U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, in his historic June 26, 5-4 majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, used the word “dignity” nine times. The decision ended state same-sex marriage bans in favor of same-sex wedding bands. Media headlined “dignity” across the nation and the world, forever associating the word with the LGBT struggle…
I suppose if you’re going to have a show about nothing in particular, it helps if you’re handsome, toned and shirtless. Because, really, when has a product, or even a concept, not been not sold by someone toned, handsome and shirtless? Especially on YouTube? But there you have it. Two, former Hillcrestians, now living in…
The Texas Supreme Court has suspended the enforcement of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) and ordered the Houston City Council to repeal the ordinance or place it up for a vote in the November city elections. “We agree with the Relators that the City Secretary certified their petition and thereby invoked the City Council’s ministerial…
At a press conference Saturday in Nairobi, Kenya, President Obama said countries should not discriminate based on sexual orientation. Responding to a question on the treatment of gay and lesbians in Kenya, which rights groups have called dismal, and President Kenyatta has called a non-issue, Obama said, “Similarly, with respect to the rights of gays…
There’s a Big Gay Loophole in the Civil Rights Act that doesn’t cover LGBTs. The proposed Equality Act would patch it up, but of course, opponents of equality are making up all kinds of crazy claims about why the Big Gay Loophole should stay open forever. Fortunately, their reasons are completely absurd, so it shouldn’t…
There are moments in your life that can serve as great catalysts for action. They can but they often don’t. Life is all too eager to give you the chance to change your level of health and fitness. Sooner or later you need to grab the baton and run your leg of that relay race….
Less than a month after the historic marriage equality ruling some Christian colleges have begun responding, favorably. So far, Goshen College, Eastern Mennonite University, and Hope College have amended their policies to include employees in committed, monogamous, same-sex relationships. By also adding “gender identity,” Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University are opening their door to the…
Members of the Berlin faction of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) voted against gay marriage in a poll Friday, denting hopes the chancellor’s staunch opposition could be swayed. According to a report in The Local, the CDU announced Friday that 45 percent of its members voted against gay marriage while 35…
The U.K. will hold its first ever Leather Pride Nov. 6-8 in the maritime city of Bristol in south-west England. For the first time there will be a weekend dedicated to leathermen in the United Kingdom and reaction and interest is building fast on the special Facebook event page and Twitter and on a dedicated…
A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile, a documentary about a false online relationship between a Canadian woman and a Syrian girl, premiered Friday in select theaters and through the on demand service SundanceNow Doc Club. The documentary follows the story of Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American girl who got involved in an online relationship…
