By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade
More than 100 people packed a D.C. Board of Elections & Ethics hearing room Wednesday as supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage presented opposing arguments regarding the validity of a proposed referendum to overturn the city's same-sex marriage recognition law.
At issue, according to election board chair Errol Arthur, is whether the proposed referendum would cover one or more of eight restricted subject areas that are barred from going before the voters, including a proposal to raise or lower taxes or a proposal that would "unlawfully discriminate" under the D.C. Human Rights Act.
Although most of t ...
By AMY CAVANAUGH, Washington Blade
A national company that sells advertising to movie theater chains recently rejected an ad from Whitman-Walker Clinic because the clip included a reference to HIV, Clinic officials said this week.
But National CineMedia later reversed its decision and approved the ad for distribution to D.C.-area theaters.
The Clinic ad promotes its Oct. 2 AIDS Walk Washington annual fundraising event. The Clinic submitted the ad to National CineMedia to help distribute it to local theaters, but they were told that they could not use "HIV" in the ad.
The ad says that "One in 20 adults in D.C. has HIV," and the Clinic was told that mentions ...
LOS ANGELES (AP)
It's official: Controversial Miss California Carrie Prejean has heard the words "you're fired" from the pageant's grand poobah, Donald Trump.
Trump issued a statement Wednesday saying he sacked Prejean for failing to honor her commitments as Miss California USA.
Pageant officials say Tami Farrell, the first runner-up to Prejean in the Miss California USA competition will take over those responsibilities.
Prejean created controversy during the Miss USA competition, where she was first runner-up, when she answered a judge's question about gay marriage by saying marriage should be reserved for men and women. ...
Theresa Sparks, the transgender woman who has served two terms as president of the city’s police commission, has ruled out running for a third term. When she first won the coveted seat by one vote back in 2007, Sparks became the first transgender person to head a city oversight panel. But her ascension led to [...]
The California Supreme Court will issue its decision on the validity of Proposition 8 Tuesday, May 26 at 10 a.m. The court posted a notice on its Web site Friday stating that the decision in the same-sex marriage cases would be issued Tuesday. The long-awaited decision has gay rights advocates anxiously anticipating the ruling, and to determine [...]
U.S. Army Lieutenant Dan Choi, who is being discharged under the military’s anti-gay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, will be a celebrity grand marshal in the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade Sunday, June 28. Brendan Behan, deputy executive director of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, confirmed to the Bay Area Reporter that Choi will [...]
For just over three years a dedicated group of some 15 to 20 people have been meeting at Tribe for a weekly GLBT Weight Watchers group – and the effort continues to pay dividends. More than 2,500 lbs has been shed by the group, and several people...
by Matt Floyd Contributor Going into week four of the Metro Nashville Softball Association (MNSA) schedule of games, all eyes were on the 4:00 game on Field 3 that pitted the two remaining undefeated teams thus far in the D-level: Nashville Players versus...
For just over three years a dedicated group of some 15 to 20 people have been meeting at Tribe for a weekly GLBT Weight Watchers group – and the effort continues to pay dividends. More than 2,500 lbs has been shed by the group, and several people...
Kitty Kincaid and a host of performers entertained a Sunday night crowd at Play with music of hope and faith. A portion of tips supported Nashville Pride. This year's festival is scheduled for June 20th at Riverfront Park.
The Artrageous Committee hosted a Thank You Party for Patrons of Artrageous 21 at a private home in the Richland neighborhood. Outgoing board and previous committee members were honored and details for this year's event were revealed. The theme for Artrageous...
Miss California Carrie Prejean is out and she blames the gay marriage controversy
Chinese officials are taking steps to censor parts of China's first Gay Pride
A third daytime soap gay storyline is about to land on 'One Life to Live'
You can hear the cringing in the White House from San Francisco: Wright: ‘Them Jews’ won’t let Obama talk to me The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the former Chicago pastor whose racially-charged sermons threatened to implode President Obama’s primary bid last year, is again making waves over recent comments about his current relationship with the commander-in-chief. “Them Jews aren’t [...]
Along the lines of the fabulous “But people aren’t animals!” conversation— Oh, I’m certain I’ve told you that one more than a few times, but for those who came in late, it goes like this (with my apologies for forgetting long ago who came up with this): Anti-Gay: “Homosexuality is not natural!” You: “Actually, it is. Homosexuality [...]
So sayeth TMZ — and they haven’t been wrong yet: Carrie Prejean — Fired! We learned Carrie just received her letter of termination. She is officially out. We’ve learned “biblically correct” Carrie Prejean will lose her Miss California USA crown today because she doesn’t play well with others. … The firing, we’re told, is strictly based on Carrie breaching [...]
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