Thom Senzee, author of this article, is a West Coast-based freelance journalist, and a regular contributor to San Diego LGBT Weekly. The Party of No learned how hard it can be to shake a bad habit last week. This week, 32 million Americans wait to see if the GOP’s bad habit of saying no to…
Proving once again that he’s no friend to the LGBTQ community, Donald Trump has endorsed the GOP’s proposed 2016 platform, which is being described as the most anti-LGBTQ in the party’s history. “There’s no way to sugarcoat this: I’m mad as h— — and I know you are too,” Gregory T. Angelo, the president of…
Planting Peace, the non-profit organization behind The Equality House, that sits across the street from Westboro Baptist Church, today placed a giant billboard (above) in Cleveland, Ohio, where the RNC will take place next week. The billboard shows an illustration of Donald Trump about to kiss Ted Cruz with a caption that reads “Love trumps…
New polling released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute last week involving more than 42,000 interviews in all 50 states found little support for so-called “religious refusal” bills that would allow a small business owner to deny service to LGBT people for religious reasons. Only 35 percent supported such a bill while 59 percent…
New GOP embraces gays Dear Editor: As a dedicated reader of GLBT online newspapers, including yours, I’m amazed by how endlessly hateful and intolerant the reporting is on the Republican Party. There is a new day for gay people in the GOP. Consider this: The Republican National Committee has removed all anti-gay planks from their…
HBO’s Last Week Tonight reported last night that the entire field of Republican candidates for president refused to answer a simple yes or no question about whether they would support the Equality Act. The segment also noted that Gov. Bobby Jindal and Gov. John Kasich both weakened non-discrimination protections for LGBT people during their tenure. Meanwhile, Hillary…
The first Republican Presidential debate on Fox may have had its humorous moments, but nothing like the ‘Bad Lip Reading’ version. Watch their version above as the potential Republican candidates weigh in on a variety of issues.
During the Fox News telecast of the first GOP Presidential candidates’ debate, I gasped as Ohio Governor John Kasich, a former U.S. Congressman and close political ally of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich, admitted he had attended a same-sex marriage. Kasich, alone among his fellow candidates, actually admitted he didn’t hate LGBT people or the new tradition…
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Predictably, the first Republican presidential primary debate drew little encouragement for the LGBT community. Most of the attention on LGBT issues was negative. According to most reports Donald Trump came out on top in the debate, gaining most of the attention, most notably when he insulted Rosie O’Donnell. Toward…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that it is launching a new social media campaign featuring Ohio native Jim Obergefell, asking candidates to #StandwithJim and defend his marriage in advance of the debate Thursday in Cleveland. The Washington Blade reported recently that the RNC is scheduled to vote on several anti-LGBT resolutions today at…
