Seems like equal rights for gays is a cause a lot of celebrities are latching on to. The NOH8 Campaign is doing a great of getting celebrity endorsements and a huge new batch of them appear in a PSA against hate including Pete Wentz, Ashlee […]
Tag: Gay Rights
Obama Gives Gays A Shout-Out During NAACP Speech
President Barack Obama gave an outstanding speech to the NAACP on their 100th anniversary. When talking about discrimination he even gave the gay community a bit of a shout-out. Here's the full quote: "African-American women paid less for doing the same work as colleagues of […]
Obama Talks About Gays To Catholic Media
Ahead of his Friday visit with the Pope in Vatican City President Barack Obama shared his view on gay rights to Catholic media. Here's what he had to say: "For the gay and lesbian community in this country, I think it's clear that they feel […]
I Don’t Know Much About Advocacy, But My Suits Look Fierce
While I'm still not fully certain where I stand on the Obama administration's treatment of our community, I couldn't help but get a huge "LOL" out of this cartoon by illustrator Michael Derry. It's a little suspect that all these small bits of good news […]
MSNBC Talks Gay Anger At Obama
MSNBC held a panel to talk about the growing frustrations with Barack Obama's administration from the gay community. The frustration and anger has come largely from inaction on Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the defense of DOMA and his overall silence. The panel had a good […]
Gays Get Passport Equality Too!
On top of granting some benefits to same-sex couples today, the Obama Administration is also changing courses on another policy that hindered gay couples. Al and Keith Toney were denied an application to have Keith's passport changed to "Keith Toney" by the State Department. […]
Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane Talks Gay Rights and More
Seth MacFarlane is a man of many talents. Between Family Guy and American Dad, he's tackled animating, composing, writing, producing and voice acting. But did you know he's also a champion of gay rights? Whether you were outraged or ROFL'ing over Family Guy's
HRC Calls for Post Office Protests
This Wednesday April 15 is more than just tax day! The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is calling for protests at local post offices to raise awareness on unfair taxes for gay individuals who cannot marry or have their marriages recognized on a federal level. Not […]
Married Gays Sue for Federal Rights
Straight married couples get a load of federal benefits that are denied to married gays. Granted, only Massachusetts and Connecticut currently recognize gay marriages, but maybe this lawsuit could be a tipping point for GLBT rights. Several gay couples from Massachusetts have brought a lawsuit […]
Day Without a Gay
In an intriguing move to help keep Gay Rights in the news, December 10 has been designated as "Day Without a Gay." You are encouraged not to call out sick from work, but call out "gay" and then spend the day volunteering as well as […]