Archive for September, 2009
Creep of the Week – Steven Anderson – Again!
If there’s one thing we know about crazy it’s that crazy never quits. It also gets a lot of attention. No one embodies that better than Mesa, Ariz. pastor Steven Anderson, who is creepy enough to be Creep of the Week two times in a month. In case you missed it, Anderson, the pastor of Faithful Word Baptist Church, recently declared that all [...]
Prop 8 repeal initiative filed
A ballot initiative asking voters to repeal Proposition 8 in 2010 was filed with the state of California Sept. 24 by the Los Angeles group Love Honor Cherish. The proposed initiative would remove from the California Constitution the sentence, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California," and replace it with, [...]
Settlement Reached for Lesbian Client Denied Infertility Treatment by Christian Doctors
An Oceanside lesbian whose doctors denied her infertility treatment based on her sexual orientation has reached a settlement with her former physicians in her historic lawsuit against them. In a joint statement ending eight years of litigation, Guadalupe 'Lupita' Bentez and her former doctors at North Coast Womens Care Medical Group said 'the [...]
A new poll shows gays losing marriage in Maine 48 percent to 46 percent.
"We knew (from the Prop 8 battle in California) what the opposition was going to say (in the current battle in Maine). ... Shouldn't we have had an ad on the air already addressing these specific concerns before the Yes on 1 opened their lying mouths? ... We need to kill their arguments before they even voice them. We need to tell Mainers: 'You're [...]
Groundbreaking Multimedia Approach Uses Machinima and Virtual Reality to Fight HIV/AIDS
Second Life: At noon (PST) on October 1, 2009, The Virtual Worlds Story Project (TVWSP), a production company that specializes in using new media and storytelling to engage, educate, and create community, will tackle its biggest topic to date: HIV/AIDS. TVWSP is a project of Martin Keltz and Jena Ball. Known throughout Second Life as creative, [...]
Prop 8 repeal plot thickens
Love Honor Cherish announced today it will submit a ballot initiative to the state of California tomorrow to repeal Prop 8 in 2010. But key ally Courage Campaign, which has voiced support for a 2010 effort, is not yet onboard. Numerous other key California GLBT organizations, including Equality California, have said they want to wait until 2012 to [...]
Clinton says U.S. will battle anti-gay violence worldwide
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sept. 11 that the United States will fight anti-gay violence anywhere in the world that it happens. Speaking in New York at the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner, where she received the institute's Four Freedoms Award, Clinton explained: "(We) must condemn violence based on [...]
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