LGBTQ news and entertainment
Official trailer for the new teen comedy “G.B.F.” premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
The plot centers around the idea that “if you’re the first gay to come out” at school it will make you instantly popular.
Megan Mullally stars as another ‘friend of the gays.’ This time as the gay-friendly mother of the gay.
The RNC has taken a unanimous vote to approve 12 resolutions, including one reaffirming the party’s opposition to same-sex marriage, according to a tweet from Yahoo! political reporter Chris Moody.
No big surprise that this repesents the party platform, but several major hate groups like the FRC and the AFA had threatened to leave the party if they didn’t.
Not all conservatives are happy about the news though.
Via press release from Young Conservatives For The Freedom To Marry.
The passage of this resolution shows a party stuck in the past, not aligned with the majority of Americans and not aligned with the next generation of the conservative movement. We will continue to push our leaders to move toward a stance on marriage that includes all loving and committed couples, which is completely in line with the conservative tenets of freedom, personal responsibility, and family.
(h/t: Towleroad)
Linda Harvey has a lot to say about GLSEN’s Day of Silence, but she must not have looked at the facts about what it’s really like to be an LGBTQ student.
Whose side are you on?
For more info about the experiences of LGBT students in school, read GLSEN’s 2011 National School Climate Survey which had 8,584 student respondents from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You can download the executive summary or full report for free: http://glsen.us/ZeHeVX
The AP is reporting that improvisational comedy legend Jonathan Winters has died at the age of 87.
With a career spanning over 50 years – including The Jonathan Winters Show in the 1950s and Mork & Mindy in the 1980s – Winters inspired countless performers like Jim Carrey and Robin Winters.
Many of his famous characters were based on people he grew up knowing as a child in Ohio.
Current TV’s John Fugelsang spars with Catholic League President Bill Donohue over gay marriage, the Catholic League’s feud with Bill Maher and the priest sex abuse scandal.
Just one little gem from Donohue:
“This idea of two men getting married is the most bizarre idea in human history… Christians have an obligation, particularly Catholics to follow natural law. The whole purpose of marriage is to have a family. It’s not about making people happy. It’s not about love.”
Says Bryan Fischer of American Family Association: “We’re getting to the point where these homofascists are going to force us to wear on our sleeve some kind of identifying marker so people will know who the racists and the homophobes and the bigots are.”
Because Christians are totally being beat up by the mean gays.
SRSLY?
(via JMG)
Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin released a statement endorsing marriage equality via a post on Facebook, saying that history has shown that “discrimination never works:”
“My 18-year marriage to Tawni has taught me that we’re both stronger because we love and support each other. I support marriage equality because if two people want to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for one another, then the government shouldn’t stand in the way.
“As the Supreme Court deliberates the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, I’m reminded that throughout history, discrimination has never worked. I have never voted for discrimination, and I look forward to supporting legislation like the Respect for Marriage Act that will help committed same-sex couples gain the same rights as everyone else.”
Rep. Pete Visclosky of Indiana announced his support for marriage equality via Facebook also:
“I support marriage equality for all couples and believe that every single American should be able to marry the person they love. I believe that it is unfair that, under current law, same-sex couples are legally prohibited from taking advantage of the federal laws that provide financial and legal benefits to married couples. I believe that we can no longer allow the states to discriminate against same-sex marriages. Rather, I believe that the federal government should ensure that all consenting adults, no matter who they are or who they love, have the exact same marriage rights.”
Visclosky voted for DOMA in 1996. His spokesman says Visclosky now “regrets that vote.”
Video title is “Anus Writes a Letter.”
Don’t worry – nothing overtly nasty.
NSFW, but pretty funny.
Zack Ford at Think Progress has assembled new details about how gay couple, Roger Gorley and Allen Mansell, were treated at Research Medical Center in Missouri.
Included in his post is a detailed account from the daughter of the gay man who was handcuffed and removed from the bed side of his partner.
Among new information available today:
• Allen suffers from severe depression and is currently undergoing electro-shock treatment (ECT) twice a month because his medications are no longer allowing him to function normally.
• Allen has specifically excluded his family from having any say over his medical decisions because they have not been understanding of the impact of his depression.
• Not only have Roger and Allen granted each other power of attorney, but they are known throughout the hospital as a proud gay couple because they are regularly there for Allen’s treatments.
• Allen’s family has not been supportive of his relationship with Roger.
In light of new details coming to light today, Zack sums up the situation like this:
With these details, both the hospital’s and police’s actions seem more suspect, not less.
At the foundation of the story remains the fact that Roger and Allen’s relationship was treated as inferior.
Because they did not have a state-recognized marriage, they were regarded as legal strangers despite even having set up the available legal protections for each other.
Roger, in turn, was subjected not just to discrimination but police brutality and legal consequences.
This tragic story speaks volumes about the consequences of continuing to deny same-sex couples the right to marry and how they continue to be treated as second-class citizens.
Notably, not one conservative organization has mentioned this story since it broke.
LGBT members of the Toronto Police speak out against bullying.