California Bars Judges From Boy Scouts Because of Anti-Gay Stance
On Friday, all seven of California’s Supreme Court justices voted unanimously to prohibit state judges from belonging to the Boy Scouts.
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Counsel Calls Texas City’s LGBT Ordinance ‘Flagrantly Anti-Freedom’
Plano was not exactly living in the Dark Ages before December 8, 2014 when the City Council passed a contentious “Equal Rights Policy” ordinance that prohibited “discrimination in places of public accommodation, employment practices, housing transactions and city contracting practices.” It only passed by a vote of 5-to-4. Critics claim it infringes on First Amendment rights. Legal experts say it would stymie free speech.
Obama Makes History: First Time Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Used in SOTU
Although President Obama omitted the words “Islamic terrorism” from his speech tonight, many applauded him for uttering “lesbian,” “transgender,” and “bisexual” for the first time ever in the history of the State of the Union Address.
Billy Crystal Wants TV to Stop Shoving Gay Scenes in His Face
Comedian and actor Billy Crystal spoke to a crowd at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California over the weekend, where he revealed he believes modern gay scenes in television are “pushing it.”
#BlackLivesMatter Activists #ShutDownCastro Intersection
Activists carrying the torch for #BlackLivesMatter joined forces with nationwide #ReclaimMLK protests and called for the end of what they referred to as a racial division within the LGBT community, shutting down a major intersection in San Francisco’s Castro District on Saturday evening, arguably the district’s busiest night.
Double Standard: NYT Editors Oppose Free Speech of Atlanta Fire Chief
The New York Times is a staunch defender of freedom of expression. At least as long as it doesn’t involve professing a biblical view of homosexual acts.
West Hollywood Transforming Single-Stall Bathrooms Into Gender-Neutral Ones
A law requiring all single-stall bathrooms to replace gender-specific signs (male, female) with gender-neutral signs will go into effect in West Hollywood on Thursday.
LGBT Marriage Comes to Florida, Illegally Says Public Interest Lawyers
In one fell swoop, a Florida state judge in Miami-Dade County lifted her own stay that had temporarily halted LGBT marriage in her county, and then immediately proceeded to perform a marriage ceremony for the four plaintiffs in the case she had heard.
Gay ‘Poster Boys’ for Surrogacy in Britain Condemned by US Critics
U.S. campaigners against surrogate motherhood have told Breitbart News they are not at all surprised by the controversy swirling around two gay millionaires who became the first LGBT men to have their names entered on the birth certificate of children born from gestational surrogacy.
TLC Special ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ Faces Backlash from LGBT Groups
TLC announced back in December that it would be airing a special in January, titled My Husband’s Not Gay, that would follow married Mormon men who describe themselves as heterosexual despite being attracted to men.
‘We’re Here! We’re Queer! Black Lives Matter!’
Roughly 200 protestors blocked streets in the Castro district of San Francisco on Christmas Eve, in solidarity with nationwide demonstrations against the deaths of black male suspects in confrontations with police. (Photo: Jamie Santos/Facebook)
