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Small Kentucky Town Wages Dirty War With Itself Over LGBT Fairness Ordinance
Share this: Currently the state of Kentucky now has only six cities that extend legal protections to their LGBT citizens: Covington, Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort, Vicco, and most recently, Morehead. While “Fairness Ordinances” are being...
Today In Gay History October 10: Trans Union Soilder, Newsweek’s Queer People and OUTRAGE
Share this: 1915: Albert D. J. Cashier (born Jennie Irene Hodgers, was an Irish-born immigrant who served as a male soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Cashier returned to Belvidere, Illinois for a time where he lived as a...
It Ain’t Over Yet. Many More LGBT Related Cases Headed To The Supreme Court
Share this: Earlier this week the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal made by Virgina’s bigoted Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the case of McDonald v. Moose, which involved Virginia’s sodomy law ending The Cooch’s puritan...
Don’t Like The Gay Scene? Too Bad Cause You’re A Part Of It Anyway
Share this: We are a community. We are diverse with our own styles music preferences and goals. We want to be treated as an individual being that has different aspirations and dreams and driving force that gets us out of bed each morning. We may not all...
Gay Russian Activist “Let Down” By Meeting With President Obama – Video
Share this: Igor Kochetkov of the Russian LGBT Network has publicly stated that he felt underwhelmed and “let down” with the recent meeting of President Obama concerning the persecution that LGBT Russians are experiencing under Vladimir Putin’s...
Despite Fierce Opposition Frankfort, KY Passes LGBT Non-Discrimination Law
Share this: Despite fierce opposition by GOP lawmakers and the religious right, Frankfort, KY City Commission voted 3 to 2 on Thursday morning in favor of including sexual orientation in the local non-discrimination ordinance. It outlaws discrimination...
Russia’s Interior Minister Confirms Anti-Gay Laws Will Be Enforced At 2014 Sochi Olympics
Share this: Russia’s Interior Ministry seems to have confirmed that the nation’s draconian anti-gay laws will in fact be enforced during the twenty-second winter Olympiad. According to Ria Novosti: “Russia’s Interior Ministry,...
Bayard Rustin & Astronaut Sally Ride To Be Awarded Presidential Medal Of Freedom Posthumously
Share this: Civil right activist Bayard Rustin, who organized the 1963 March On Washington, and astronaut Sally Ride,will be among the recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal Of Freedom awards, the highest honor given to any civilian. Via press...
Gay Couple Ordered To Move To The Back Of The Bus In Albuquerque, New Mexico – Video
Share this: Gay couple Ron McCoy and Chris Bowers traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico last month for its annual Pride Festival , but it also seemed that they traveled back in time when a driver on an airport shuttle bus demanded that they move to the...
