In an interview with Larry King, former Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld said he did not “equate” marriage equality as a civil right. From Zack Ford at Think Progress: As Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld supported the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ recognizing that the time for open service in the military ‘had arrived.’ [...]
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Anthony Weiner Seeks Redemption from New Yorkers
“I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I’ve also learned some tough lessons. I’m running for mayor because I’ve been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it my entire life. I hope I get a second chance to work for you.” – [...]
Queer Talk: Leahy Pulls Gay Couples Amend. From Immigration Bill
At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last night, Sen. Leahy withdrew his amendment that would have recognized gay couples and lesbian couples from the immigration bill which seeks comprehensive reform. At the link above, Buzzfeed reports that Patrick Leahy withdrew his amendment … after several Democratic members of the committee stated that they would not [...]
Queer Talk: FL Teen Kaitlyn Hunt Arrested for Lesbian Relationship
Kaitlyn Hunt, a Florida high school senior, has been expelled, and arrested, as Think Progress reports, charged with a felony for a lesbian relationship. It’s one of several recent reports that make clear that, in spite of all the progress, full equality under the law remains a goal, not a reality, for lesbian, gay, bisexual [...]
Pat Robertson’s Advice on Infidelity
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. US News | Syria News | More ABC News Videos “Males have a tendency to wander a little bit. And what you want to do is make a home so wonderful he doesn’t want to wander.” – Pat Robertson INFIDELITY is expected of men, according to Pat Robertson. [...]
Queer Talk: FOX News on Marriage Equality, and on Hiring Allen West
In a Media Matters report about an analysis by Equality Matters, we learn that “Fox News Spent One Minute Covering Marriage Equality In Three States.” It’s also been announced that FOX has hired Allen West as a contributor. I don’t know if the latter means there will be more reporting on marriage equality, but given [...]
Queer Talk: Homophobia, Transphobia and the “Hall of Shame” *Updated*
(UPDATE: I’ve removed the link in the first paragraph for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The event is for real, but they are obviously having problems with the web site.) Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and also the day Human Rights Watch released their annual LGBT Rights: The 2013 [...]
Terry McAuliffe Opens Slight Lead on Cuccinelli
THE WAR on women could not have a better example than the Virginia governors race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli. Quinnipiac’s latest polling shows McAuliffe up 5 points in a race where neither man is seen to have a clear advantage. McAuliffe is as connected a Democratic elite politician can get, tied closely to [...]
Queer Talk: UN Anti-Homophobia Video
From the Human Rights Office of the UN, a new anti-homophobia message, by way of a video. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) represents the world’s commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. We have a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights. [...]
Sexual Assault Leader at Fort Hood Arrested
The Army announced Tuesday that a sergeant first class assigned to an assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for sexual assault. [CNN] THE contagion of news about sexual assault in the U.S. military, with the latest news out of Fort Hood, should wake everyone up to a cancer on our Armed [...]
A Brit’s View: Women Squeezed Out as Beeb ‘Moves On’
As the BBC continues its attempt to right the ship following the (Sir) Jimmy Saville fallout a further victim has emerged from the child abuse scandal wreckage, that of women in the boardroom. It’s an unusual thing for the Beeb to get ‘wrong’ in the modern era, especially considering the organization’s reputation for being full of “Communist [...]
Angelina Jolie’s Preventive Double Mastectomy
THIS is a sobering op-ed written by Angelina Jolie, a thoughtful actor and activist, with an incredibly supportive and loving partner, Brad Pitt. It was written to inform and share personally a choice that is difficult, radical and done in the hopes of ducking a fate of family genealogy. From the New York Times, Ms. [...]
Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
IT was impossible to think of any other verdict for Kermit Gosnell, though as of this morning there was a hung jury on two counts. After being sent back to deliberate further, the jury reached a verdict. ABC News: Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was found guilty today of first degree murder in three of [...]
Black List “Rodham” Biopic Script Snippets
IF YOU haven’t heard, the Hollywood biopic “Rodham,” by South Korean screenwriter Young Il Kim, has raised a lot of interest in movie land. As people look to the potential 2016 candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton, her life as one of the many young lawyers involved in Nixon impeachment is the stuff of presidential biography. [...]
Barbara Walters to Make it Official
IT WILL be made official today on “The View.” Barbara Walters, the first female anchorman in the television business, is retiring after 37 years, calling it a career. For Barbara Walters, it certainly has been quite a career. Over the next year she’ll be on the show she created, do prime-time news programs, as well [...]
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