AltWeeklies Wire
'The Perverts Want Your Kids!'new
Members of the American Warrior Ministry protest at an elementary school.
East Bay Express |
Wendy Patterson |
10-24-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Pennsylvania's Hate Zonesnew
In some areas of the state, bigotry based on sexual orientation is still legally acceptable.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Meinzer |
10-23-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Get in the (Pink) Vannew
Filmmaker Ky Dickens tours the nation to change Americans' minds about homosexuality.
Chicago Reader |
Kelly McClure |
10-15-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
ENDA Endrun Enrages Transgendered Communitynew
Attempt to slice "T" from LGBT workplace protections bill lands lawmakers and lobbyists in hot water.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
10-11-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Keep Your Matrimony -- I've Got Mantrimonynew
I'm getting married to a man, and there's nothing supporters of a Florida constitutional amendment to define marriage as only between a man and woman can do about it.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-04-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Mayor Has a Change of Heart on Same-Sex Marriagenew
San Diego's mayor, a Republican who in the past has pledged support for same-sex civil unions but not marriage, changed his position and signed a resolution that allowed San Diego to join 19 other California cities and counties in collectively submitting a legal document known as an amicus curiae brief in a state Supreme Court case.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
09-26-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Inside Larry Craig's Closetnew
At some point in my 20s, I chose to come out completely and, at the same time, to forgo any thought of a political career. Sadly, my decision seemed that binary -- I wonder if that's what Sen. Craig struggled with in his youth.
Maine Same-Sex Couples Move Closer to Marriagenew
Until last week, gays and lesbians could adopt in Maine, but only as single parents . A state supreme court ruling now allows couples to adopt together, taking another step forward in the move toward full family rights in Maine.
Portland Phoenix |
Tony Giampetruzzi |
09-06-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Typenew
Three former military linguists discuss DOD policy on gays in the military and how it affected their service to the country.
Metro Spirit |
Angel Cleary |
08-30-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Death of San Francisco's Polk Streetnew
Gentrification is destroying the home of a vibrant, if marginalized, queer community.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
08-29-2007 |
LGBT
Church Fight!new
Religious leaders battle over gay rights -- again.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
07-26-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The March of Progressnew
What started as edgy activist demonstrations have become mainstream tourist attractions -- so why bother having pride parades anymore?
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Lis van Berkel |
07-20-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
The Religious Right Hopes to Scare You Straightnew
The crusade to make gay people straight, known as the ex-gay movement, coalesced in the mid-70s, but it has picked up steam in recent years.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
07-16-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay Marriage Scorecard: Winners & Losersnew
Last week's Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, which killed the Protection of Marriage Amendment and enshrined gay marriage until at least 2012, changes everything.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel and Paul McMorrow |
06-21-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
A Gay Cure?new
Things are getting even stranger in the right's campaign to counsel people out of their homosexuality.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
06-14-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
