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2012 In Review: Obama Coalition Enshrines Liberals As America’s New Moral Majority

by David Badash ● 12:23 PM December 29, 2012
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2012 was a watershed year that historians — and all Americans — will look to as the moment reborn Democratic politics won the nation, and liberals and progressives became enshrined as the voice of America’s new moral majority.

Legal Issues

Maine Gay Marriages Begin at 12:01 Saturday Morning Throughout the State

by Tanya Domi ● 1:08 AM December 29, 2012
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The State of Maine opened its marriage bureaus at 12:01 a.m. in multiple locales to enthusiastic couples and great fanfare

Chivas Sandage

Queerica: Life after Obama and the Future of Straight Supremacy

by Chivas Sandage ● 11:40 AM December 28, 2012
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Chivas Sandage takes the readers of the New Civil Right Movement on a tour of an ascendantly queer America in 2013 post Barack Obama’s re-election

News

Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s Son Was Chaplain At Catholic ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministry

by David Badash ● 7:26 PM December 13, 2012
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The son of Justice Scalia was a chaplain at an “ex-gay” Catholic ministry, and Justice Scalia, it turns out, doesn’t believe in gay people, only gay behavior.

News

UN Secretary-General Makes Extraordinary Statement In Support Of LGBT People

by David Badash ● 8:05 PM December 11, 2012
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“I am here to again denounce violence and demand action for true equality,” Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said today.

News

Did Scientists Just Find The Gay Gene? Or An LGBT On-Off Switch?

by David Badash ● 4:58 PM December 11, 2012
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Scientists say homosexuality and heterosexuality may not be regulated by our genes, but regulated by “switches” that determine how our genes “decide” whom we become.

International

Lesbian, Bi, And Trans Women At The Intersection: The Case Of ‘The Good Mother’

by Guest Author ● 12:32 PM December 6, 2012
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Lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LBT) women are generally judged more harshly — and have more at stake when such judgments are made than other women.

Bigotry Watch

Anti-Gay White House Petition Needs Only 24,994 More Signatures To Reach 25,000 Threshold

by David Badash ● 2:06 PM December 2, 2012
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A petition demands Obama “Focus completely on the economic crisis and cease crusading for same-sex marriage” needs only 24,994 more signatures to reach the 25,000 threshold.

Analysis

NOM’s Douglas Allen’s Latest Bogus Anti-Gay Article

by Scott Rose ● 4:32 PM November 30, 2012
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Allen pulls a “Regnerus,” lumping children of gay parents into one group, comparing them to children of married heterosexual parents, a la the Regnerus flawed study.

News

Dr. Oz Condemned By Top LGBT Organizations For ‘Ex-Gay Therapy’ Episode

by David Badash ● 6:40 PM November 29, 2012
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Dr. Oz today is being condemned by top LGBT organizations after he aired a purposely and unnecessarily controversial show about so-call “ex-gay therapy.”

Bigotry Watch

Rick Warren: Homosexuality Like ‘Arsenic’ And ‘Punching A Guy In The Nose’

by David Badash ● 11:48 AM November 28, 2012
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Pastor Rick Warren on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight likened homosexuality to “arsenic” and “punching a guy in the nose,” claiming acting on feelings isn’t always correct.

Bigotry Watch

Obama-Appointed Black Gay Judge Is ‘Model Obama Voter’ Says Christian News Site

by David Badash ● 8:44 AM November 20, 2012
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A Christian news site reporting on Obama’s recent nomination of a judge describes the nominee as “a black homosexual” who “would appear to be the model Obama voter.”

Analysis

Elsevier’s James Wright Publishes Walter Schumm’s Anti-Gay Junk Science To Defend Regnerus

by Scott Rose ● 5:51 PM November 19, 2012
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In response to criticism for publishing Regnerus without valid peer review, editor James Wright published a non-peer-reviewed defense of Regnerus by Walter Schumm.

News

Sodomite Schools Bill? Homosexual Bonus Pay For LGBT Soldiers? Gays Stealing Kids?

by David Badash ● 8:33 AM November 15, 2012
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Klingenschmitt says U.S. Senator Al Franken is sponsoring a “Sodomite Schools Bill,” and President Barack Obama is working on creating “homosexual bonus pay.”