Staff / TruthdigMay 29, 2006
Landing another left on the right, as the Daily News put it, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg vowed that the city will perform gay marriages, if permitted, and came out strongly against a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriages. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 29, 2006
After Frist put these issues on Congress' fall agenda, even a Fox News host questioned whether there weren't things of more pressing importance to the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
Singer/songwriter Paul Hipp releases a satirical ode to the GOP's attempts to drive a wedge between voters on the issue of gay rights. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
In Tunisia, an independent magazine has dedicated a series of articles to homosexuality--an uncommon initiative in the Arab press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 25, 2006
CNN runs a must-watch segment on quacks who claim to cure people of their homosexuality. (One method: smashing a pillow with a tennis racket while screaming your mother's name.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2006
In Oklahoma City, a federal judge just struck down a two-year-old law that prohibits Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by same-sex couples from other states and countries. Dig deeper
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2006
After a Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., strode out of the room, and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., bid him "good riddance." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2006
Don't get too excited. The judge made the ruling on procedural grounds--not on a question of civil rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Larry Gross / TruthdigMay 17, 2006
Former New York Times Executive Editor Abe Rosenthal, who died this month, was a raging homophobe--a failing that proved tragic when the AIDS crisis erupted on his watch. Gay and lesbian studies pioneer Larry Gross explores what happened when America's paper of record ignored one of the major civil rights stories of our time. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2006
The First Lady welcomes the debate over the issue, but says it should not "be used as a campaign tool, obviously."
Guess it wasn't "obvious" to her husband when he was campaigning for reelection in 2004. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 11, 2006
After the vice president's daughter called him a "son of a bitch" for mentioning her sexuality during a 2004 debate, John Kerry retorts that Mary Cheney "flacked for the most anti-gay administration in history."
Amen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 28, 2006
Two families have filed suit against a Massachusetts town and its public school system over a teacher's reading of a gay-themed fairy tale to children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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