Terry and Dan! And Dan in a motherfucking suit! Great news! From the NYT: [T]he Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, presented its Governors Award to the It Gets Better Project, an online video movement to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. And from the Hollywood Reporter: Dan Savage and husband Terry Miller received […]
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Dan Savage vs. Brian Brown: The Dinner Table Debate
Remember this? Well, IT HAPPENED.
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Today in Rightly Penalized Creeps
Andrew Shirvell, the creepy man who lost his job in the Michigan Attorney General’s office thanks his creepy campaign of light stalking and heavy shit talk against a gay campus leader at his alma mater, has been ordered to pay that harassed gay campus leader $4.5 million. Best sentence: “Armstrong had offered to drop the […]
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How To Make a Chick-Fil-Gay Sandwich
A long time ago, when I worked as a mall Easter Bunny in Colorado Springs, I ate a lot of Chick-fil-A. You may be surprised to know that working as a mall Easter Bunny doesn’t pay that well, and so I had very little money; my budget often only allowed for Taco Bell or Chick-fil-A, […]
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One Way to Join the Angry Eagle Scouts of America
This tumblr, which is full of letters from Eagle Scouts mailing back their badges in protest of the Boy Scouts’ continued homophobia. Right on.
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Jeff Bezos Dumps $2.5 Million into WA State’s Marriage Equality Campaign
WOW. Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.com, and his wife, MacKenzie, have agreed to donate $2.5 million to help pass a same-sex marriage referendum in Washington State, instantly becoming among the largest financial backers of gay marriage rights in the country…. Mr. Bezos was approached via e-mail on Sunday by Jennifer Cast, one of […]
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How Sally Ride Came Out in Her Obituary
Via Buzzfeed: Sally Ride, who died today after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, was the first female U.S. astronaut in space and became friends with Tam O’Shaugnessy at the age of 12. It was not until today, however — nearly 50 years after meeting — that their 27-year romantic relationship was made public. The […]
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Anti-Gay Bigots Already Swore Off Oreos and Starbucks…
…now the National Organization for Marriage is calling on them to boycott General Mills. The cereal and grain behemoth, one of the largest corporations in Minnesota, recently took a stand against a constitutional amendment in that state that would restrict marriage to a man and woman. Protests outside the General Mills offices were evidently not […]
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Where Did Little Tripp Learn to Say “Faggot”?
What a horrible family. (Via Wonkette.)
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I Love This Marriage Equality Graph
The Center for American Progress put together a great little infographic about how same-sex marriage is now a mainstream value. In just the past three years or so, people who support marriage equality have gone from a minority to a majority. The whole infograph is below the cut, but check this out: Polls of Oregon […]
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Episcopal Bishops Embrace Gay Unions
Joel Connelly has the story: Three years in the making, the new liturgy has a couple make vows to each other, exchange rings and be declared “bound to one another in a holy covenant, as long as they bothy shall live.” The liturgy now goes to the House of Deputies, consisting of priests and lay […]