While votes are still being counted and some races still to close to call this writer has seen enough of tonight’s election coverage which confirms what I have felt would happen with the mid-term elections. The majority of Americans don’t care about LGBT issues and rights, DADT and other things near and dear to Rainbow hearts. And [...]

WE MAY END UP WITH BONEHEADS LIKE LOU COSTELLO
OR OTHER ASSORTED TEABAGGING TWITS WHO WANT TO MAKE YOU A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN

YOU CAN WATCH ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE FROM CBS News AT LGBT Newscenter

One of the good things about coming out even later in life as I did four years ago at age 53 was when I decided to start blogging and creating blogs in various forms for the LGBT community and being able from time to time to share some memories which others can relate to whether they’re in [...]

It’s not often that men of the cloth come out of the closet without being pushed out due to scandal. But Pastor Jim Swilley of the Conyers, Georgia “megachurch” Church in the Now has come out in light of the many recent suicides related to LGBT youth. This story as being reported by WSB-TV in Atlanta is certainly [...]

Now before you silly Nellies jump on me (um I could have used a better verb) for dissing my beloved Anderson Cooper, I happened across the video below and just thought well Hell we’ve had so much serious stuff these past couple of days let’s have some fun for a change. In spite of what the [...]

The British censorship board called the Advertising Standards Authority has determnined that this ad for ice cream of all things is “offensive to Catholics” as reported by the Associated Press,  Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned an Italian ice cream ad featuring a pregnant nun, saying it causes offense to Catholics. The magazine ad for ice cream maker Antonio Federici [...]

The infamous survey that the Pentagon is using in finding out about how troops would feel serving with out and proud gays and lesbians if Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was ended is a non-issue for many according to Richard Engel as he reported Thursday night on The Rachel Maddow Show. The study is due to be released on [...]

Get your checkbook out boys and girls ! “I’ve lost all respect for you as a gay- and human-rights activist,” Nonnie Ouch, president of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Texas Tech University, wrote in an open letter to Choi in August. Ouch, bemoaning “the exorbitant amount of $10,000 to get you out here,” wrote that “after nine [...]

An open letter to the LGBT Community Dear Friends, Elections matter. Yes, we’ve all heard that simple phrase before – but so often we forget it. And as we stand on the doorstep of an election that will again decide the course of our government, our community is locked into an energetic and serious debate about how to engage, or [...]

Yep pardners time to saddle up de ponies, put on the straps and mosey on down to Tyler Texas as KETK-TV and it’s “news partner” radio station KTBB has unofficially (yeah right) declared war on de homosexuals in a recent call-in show where they ask the question, Do you think this country’s acceptance of homosexuality could lead to [...]

As regular readers know I don’t often “run with the pack” of other LGBT bloggers and websites but the following is such an outrage I’m adding my blog to spotlight this homophobic bastard Clint McCance who is a member of the Midland School District Board of Education. The Advocate appears to have broke this story in [...]

I had been thinking about the reaction to this commentary all day on Monday, but after reading of yet another teen suicide I could not help but ask myself the question, are we now seeing an epidemic of copycat suicides. I offer no answers in this posting just a very unsettling question which I put to [...]

If Democratic candidates are counting on long-standing support from gay voters to help stave off big losses on Nov. 2, they could be in for a surprise. Across the country, activists say gay voters are angry — at the lack of progress on issues from eliminating employment discrimination to uncertainty over serving in the military to the [...]

Mike Sisco had AIDS and went swimming at the city pool in Williamson. Fear spread about how the disease was passed along causing the city to shut down the pool and drain the water. “I was going to tell everyone that you couldn’t get AIDS from a mosquito and that you had a bigger chance of getting [...]

While I’m sure over the weekend there will be LGBT bloggers expressing outrage over this political spot against LGBT beloved Barney Frank, but frankly my dear I think it’s a hoot. The ad being run by Sean Bielat the Republican competitor of Frank in the Bay State, showcases a disco dancing Frank who “dances around the [...]

I unabashedly like this fellow after reading some articles and watching a few videos. But then what’s not to like about a happy Irishman who also happens to be openly gay. As Henry McDonald writes in an article at GuardianUK, Senator David Norris could be Ireland’s first openly gay President if his fans at Facebook have anything to [...]

The Chicago Tribune has a great article written by Rex W. Huppke about out and proud Laura Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and activist. Laura Ricketts walks through the empty stands at Wrigley Field hours before an evening game begins, stepping at a measured pace, calmly and confidently, and greeting every Cubs employee she passes with a [...]

Even my patience has limits ! – Lyndon Evans

From the website EDGE,  In the days since it was published, at least four gay Ugandans on the list have been attacked and many others are in hiding, according to rights activist Julian Onziema. One person named in the story had stones thrown at his house by neighbors. More than 20 homosexuals have been attacked over the last year [...]