FROM CHASTITY TO CHAZ: Chastity Bono, daughter of music and television and rsquo;s iconic Sonny and Cher, is transitioning from a female to male and ldquo;to honor his true identity. and rdquo;
THE QUEEN'S NOT GAY: Long purported to be a closeted lesbian, Queen Latifah told Essence magazine that while she is and ldquo;annoyed and rdquo; by the persistent media rumors about her sexuality she and ldquo;learned a long time ago that it was pointless to say anything."
CALIFORNIA'S NEW QUEEN: Tami Farrell has taken over Miss California responsibilities from Carrie Prejean, after Prejean was stripped of her crown by Donald Trump and pageant officials Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Assembly is expected to vote on the state budget today, as our friends at Fair Wisconsin report. The budget, as proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle, includes important basic legal protections for domestic partners, including hospital visitation rights and equal family leave rights. Once the Assembly passes the budget, it will move to the Senate. [...]
Just in… DC’s Attorney General says the proposed ballot measure to st op the District government from recognizing valid marriages performed elsewhere is improper and shouldn’t progress to signature gathering (WashPost). Read the AG’s opinion [pdf].
While a discussion of “positive versus negative” rights may be painful for all but the supreme PoliSci dorks among us, Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com has an interesting post up today about how it could influence public support for marriage equality. He points out that the highest level of support for equal marriage has been 49% when [...]
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