marriage, joining Maine and Maryland as the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote.
Voter returns released since election night show Referendum 74 has maintained its lead. Opponents conceded the race Thursday, while supporters declared victory a day earlier.
Zach Silk, a spokesman for Washington United for Marriage, called it a “historic day.”
May9
President Barack Obama endorsed the right of same-sex couples to marry on Wednesday, a landmark pronouncement made in light of mounting pressure from gay rights advocates.
Obama became the first U.S. president to back the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry, a reversal from views expressed during the 2008 campaign, when he said he opposed same-sex marriage but favored civil unions as an alternative.
Obama told ABC News that, after reflection, he had “concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.”
May8
This is an interesting state-by-state look at gay rights laws in the United States from the Guardian. The regional breakdown is nice, and I like the way you can read a state’s general stance on gay rights at a glance once you understand the legend.
I was surprised by two things:
1) At least in terms of the rights analyzed in this graphic, Iowa’s as gay-friendly as any state in the country. I would not have guessed that.
2) Michigan stands alongside Mississippi and Utah as the only states to a) not have laws on the books for any of the listed permissions or protections and to b) specifically prohibit both marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.
Gay rights in the US, state by state
Gay rights laws in America have evolved to allow — but in some cases ban — rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people on a range of issues, including marriage, hospital visitation, adoption, housing, employment and school bullying. The handling of gay rights issues vary by state and follow trends by region.
(via guardian.co.uk)
Feb13
Same-sex couples won the right to marry on Monday.
Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a measure legalizing gay marriage in a ceremony in Olympia on Monday. It made Washington the seventh state to legalize same-sex marriage.
A tearful Gregoire announced: “We’re here to make history here in the great state of Washington..This is a very proud day…A day that we did what was right, what was just, what was fair.”
(via seattlepi.com)
Sep20
Nice to see the President of the United States highlight these steps as an accomplishment. Click here for a link to the full PDF version of the graphic.
Progress for the LGBT community
From hosting the first White House LGBT pride reception in 2009 to declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional this February, here’s a timeline of steps President Obama has taken for LGBT equality since taking office.
(via BarackObama.com)
