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May 11, 2013
Discover America’s most homophobic states through Twitter

Students at Humboldt State University have mapped out hate speech on Twitter, showing which regions use homophobic hate terms the most 

A team of research students has mapped out the most homophobic and racist states in the US using hate speech Tweets.

A group of students from Humboldt State University in California have published the results of their Geography of Hate project, which set out to identify ‘the geographic origins of online hate speech.’

According to the website: ‘the data behind the map is based on every geocoded tweet in the US from June 2012 – April 2013 containing one of the “hate words”.’

April 25, 2013
Santa Fe votes in favor of gay marriage

New Mexico is one step close to marriage equality as five city councilors vote in favor, and three voted against

New Mexico capital Santa Fe voted in favor of same-sex marriage last night (24 April).

Over an hour of discussion, five city councilors voted for equal marriage, one voted against, and two abstained.

While the passage of the resolution does not change the law, supporters are saying this is the first step towards marriage equality in the US state.

April 10, 2013
New Mexico Governor grants benefits to straight veterans’ spouses then denies them to gay spouses

New Mexico Republican Governor Susana Martinez has signed a law giving the heterosexual spouses of veterans special treatment in applying for occupational licenses and then vetoed a bill which would have given the same-sex spouses of veterans the same treatment

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has vetoed a bill that would have given all spouses of military veterans special treatment in applying for occupational licenses to work in the state directly after she signed a bill that gave that same special treatment to heterosexual spouses only.

April 10, 2013
New Mexico Governor grants benefits to straight veterans’ spouses then denies them to gay spouses

New Mexico Republican Governor Susana Martinez has signed a law giving the heterosexual spouses of veterans special treatment in applying for occupational licenses and then vetoed a bill which would have given the same-sex spouses of veterans the same treatment

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has vetoed a bill that would have given all spouses of military veterans special treatment in applying for occupational licenses to work in the state directly after she signed a bill that gave that same special treatment to heterosexual spouses only.

March 20, 2013
Mayor tells New Mexico: Law is so vague you can marry gay couples

David Coss, the mayor of Santa Fe, is urging county clerks to start issuing same-sex marriage licenses, partly because he would love to see his lesbian daughter walk down the aisle

A New Mexico mayor is urging county clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, due to the law being ‘sufficiently vague’.

The US state does not explicitly permit or prohibit same-sex marriage, and does not offer civil unions or domestic partnerships.

But David Coss, the mayor of the capital Santa Fe, said the state law ‘supports’ it as the marriage statute does not specify gender.

February 1, 2013
New Mexico gay marriage law passes first hurdle

US state has passed a same-sex marriage bill in the first committee, which its supporters call a 'great first step' on a long road to equality

New Mexico would be one of the next US states to pass marriage equality as a law proposing it has just passed the first hurdle.

The bill will allow voters to decide the issue of gay marriage, but also states churches would not be required to recognize and perform same-sex ceremonies.

After hearing diverse opinions, lawmakers voted 3-2 to pass the bill, ABC reports. The Republicans voted against the measure.

January 20, 2013
New Mexico could be voting for gay marriage

Gay marriage bill being considered in New Mexico's legislative committee

New Mexico voters could decide on gay marriage if a bill is approved by the state's legislature.

As reported by the Santa Fe New Mexican, state Representative Brian Egolf, a Democrat, is a sponsor of an amendment to the state's constitution that would allow gay couples to marry.

'It’s time to recognize all the families in New Mexico who are headed by same-sex couples,' Egolf said Thursday (17 January).

January 8, 2013
Gay and lesbian members of military discharged under DADT to get full separation pay

Class action lawsuit against US Defense Department gets settled

Members of the US military like former Air Force Sergeant Richard Collins were not only kicked out of the military when they were discovered to be gay or lesbian, they also got approximately half of the amount of separation pay as those honorably discharged for another reason.

That inequality will be rectified after the settlement of a class action lawsuit Monday (7 January) that challenged a Defense Department policy which was not a part of the 2010 repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT).

October 16, 2012
Jesse Tyler Ferguson gets emotional reflecting on Obama's support of gay marriage

Modern Family star joins Jane Lynch, Zachary Quinto, George Takei, and other LGBT celebs in campaign video

Wiping tears from his eyes, an emotional Jesse Tyler Ferguson speaks emotionally about what it meant to him to have President Barack Obama publicly support gay marriage earlier this year.

'If I was a 15-year-old kid in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and I watched the evening news with my parents and the sitting president of the United States said, 'I support gay marriage,' that would have changed a lot,' Ferguson says in a new Obama campaign video featuring famous LGBT Americans.

July 27, 2012
Christian school rejects 3-year-old because of gay parents

Partly federal-funded religious school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, tells gay couple they do not in their idea of a 'Biblical family'

A 3-year-old was rejected from a religious-based school because he has two fathers, according to a letter sent by the school.

Action 7 News reported they have a copy of the letter that Hope Christian School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sent to the couple.

December 15, 2011
TV's Modern Family couple talk about being bullied

Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson tell Barbara Walters on TV special tonight that both were targets of bullies as kids

They play a gay couple on television but in real life, Eric Stonestreet is straight and Jesse Tyler Ferguson is not.

But Barbara Walters, who interviews the pair on her annual 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year special which airs on ABC tonight, says she learned the two 'have a great deal in common besides what they play' on television.

Both share on the special that they were bullied as kids.