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NAACP Calls for Overturning of Proposition 8

The NAACP announced support on Monday for California's supreme court to invalidate Prop. 8, the November ballot initiative that constitutionally banned same-sex marriage in California.

Sean Penn Takes Home Best Actor for Milk

Marriage equality took center stage twice at Sunday night's Academy Awards. Both Best Actor winner Sean Penn and Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black pleaded for equal rights during their acceptance speeches.

Departures Scores Oscar; Regent Releasing to Handle Distribution

In what many are considering to be Oscar night's biggest upset, the Best Foreign Language Film trophy went to Departures. Regent Releasing, sister company of The Advocate's parent company, Regent Media, will distribute the film this summer.

Glasgow leads in District 18 council election fundraising

Based on early reports, David Glasgow, an openly gay candidate running for Metro Council's District 18 seat, leads in fundraising efforts among the four candidates. Glasgow, John Ray Clemmons, Kristine LaLonde and Stephenie Dodson are all competing for...

Photo Gallery: Sweethearts for Scholarships Gala

The Nashville State Community College hosted it's annual Sweethearts for Scholarships fundraiser at the downtown Hiton. It was an evening of fine-dining and glamour that included an acoustic performance by Jim Otto.

Gay man appointed to White House press office

Gay man appointed to White House press office
Former campaign spokesperson to take specialty media role
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Feb. 23 at 5:38 PM Feb. 23 at 5:38 PM
The White House announced Monday that President Obama has appointed a gay man to serve as its official spokesperson to gay publications.

Shin Inouye was appointed last week as director of specialty media for the White House. Prior to joining the White House staff, Inouye was spokesperson for specialty media at Obama?s presidential campaign and the Presidential Inaugural Committee. He previously was a communications director for Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and senior legislative communications associate at the D.C. legislative office for the American Civil Liberties Union.

Inouye was not immediately available for comment. ...

RI lawmakers considering gay marriage bills

RI lawmakers considering gay marriage bills
State law currently silent on issue
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) | Feb. 23 at 2:30 PM Feb. 23 at 2:30 PM
Rhode Island lawmakers are taking up gay marriage legislation next week.

One bill being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday would allow same-sex couples to marry in Rhode Island. Another would outright ban gay marriage and prohibit the state from recognizing same-sex couples as married.

Rhode Island law is currently silent on the issue.

A third bill before the committee would allow same-sex couples who wed out of state to get divorced in Rhode Island. That bill was inspired by a 2007 state Supreme Court decision that blocked ...

HRC working to 'weather the storm'

HRC working to 'weather the storm'
Extends salary proposal to union
By JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | Feb. 23 at 10:45 AM Feb. 23 at 10:45 AM
As the recession continues to take a toll on non-profits, the Human Rights Campaign is taking steps to cut costs. 

Brad Luna, an HRC spokesperson, said the organization has proposed to its unionized workers a way to tackle ?these economic times.? He declined to discuss details of the proposal.

?We?re a union shop, so therefore we have to have conversations with them about these economic times,? he said. ?And they ?re looking at it and seeing if there?s ways we can work together. Other than that, the details of it, I really can?t go into.?

Luna would not say whether any decisions have been made to freeze or cut employee salaries at the organization.

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Gay Civil Union Bill Rocks Hawaii

A gay civil union bill draws thousands to protest; lawmakers consider 'extraordinary' measures to save the bill

Rhode Island Gay Marriage Bills Set To Do Battle

Gay marriage in Rhode Island to be debated at hearing scheduled for next week

'Slumdog' Rules Oscars With 8 Prizes

'Slumdog' rules Oscars with 8 prizes, best picture; Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Heath Ledger win

And Then There Was That Cross Carved Into Our Eucalyptus Tree…

I suppose it was really only a matter of time before some bigot ripped one of my wife’s bumper stickers off the back of her car (see my rant and a link to my wife’s post here); in fact, I was surprised no one stole our No On 8 sign out of our yard in [...]

To the Cowardly Bigot Who Stole the No On 8 Bumper Sticker Off My Wife’s Car…

More than three months after the election, homo-hatred is alive and well in Los Altos, California: To the Bigot Who Stole My Bumper Sticker “Winning” — i.e., enshrining your irrational bigotry into the state constitution and destroying our fundamental right to first-class citizenship — just wasn’t enough for you, was it? You pathetic, typical coward. You probably did [...]

Money, Manipulation, and Mormons: How Schubert and Flint Passed Proposition 8

Straight from the double-headed demon that lied its way to stripping us of our fundamental constitutional right to marry (which they even admit was our fundamental constitutional right), this is a long must-read. Here are just a few salient points our failed “leaders” (and, we hope, a new generation of more successful leadership) must heed: Passing [...]