AltWeeklies Wire
What's in a Word?new
On St. Valentine's Day, an amalgamation of religious groups calling itself the Florida Coalition to Protect Marriage announced its campaign to amend Florida's constitution to forever ban gay marriage.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-21-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay Marriage in Massachusettsnew
The latest move to override same-sex marriage in Massachusetts failed, but the struggle isn't over yet.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-22-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Is San Francisco Still a Gay Mecca?new
Yeah, pretty much ... but if someday it wasn't, would that be so terrible?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Lynn Rapoport |
06-21-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Tomfoolerynew
If no one of Tom Cruise's stature is gay, it's because no one of Tom Cruise's stature has the balls to stop being someone of Tom Cruise's stature.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
06-08-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Wild, Wild Jim Westnew
Outed and accused of sexual abuse, the mayor of Spokane, Wash., might have dodged one of his own barbaric bullets.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
05-11-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay At Boston College: Silent No Morenew
Gay students at Boston College say that while their school's reputation for being unaccepting of homosexuals is largely undeserved, there's much room for improvement. Amending the university's nondiscrimination clause is a good way to start.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-21-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Abie Babynew
Don't ever call anyone gay. Look at the trouble it got C.A. Tripp into. The author of the The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln died in 2003 and now has to lie in the cold, cold ground while fellow historians kick at his dirt. Tripp claims in his book that Honest Abe was honestly a poofter.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
01-19-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
One Nation, Under Menew
Before I begin, I have a simple request for the majority of voters in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah: Bend over.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
11-10-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Hate Crimenew
While Tucson has a progressive reputation, the 2002 death of Philip Walsted serves as a reminder that anti-gay hatred remains.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
11-04-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Six Tales of Marital Bliss, Disappointmentnew
Last winter, close to 4,000 gay and lesbian couples exchanged wedding vows beneath the dome of San Francisco's City Hall. Six months later, the state Supreme Court declared the marriages "void and of no legal effect." Try telling that to the people who were there.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
10-20-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Conflicted Agendasnew
With an initiative banning gay marriage on Montana's November ballot, who's fighting the battle, and why?
Missoula Independent |
Julie Sparrow Carson |
10-14-2004 |
LGBT
Underground Groupie Bob Judd Has Designs on a Freakier Phoenixnew
Underground filmmaker Bob Judd is the Webmaster for www.thecockettes.org, a site featuring the 1960s/'70s drag queen commune whose most famous performer was the late Divine. Judd has been trying to bring some unusual performers to Phoenix.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-05-2004 |
LGBT
The Outing: David Dreier and His Straight Hypocrisynew
San Gabriel Valley Congressman David Dreier is the latest target of a Web site campaign to expose closeted homosexual Republicans who oppose civil rights for gay people.
L.A. Weekly |
Doug Ireland |
09-29-2004 |
LGBT
Bar Owner Faces Hearing for Ejecting Lesbiansnew
The owner of Bob's Butternut Hut is on the hot seat. He's the first person to face a hearing in Springfield, Ill., for violation of a ban that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-23-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Candace Gingrich Addresses Keyes, Cheneynew
Gingrich is the half-sister of former Republican U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. As a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay and lesbian political organization, she's embarking on a get-out-the-vote campaign for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
09-10-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
