Without comment, this is from an Barack Obama presidential reelection campaign event on February 9, 2011 targeted to LGBT donors. The following is President Obama’s speech at the event: Thank you. Thank you, Laura, for the wonderful introduction — the best introduction that a Cubs fan has ever given me. The rivalry is fierce in [...]

CNN in their articles Report on Federal Air Marshal Service paints an unflattering picture and E-mail: Air marshals perceive discrimination, study will show; ABC in their article Air Marshals Gone Wild! Tales Of Sexism, Suicide and Bigotry, CBS Evening News in their article Report cites air marshals for sexism, harassment, the Washington Post (via the [...]

Updates: “Below the fold” are press releases & commentary from LGBT organizations, religious right/social conservative organizations, and two three Republican presidential candidates. ~~Autumn~~ Photos from the American Foundation for Equal Rights Prop 8 press conference in LA today: From NPR: California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a three-judge panel of the U.S. [...]

It’s nice to see a bigot get a taste of his own medicine. As you may have heard, the “don’t say gay bill” legislator in Tennessee, State Senator Stacey Campfield, was booted out of a restaurant in Knoxville, The Bistro at the Bijou, by the owner for his recent remarks about gays and the origin of [...]

We, as human beings, tend to think in boxes. I remember going through Total Quality Management training in the Navy (which the Navy renamed Total Quality Leadership training), and remember hearing that phrase “paradigm shift.” You know, the Broedling embraced concept of: Fundamental change in an individual’s or a society’s view of how things work [...]

When pro-equality forces in the U.S.  think about how far this country has to go to extend full civil equality to LGBTs here, it’s good to get a reality check of some of the more egregious nonsense that still goes on around the globe. Gay Star News (my emphasis below): Gay activists in Russia are [...]

If Frank marries before he leaves office, the longest-serving out gay member of Congress will be the first to be in a same-sex marriage. Congratulations are in order as the senior out elected official on the Hill, Rep. Barney Frank (MA-D), is going to marry his long-time partner, 42 years-old Jim Ready. Harry Gural, spokesman in [...]

I understand that for many people it’s not, but for me it’s a choice, and you don’t get to define my gayness for me. A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if it’s a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesn’t [...]

So we have learned that Mittens will pay about 15% taxes on his millions for 2011, and that while he was telling voters he was “unemployed,” he was underwriting anti-gay activity — including the Mormon church, which bankrolled the ant-gay Proposition 8 campaign in California. Mr. Romney, a Mormon, has long said that he had [...]

UPDATE: The guest list for the First Lady’s SOTU box is below the fold. Tonight is the President’s State of the Union address, and it’s always a guessing game as to what will and will not be mentioned during the speech. This year’s theme is “An America Built To Last.” There was speculation that President [...]