Queer links
Militias and families are killing gay Iraqis, while same-sex prostitution is also reported to be on the rise.
Iowa’s Supreme Court voids same-sex marriage ban. Where the politics of marriage sits in the US. Arguing that opponents of same-sex marriage have, in public, a sensibility rather than an idea.
Amusing post on same-sex marriage that has an embedded video of a funny roasting of George Takei.
Greek court rules same-sex weddings invalid.
Rio’s mayor signs an ordinance anti-gay discrimination ordinance into effect, eventually.
Fight over an ordinance to protect gays and transgenders against discrimination at work in Memphis, with black pastors strong in opposition. An attempt to force a referendum on a Montgomery county ordinance against discrimination against transgenders fails. Kalamazoo repeals ordinance against transgender discrimination to try and find a compromise staving off a referendum on the issue.
Obama’s Press Secretary having troubles with awkward questions about gay rights. Mapping the various legal equality goals for GBLT people and what Obama’s Administration has done so far. (I liked the comment about the Microsoft™ joke - but then you were a prospect, now you’re a client.)
But the GBLT press are back in the White House.
Iowa’s Supreme Court voids same-sex marriage ban. Where the politics of marriage sits in the US. Arguing that opponents of same-sex marriage have, in public, a sensibility rather than an idea.
Amusing post on same-sex marriage that has an embedded video of a funny roasting of George Takei.
Greek court rules same-sex weddings invalid.
Rio’s mayor signs an ordinance anti-gay discrimination ordinance into effect, eventually.
Fight over an ordinance to protect gays and transgenders against discrimination at work in Memphis, with black pastors strong in opposition. An attempt to force a referendum on a Montgomery county ordinance against discrimination against transgenders fails. Kalamazoo repeals ordinance against transgender discrimination to try and find a compromise staving off a referendum on the issue.
Obama’s Press Secretary having troubles with awkward questions about gay rights. Mapping the various legal equality goals for GBLT people and what Obama’s Administration has done so far. (I liked the comment about the Microsoft™ joke - but then you were a prospect, now you’re a client.)
But the GBLT press are back in the White House.