GLBTQ: Combined Gay News Headlines (T5T-1)

Alexandra Pelosi's HBO documentary Right America: Feeling Wronged — Some Voices From the Campaign Trail, supposedly a place for John McCain and Sarah Palin supporters to commiserate together, is "drive-by journalism" according to one critic. Basically, it's a bunch of yahoos on camera saying things that yahoos often say. How does that bode for Pelosi's [...]

There used to be a time when, if you walked into Gucci, Hermes, Chanel, or Prada looking like a pedestrian, you would be treated as such by the snotty sales clerks. But this economy has hit the bottom lines of these fashion houses hard, which means they're no longer treating commoners like dirt. Except Gucci. [...]

Meg Whitman, hoping to reside in California's Governor's Mansion next year, hasn't officially announced her candidacy (she's only "formed an exploratory committee," uh huh), but already she's entered that mysterious place of politico hopefuls: Making grandiose promises (create 2 million private-sector jobs; eliminate $15 billion in "wasteful" spending within five years) while offering few to [...]

The Morning breaks-forth its heavenly sunlight, making the morning dew to glisten surÂ laÂ lanscape of the neighborhood, all while the birds propel themselves through the bright blue sky singing their songs of enchantment, delighting inÂ the warmth of the sun’s rays of light. This was the imagery I saw asÂ I took my daily walk this morning .Â It [...]

Queer Fresno has made some awesome changes in their leadership team in the last couple of weeks and we wanted to share them with you.Â First of all, Chris Fleming has been promoted to the role of Vice President.Â Chris has been a long time blogger and one of QF’s first officers a year ago.Â [...]

]]>esno has made some awesome changes in their leadership team in the last couple of weeks and we wanted to share them with you.Â First of all, Chris Fleming has been promoted to the role of Vice President.Â Chris has been a long time blogger and one of QF’s first officers a year ago.Â [...]

UPDATE: Buttars has received Box Turtle Bulletin's LaBarbera Award!

This is pathetic. As we all know, part of the LDS defense for its support of Prop 8 was that it wasn't opposed to basic civil rights for gay and lesbian couples, it was just trying to "save marriage." How much do you want to bet that the Mormon Church leaned on state representatives to kill a bill that would eliminate discrimination in housing and employment, hospital visitation, partner medical decisions for a partner, and adoption?

The Legislature dealt a final blow Wednesday to the Common Ground Initiative, possibly the most expansive push for legal protections for gay and transgender Utahns in state history.
A House committee rejected Rep. Jennifer Seelig's HB160, which would have offered two, unmarried cohabiting adults -- including same-sex couples -- rights of inheritance and medical decision making for one another.
But the initiative is not dead, said Mike Thompson, executive director of Equality Utah, the advocacy group leading the charge. Democratic lawmakers have vowed to bring back their bills, with some variations, next year.

Jim Burroway of Box Turtle Bulletin commented:

The state of Utah now vies with Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina as among the worst states in the nation for LGBT citizens. A Utah House legislative committee found that the very simplest of provisions for designating a partner with the power of making medical decisions or visitation rights was just way too radical.

To add insult to injury, Utah State Senator Chris Buttars, a homophobe just meant to bed down with Sally Kern to produce Satan's spawn, said this.

Sen. Chris Buttars considers the gay-rights movement -- nationally and in Utah -- "probably the greatest threat to America."
In an interview with documentary filmmaker Reed Cowan, released by ABC 4 on Tuesday night, Buttars said the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community doesn't want "equality, they want superiority."
"It's the beginning of the end. Oh, it's worse than that. Sure. Sodom and Gomorrah was localized. This is worldwide," the West Jordan Republican said in the interview.

For that extra dash of spice, Buttars also compared gay advocates to Muslim terrorists and plans to further detail his views on the Utah Senate web site.

Hat tip, peteyPornpig