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March 28, 2013

But he takes issue with Bill O'Reilly's characterization of gay marriage opponents as 'bible thumpers'

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh says gay marriage is coming to all of America sooner of later.

Limbaugh. who has a weekly audience of 15 million, told his listeners on Thursday (28 March) that when it comes to fighting gay marriage, 'this issue is lost.'

He said 'it is now inevitable' that it will become legal for same-sex couples in the US to marry regardless of the outcome of this week's Supreme Court hearings challenging the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8.

March 23, 2013

US right wing shock jock Rush Limbaugh has suggested that he might marry his sofa if allowed to and believes same-sex marriage might open the gateway to that becoming a reality

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has suggested that same-sex marriage might lead the way to people marrying their furniture and says he has an eye on marrying his favorite sofa.

Limbaugh was speaking to a fellow same-sex marriage opponent during a March 22 broadcast when he made the bizarre comments.

March 16, 2013

American Enterprise scholar Charles Murray has backed same-sex marriage at the Republican leaning Conservative Political Action Conference being held just outside Washington DC

A leading Republican aligned thinker has backed same-sex marriage in a surprise move at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) being held near Washington DC.

American Enterprise Institute political scientist Charles Murray told the conference that the Republican Party had to embrace issues like same-sex marriage and abortion rights if it wanted to return to government.

March 1, 2013

'I didn’t feel like that was something this administration could avoid'

President Barack Obama said today that getting involved in the Proposition 8 case to be heard by the US Supreme Court this month was not something his administration 'could avoid.'

Obama met with reporters a day after his Justice Department filed a 'friend of the court brief' in the case which challenges the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, a referendum approved by voters in 2008 banning gay marriage.

February 26, 2013

A high school senior was told he is not allowed to wear a dress, high heels and wig to his prom

A Texas teen is fighting against officials who say he is not allowed to wear a dress, heels, and a wig to the prom.

Tony Zamazal, a senior at Spring High School, told local news KHOU he feels more comfortable in women’s clothes and has recently been dressing in them as often as he can.

‘[The principal] told me it just wasn’t in the dress code. Women wore dresses, and men wore tuxedos,’ Zamazal said. ‘It’s not okay to just tell people they can’t be the way that they are. It’s not just a choice of the way you look, it’s more of who you are.’

February 24, 2013

Chris Hayes turns down CPAC invitation, but promises to change mind if GOProud gets to go

GOProud and CPAC have never been best buddies. While the LGBT Republican organization attended the annual  Conservative Political Action Conference in 2010 and 2011, there were no invites in 2012 or this year.

Most are pretty certain why a group of gay conservative Republicans are barred from a popular conservative confab. The GOP might talk about changing, but too many Republicans are not ready to accept LGBT like minded voters.

February 23, 2013

An outspoken conversion 'therapy' advocate says students should treat pro-LGBT school group like Nazi skinheads and KKK groups

Robert Gagnon, allied to the anti-gay organization, the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM), said that students should treat a pro-LGBT school group like the Ku Klux Klan or Nazi skinhead groups.

Gagnon ranted against Alan Chambers, head of the Ex-Gay group Exodus International, for suggesting that students to attend Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) group meetings in their schools.

GSA is a group which aims to make schools safer for LGBT students and help improve their academic performance.

February 16, 2013

Speaking in favor of an anti-gay prom in Indiana, a special education teacher adds fuel to the fire with homophobic comments
 

A group of parents, students and teachers in Indiana is trying to ban gays and lesbians from the annual prom.

The campaign for a 'traditional prom' at Sullivan High School escalated this week when one of the group's members made several homophobic comments.

Diana Medley, a special education teacher and member of the group, told WTWO-TV: 'We don't agree with it (homosexuality) and it's offensive to us.

'Homosexual students come to me with their problems, and I don't agree with them, but I care about them,' Medley continued.

February 15, 2013

The American scout group's application form says it will not hire homosexuals 'in any capacity', but 'conviction of a crime is not an automatic bar to employment.'

Boy Scouts of America will hire convicted criminals but not gays, according to their application form.

The US youth organization's job application form says they will not consider 'known or avowed homosexuals' as scout leaders or 'in any other capacity.'

February 15, 2013

Missouri teen is not allowed to bring his date as the county handbook states 'boys can only invite girls'

A gay Missouri teen is being banned from bringing his male date to his high school prom, it was revealed today (15 February).

Stacy Dawson, from Scott County, asked his school’s administrators if he could bring his same-sex date to his senior prom.

‘I was really shocked, and it was really depressing,’ he told KFVS.

February 7, 2013

'I said, 'Why would I choose to make my life more difficult?'

Design star Nate Berkus, who first came to fame on The Oprah Winfrey Show, has reunited with his television mentor for a candid conversation that includes how he came out to his father.

Berkus tells Winfrey in the first of a two-part interview that begins airing on her OWN Network on Sunday (3/10) about the first conversation he had with his father about his being a gay man.

Says Berkus: 'I asked my father: 'Do you trust me? Do you respect me? Do you think I'm smart?' He said, 'Yes.''

January 29, 2013

Marriott International Inc says it has 'longstanding commitment to diversity'

Since the Mormon Church was the biggest financial contributor to the campaign to pass California's gay marriage ban in 2008, it's a bit surprising to learn that one of the businesses calling for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act is a hotel chain founded by a devout Mormon.

Marriott International Inc. is among the corporations that has joined a coalition formed by the Human Rights Campaign to fight for the end of a law that bans federal recognition of same-sex marriages in the US.

January 21, 2013

Anti-gay leader Tony Perkins calls the LGBT support campaign 'deceptive and destructive'

Political pundit Tony Perkins has lashed out against the It Gets Better campaign on his radio show Washington Watch.

Perkins, who is president of anti-equality group Family Research Council, took a phone call on his US-based talk show and began discussing the 'higher rate of depression among those who engage in homosexual lifestyle'

January 15, 2013

Human Rights Campaign to honor Sister Act star with equality award during gala dinner in New York

US actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg will be honored for her gay activism work with an award from one of America's leading human rights organizations.

The Human Rights Campaign will give the star the Ally for Equality Award in a ceremony in New York City on 2 February.

Goldberg has been an outspoken advocate for equality worldwide, using her platform as one of the entertainment industry’s most vocal women to stamp out hate and advance equality. 

January 9, 2013

Outspoken US right-wing radio show host has said the left wants to 'normalize' pedophilia after reading a left-wing British paper's article

Outspoken right-wing US pundit Rush Limbaugh has said the left wants to normalize pedophilia like they did with same-sex marriage.

On Monday (7 January), during the broadcast of his radio show Limbaugh discussed an article from left-wing British paper The Guardian titled ‘Pedophilia: Bringing Dark Desires to Light’.

December 18, 2012

Country western star laughs off gay rumors and adds if she was a lesbian, she would 'come flying out of the closet'

Dolly Parton says she has received death threats from the Ku Klux Klan over her 'Gay Day' at theme park Dollywood in Tennessee.

Rumors about the relationship between the gay icon and her female best friend Judy Ogle have followed her throughout her career.

'Judy and I have been best friends since we were like in the third and fourth grade,' she said in the interview with the Daily Mail.

Fortunately the country western singer feels secure enough in her 46-year long marriage with Carl Dean that she is able to laugh off such claims.

November 26, 2012

'We still have a lot of work to do but the momentum is on our side'

It's been nearly three weeks since three US states made history by passing marriage equality laws through a vote of the people.

Now Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, is looking to other US states to add to the nine where same-sex couples can get married.

October 23, 2012

Maine, Minnesota and Washington to receive chunk of Michael Bloomberg's fortune in drive to legalize gay marriage

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will give $500,000 to gay marriage campaigns in three US states.

The politician announced yesterday (22 October) that he would spend part of his personal fortune on same-sex marriage drives in Maine, Minnesota and Washington.

Bloomberg has a long record of supporting gay rights, having donated $250,000 to a same-sex marriage campaign in Maryland earlier this month and backing four Republican senators who went against the party consensus by voting in favor of equal marriage reform in New York.

October 12, 2012

Michael Bloomberg: 'I do not believe that government has any business telling one class of couples that they cannot marry'

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has opened his wallet to try and make sure Maryland joins his state in allowing gay marriage.

Bloomberg has donated $250,000 to Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the lead group supporting Question 6 on next month’s ballot. Voters are being asked to decide if a bill signed by Governor Martin O'Malley in March making Maryland the eighth US state to approve same sex marriage should go into effect as law.

August 3, 2012

According to reports, the actor is desperate to teach his homophobic mother the error in her ways

Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt is reportedly searching for a gay role to spite his homophobic mother.

According to American tabloid National Enquirer, which is famous for being a dubious source of news, the actor is desperate to teach his mother the error of her ways.

Jane Pitt shocked the gay rights advocate’s fans when she decided to write a letter to a Missouri-based newspaper slamming marriage equality.

March 28, 2012

Hollywood star Kristen Bell says it 'breaks her heart' that gay Americans can't marry

Hollywood starlet Kristen Bell has joined a long list of celebrities and politicians who back the gay marriage campaign in the US.

The Burlesque actress has filmed a video, pledging her support for the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Americans for Marriage Equality drive.

'It breaks my heart to know that millions of gay Americans still can't marry the one they love and I can. That makes no sense,' Bell said in the 40-second clip.

January 6, 2012

LGBT groups to demonstrate against Chicago's Catholic leader for comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan

A group of LGBT activists in Chicago plan to demonstrate against Cardinal Francis George on Sunday in an effort to get the leader of the city's Catholic Church to apologize for comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan.

Participating in a demonstration in front of Holy Name Cathedral will be the Rainbow Sash Movement and the Gay Liberation Movement who have the  support of Equality Illinois.

December 30, 2011

Truth Wins Out's ad demanding Catholic leader's resignation will appear in Sunday's edition of the Chicago Tribune

Chicago's Archbishop Francis George is standing by his analogy comparing the LGBT community to the Ku Klux Klan leading Truth Wins Out to step-up pressure on him to resign.

The nonprofit organization, which fights against anti-LGBT extremism, is placing a full page ad in Sunday's Chicago Tribune with the headline 'Hey, Cardinal Francis George, Gay is not like the KKK.'

December 14, 2011

Christopher Plummer nominated for SAG Award as gay man in Beginners but sexuality of characters in J. Egdar and Albert Nobbs is less clear

Wednesday's Screen Actors Guild Award nominations bring this year's awards race into sharper focus and there is a dearth of  LGBT characters being recognized.

Christopher Plummer, who continues to solidify his status as awards season front-runner, earned a SAG nomination in the supporting actor category for his performance in Beginners as a gay man who comes out to his son late in life.

But his is arguably the only clearly indentifiable LGBT character in the bunch.