I'm late to saying anything, but on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Terence Kern ruled that Oklahoma's anti-marriage law violates the 14th amendment and is therefore unconstitutional.  You can read the document here.

Nobody's marching to the courthouse to get their papers yet, things are still kind of up in the air, but we've gotten this far, and ( Read more... )

Authos Say Agents Try to "Straighten" Gay Characters in YA

We all heard about how Jessica Verday pulled her story from an anthology when the editor asked her to change a character's gender so that the romance would be a straight romance. Well, if you didn't hear about it, there's Verday's post about it, and you can find a lot more here at ( Read more... )

I've been seeing this link thrown around a lot in the last few days:

National Organization for Marriage tour coordinator Louis J. Martinelli comes out in favor of gay marriage.

I am really happy to see someone change his mind about this issue, especially someone who has - or had - some clout with a hate group like NOM.

I don't think he deserves ( Read more... )

So, theferrett has a great, to-the-point entry up about names, pronouns, and having some fucking respect for other people's identities.

Money quote:

The Sneer stems from the understanding that this name I have given is so ludicrous that it doesn't deserve to be taken seriously. Their goal, though they don't think about this explicitly, is to undermine my ( Read more... )

Yes, many of you have seen this. But for those of you who have not, I present George Takei, being fucking awesome.

Click to view

The entirety of this beautiful video is worth quoting, so I won't quote it. I will just say that it makes me happier than anything has in a long, long time.

Thanks, George. We love you.

The Sodomite Hal Duncan has a wonderful letter to share with you all this fine Friday afternoon.My own letter is below ( Read more... )

He's edited his entry and turned off comments. The edit is probably one of the funnier yet simultaneously sad things I've seen on the internet thus far. You should definitely go read it. I lol-ed. For so many reasons, I lol-ed. ETA: He's deleted the original entryHe's apparently bent out of shape that we weren't arguing the way he would prefer ( Read more... )

John C. Wright, aka johncwright.

It is completely up to you if you want to buy books written by this guy after reading what he thinks about homosexuality.

ETA: he deleted the original entryOn another note not related to the above in any way, I've got several hardcover books I don't want anymore. The books are in good shape, so I'm trying to think of a ( Read more... )

Because I feel that after all this Prop 8 fuckery we could use a little levity, I present here a hilarious link, courtesy of bat_cheva.

The Movement to Protect Singing

Choice excerpt:

Indeed it is surely not too extreme to suggest that the ultimate aim of those who would seek to promote homosexual songs is to do away with the concept of singing ( Read more... )

The second letter, because I couldn't let the top 10 results for "homosexuality" thing pass without mention:

To: ecr@amazon.com

Subject: More unacceptability.

To whom it may concern, yet again,

I have already written once expressing my displeasure, but I feel I must do so once more.

Are you aware that A Parent's Guide to Preventing ( Read more... )