Schwarzenegger Vetos $52M in Critical AIDS Funding

Governor Schwarzenegger today line-item vetoed close to $52 million in funding to the State Office of AIDS. These funds support education and prevention, therapeutic monitoring, counseling and testing, early intervention, home and community based care, and housing. Read more

Washington: Foes of New Domestic Partner Law Turn in Sigs for Referendum

Via Washington’s Secretary of State:

Backers of Referendum 71 brought in what they estimate are 138,000 voter signatures on Saturday, hoping to win a November ballot spot for a public vote on the state’s new “everything but marriage” domestic partnership bill. Read more

GLAAD’s Annual GLBT TV Rating Index

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today released its third annual Network Responsibility Index, a report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television. Read more

NY State Sen Tom Duane: Amazing Floor Speech on HIV/AIDS Bill (Video)

At around 3 am last night, New York State Senator Tom Duane, who is gay and HIV-positive, delivered a mesmerizing, emotional 21-minute speech on the Senate floor at the end of a marathon session in favor of a bill preventing people living with HIV or AIDS and receiving public assistance from having to pay more than 30 percent of their monthly income on rent. Read more

Obama Addresses NAACP: “Our gay brothers and sisters, still taunted, still attacked, still denied their rights”

A portion of what Obama said while addressing the NAACP’s Centennial Convention: “The first thing we need to do is make real the words of your charter and eradicate prejudice, bigotry, and discrimination among citizens of the United States. Read more

Rockstar Energy Drink To Donate $100k to GLBT Groups

After the blogosphere exploded with insight into the folks who own the company and their connections to the CEO’s father, Michael Savage. Read more

Massachusetts Sues Feds Over Definition of Marriage

Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Read more

India Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban

In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. Read more