Prop 8 Still in Effect: What’s the Harm?

Yesterday, more than seven months after same-sex marriage ban Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided to prolong the wait for California gay couples who want to exercise their constitutional right to marry. After a federal judge overturned Prop 8 in August, the 9th Circuit stopped lesbian and gay couples [...]

CPAC and GOProud: Can Gay Rights Edge into the Conservative Movement?

If you’re not a political junkie, you probably breezed over news about the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that took place over the weekend in Washington, D.C. With an agenda [PDF] that listed more that 30 high-profile speakers and a score of panels on topics ranging from “How Political Correctness is Harming [...]

Newsflash: A Stop to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?

UPDATE, October 14: The Obama administration has asked U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips to stay her order for the U.S. military to end its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. On Tuesday, Phillips issued a worldwide injunction stopping enforcement of DADT Gay rights groups have been celebrating the decision, but still relaying caution to LGBTQ [...]

Gay Bashing is About Masculinity

The tragic suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi has led to a wave of national hand-wringing anguish about the daily torture and humiliations suffered by young gays and lesbians. An article in The New York Times expanded the conversation to include the stories of several other gay teens who recently committed suicide, such as Seth [...]

More Reasons to Come Out

There’s been so much sad LGBT news in the past weeks, it can be hard to find reasons to celebrate National Coming Out Day. Another gay teen, Zach Harrington, of Norman, OK., killed himself this past weekend–the fifth gay teen suicide reported in the past two months–after being subjected to what family members described as [...]

How to Come Out in Five Easy Steps

The first time I “celebrated” National Coming Out Day I was a sophomore in college. The LGBTQ group on campus dubbed October 11th Blue Jeans Day, encouraging LGBTQ students and their allies to wear blue jeans as a visible sign of support. I’ll admit, I took this a little too seriously and wore not just [...]

We ALL Need to Come Out for Equality

To say it has been a difficult autumn for the LGBT community is not nearly strong enough. News accounts of young people committing suicide after being bullied and harassed because they are LGBT, or perceived to be so, seemed to be a daily occurence in September. Billy Lucas, a 15-year-old freshman at Greensburg High School in Indiana, [...]

Gaga’s Meaty Protest

It didn’t take long for fashion and food columnists alike to churn out their reactions to what may be Lady’s Gaga most infamous fashion choice yet: an outfit made entirely of raw meat. Gaga accepted her Video of the Year award at the recent Video Music Awards dressed head to toe in 50 pounds of [...]

Better Muslim Than Gay

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about how much my people are under attack in America today. The thing is, though, as an American Muslim, I don’t really feel under attack. Annoyed? Sure. But attacked? No. Despite all the controversy surrounding the construction of the Park51 Center in downtown Manhattan, for example, the fact remains [...]

Feds Slap Sheriff Joe Arpaio with Lawsuit

It’s been the summer of Arizona vs. the federal government, with lawsuits flying fast and furiously. The controversial state government now has yet another legal battle on its hands. Today, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against Arizona’s infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio for his refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation of possible human rights [...]

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