CNN’s Roland Martin and his 140 character anti-gay Super Bowl F-up

By: Pam Spaulding Monday February 6, 2012 9:56 am

The guy just can’t help himself, huh?  Twitter chatter can easily reveal the inner bigot because it allows people to be spontaneous, in-the-moment about anything knocking around in the noggin. During Sunday’s Super Bowl, CNN commentator Roland Martin, not new to controversy related to anti-gay comments, sent out this Tweet to his nearly 95K followers [...]

Lambda Legal’s blistering video: ‘Sh*t Homophobic People Say’ (on the air)

By: Pam Spaulding Friday January 13, 2012 3:50 pm

There’s no need for editorial embellishment; just watch and see the bigoted, ignoranct idiocy that comes out of the pieholes of people purported to be, according to the mainstream media, “experts” in presenting “the other side” when there are discussions about anything related to LGBT rights. Lambda Legal provides this compilation: These people are ridiculous [...]

Critical Letters to the Editor Printed but No Apology from the Lowell Sun

By: Laurel Ramseyer Wednesday December 21, 2011 1:29 pm

The Lowell Sun printed two letters to the editor today critical of the Sun‘s December 16 anti-trans “Christmas” column, written by Dan Phelps. The first letter printed was written by Allyson Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign. The second letter printed was co-authored by Gunner Scott, Executive Director of Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and Ethan [...]

Massachusetts Newspaper ‘Lowell Sun’ Celebrates Christmas by Disparaging Trans People

By: Laurel Ramseyer Monday December 19, 2011 3:51 pm

Update: LGBT organizations respond. See below the fold. As we approach the Christmas holidays, what editor thought this was fit to print? Here’s an excerpt from “Christmas carols — with a twist” written by columnist and copy editor Dan Phelps at the Lowell Sun. Lowell is the fourth largest city in Massachusetts and is located [...]

Anti-gay filth beyond belief: Public radio host Warren Olney uses Penn State scandal to debate whether gays are fit to raise kids

By: Pam Spaulding Friday November 11, 2011 7:22 pm

The Penn State situation has allowed anti-gay bigots to take another whack at the “gays-are-child molesters” piñata (see Alvin’s post about the deranged, homo-obsessed fringe bigot Peter LaBarbera, “Scapegoating gay men for the Penn State tragedy“), however, when you hear hate-filled, fact-free garbage that has nothing to do with this scandal being heaped on LGBT [...]

CNN invites non-candidates Palin, Giuliani to GOP debate, ignores actual candidate Fred Karger

By: Pam Spaulding Thursday September 1, 2011 2:17 pm

This makes no sense — choosing to bypass inviting an actual candidate running for the President to your debate, but roll out the red carpet for two non-candidates. That is absurdly discriminatory. In a statement, CNN announces its line-up for the September 12 Tea Party Express co-sponsored debate in Tampa: Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Michele [...]

Trans In The Media: A Call To Elevate The Conversation

By: Autumn Sandeen Thursday August 25, 2011 9:30 am

Janet Mock, a People.com associate editor, has critiqued media coverage of trans people in her Fish Food For Thought essay Trans In The Media: A Call To Elevate The Conversation. This is her essay, and it’s crossposted here with permission. By Janet Mock When I told my transition story in Marie Claire, I led with [...]

Voices for equality from across Washington state

By: Laurel Ramseyer Saturday October 31, 2009 11:00 am

I was just poking around over at the Approve 71 web page, and wow!  Take a look at the list of Approve 71 Letters to the Editor on their Press Room page.  This list is meaningful in several ways.   First, letter-writing Approve 71 supporters live all over the state (see map), not just in [...]

Watch the powerful new Approve Referendum 71 ad

By: Laurel Ramseyer Tuesday October 20, 2009 2:32 pm

The second Approve 71 television ad is on!  Take a look right here.  We’re almost half way to our goal of raising $40,000 to keep this powerful and effective ad on the air.  A large donor ban is now in place in Washington that prevents donations of over $5,000.  We now rely completely on small [...]

Personalize your fight for the Other Washington political campaign

By: Laurel Ramseyer Sunday October 18, 2009 11:00 am

Thanks Karen Ocamb for sending us this piece, originally posted at LGBT POV! While so much attention has been paid to President Obama’s foot-dragging in Washington, the national march that brought ten of thousands (organizers say up to 150,000) to the steps of the Capitol in DC,  and the campaign in Maine to retain marriage [...]

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