It's been literally decades since doctors realized that being gay wasn't a mental illness. I guess nobody told the military. They still classify it as a mental disorder along with mental retardation and personality disorders.
The Dubya administration definition of "abstinence" is that no two people should ever have sex or share sexual stimulation of any kind unless they are married. Ever!
The guidelines go on to define marriage as, of course, only between a man and a woman.
Note that sex between 3 people is apparently fine.
LGBT families wait all night for tickets to the 8am egg rolling opening ceremony on the White House lawn. When they finally get their tickets, they're not good until 11am, after all the cameras are gone.
Great essay on how Christians ought to be acting.
Exodus, one of those bogus christian groups that tries to "cure" homosexuals, placed a billboard that read "Gay? Unhappy?" followed by their web address.
Blogger makes a parody that says "Straight? Unhappy? www.gay.com".
Exodus tries to sure blogger.
Blogger calls the ACLU.
ACLU issues tha smackdown.
Exodus backs down.
American Family Association's Don Wildmon proposed bus trips to gay bathhouses to confront them.
He goes on to lie about gay income levels.
At one point, this bizarre exchange happens:
BENSON: "Yeah, I mean, this is -- this is what you call -- what? -- chutzpah. This is -- this is --"
WILDMON: "That's a Jewish word, right? Be careful."
Be careful?
Minnesota starts to take a legislative stand against the truly evil bastards that picket funerals of gay folks, including gay soldiers killed in Iraq.
A report released by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute questions the ethics and effectiveness of religious programs designed to prevent youths from becoming gay.
How could denying your true nature not cause you harm?
Gay man in West Virginia has a heart attack. His friend tries to give him CPR. Chief of Police Robert K. Bowman physically prevents the friend from doing so, because the gay guy must be HIV+ and you can somehow catch it giving CPR. Gay guy dies.
The US is aligning itself with other repressive regimes voting to deny United Nations consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) folks. The homophobic initiative was introduced by Iran.
Great rant comparing Republicans to Al Qaeda in their viewpoints and beliefs.
ABC and Disney cancelled a reality show because the winners were a gay couple and their homophobic neighbors eventually accepted them. ABC and Disney were afraid of the wrath of the Religious Right.
Despite going along with Virginia's mean spitied anti-gay-civil-union law, Governor Mark Warner does add sexual orientation to the state's equal employment opportunity rules.
Seeking equality for all Virginians, these folks fight the good fight in the most homophobic state in the Union.
Continuing its role as the most homophobic state in the Union, Virginia is considering a law making it illegal for doctors to help unmarried women get pregnant via insemination.
Virginia is for lovers, but only if you're straight.
There's apparently no bigger threat to the security of the US than gay students kissing.
The Pentagon is spying on gay student groups, including a "kiss-in."
The Catholic Church steps up efforts to keep gays out of the priesthood.
Must be because gays like grown men, not little boys.
John Evans is a co-founder of Love In Action, one of those "ex-gay" sort of ministries that tries to turn gay folks into straight folks, often against their will.
He recently sent a letter to the current director of the organization, admitting that they're doing harm, not good.
(While that's all fine and good, it doesn't absolve him for all the lives he's ruined.)
A statewide club dedicated to securing equal human rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people, working for social and economic justice for all people, and fostering the ideals of the Democratic Party.
As they say: "Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work."
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