Puerto Rican Lawmakers Poised to Strip Hate Crimes Protections from LGBTs
TweetThe House of Representatives in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is likely to vote this week on an amendment to the island’s penal code that would strip sexual orientation, gender identity, and...
View ArticleNew Study: Many Homophobes are Self-Loathing Gays
TweetAn important series of studies recently conducted by researchers in the U.S. and the U.K. lend credence to the long-held belief that homophobic people often harbor secret same-sex desires...
View ArticleTennessee Republicans Do NOT Like “Openly Homosexuals”
TweetTennessee — hardly a bastion of fairness and equality as it is — never seems to get tired of beating up on LGBT people. Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported on the latest outrage from the Volunteer...
View ArticleSurprise, Surprise: Alan Chambers Supports Chick-fil-A
TweetPosted yesterday on Alan Chambers’ blog: I just wanted to express my personal support for Chick-Fil-A. If interested I hear that Mike Huckabee is having a Support Chick-Fil-A Day next Wednesday...
View ArticleUPDATED: British MP Edward Leigh Makes Transphobic Comment in Equal Marriage...
TweetWhoa. I don’t know who this MP is, but he just made a stunningly transphobic comment an hour or so ago on the floor of the British House of Commons during a debate about marriage equality. I’ve...
View ArticleIn Rebuke to Walesa, Gay, Trans Polish Lawmakers Moved to Front Bench
TweetIn case you missed it last weekend, news broke that Lech Walesa — icon of democracy, Nobel Peace Prize winner, former president of Poland, and founder of Solidarity, the former Soviet bloc’s first...
View ArticleMust-Read: Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
TweetThis Huffington Post article has been spreading like wildfire on social media today, and I wanted to share it with all of you. Pediatric physician Seema Jilani had an incredibly dehumanizing...
View ArticleAnother ‘Gay Cure’ App
TweetTwo years ago, when I began my former position with Truth Wins Out, my first action with the organization was helping to coordinate a major Change.org petition campaign calling on Apple to remove...
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