From the far, queer reaches of the internets, here's this week's news roundup:
- Today we lost Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), aged 86, who passed away from Cancer at her home in Los Angeles.
- Does bisexual fakery ruin it for the rest of us?
- Lady Gaga claims she has a really big donkey d*ck on British television.
- The Alabama House, on Friday, passed one bill that added sexual orientation to the list of protected classes from hate crimes and on the same day passed a bill praising Miss California, Carrie Prejean for sticking to her conviction in her now infamous answer to the pageant question about same-sex marriage.
During a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, President Obama condemned homophobia as one in a list of "hatred[s] that degrade its victim and diminish us all."- Anderson Cooper has a special segment on school bullying, especially related to gay and perceived homosexuality
- The Advocate had a feature on the top five nude gay beaches. Just in time for gay summer!
- With a vote of 15-12, the House Judiciary Committee sends Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1913, or The Matthew Shepard Act) to the full Congress for a vote.
- There is renewed controversy over whether Masters and Johnson faked the evidence for their oft-cited study on the effectiveness of converting gays to straights.
- A Colorado jury found the killer of transwoman Angie Zapata guilty of her 2008 murder.
- Empire State Pride Agenda has put together a film questioning the myths of the interaction of religion and marriage equality, using
Massachusetts as the testing ground. - Miley Cyrus tweeted her support of same-sex couples this last week.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment