“So You Think You Can Dance” Judge Apologizes

So You Think You Can Dance judge Nigel Lythgoe issues an apology for homophobic comments made during the show last week. Read more

Seattle Couple’s House Targeted Four Times with Hateful Graffiti

A West Seattle man is rattled by a series of hateful, homophobic messages vandals have left on his garage door on four different occasions. Read more

Arkansas Anti-Gay Adoption Petition Signers Now Named Online

KnowThyNeighbor.org, the gay rights organization that drew national attention for posting online the names of over half a million anti-gay petition signers in Massachusetts and Florida, announced today that it has posted the names of over 83,000 Arkansas citizens who signed an anti-gay adoption and foster care petition in 2008. Read more

Anderson Cooper: Is the Extreme Christian Right Losing? (Video)

First things first. Anderson has been covering a lot more gay oriented stories than normal. Is it just me? Anyway, last night Anderson Cooper featured the Rev. Mel White of Soulforce and Tony Perkins of the ‘Family Research Council’. The went head to head and here’s what they had to say… Read more

NAACP Supports The Overturn of Prop 8

Today, the NAACP expressed support for California legislature’s challenge to Prop 8, calling for its overturn. Read more

Anti-Gay Utah State Sen. Chris Buttars Stripped of Chairmanship For Homophobic, Racist Comments

A state senator isn’t backing down, even as Senate GOP leaders announce his punishment. In a statement posted online, Utah state Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, says he disagrees with the censure, but he’s a “grown man who can take his knocks.” Senate President Michael Waddoups knocked him clean off the senate judiciary committee. Read more

American Family Association to Boycott Pepsi. Should We Laugh Now or Later?

In another laughable boycott that should fail quite quickly, “The American Family Association” is now targeting Pepsi for what the AFA calls not “remaining neutral in the culture war.” Read more

11 Seattle Gay Bars Threatened With Ricin Poisoning Via Letter

Eleven gay bars in Seattle received letters today addressed to the “Owner/Manager” from someone claiming to be in the possession of ricin, a deadly poison. “Your establishment has been targeted,” the letter begins. “I have in my possession approximately 67 grams of ricin with which I will indiscriminately target at least five of your clients.”

A copy of the letter is below the fold. Read more

Obama Defends Choosing Rick Warren for Inauguration Invocation

There’s no excuse for choosing Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inauguration. A long time foe of gay rights and a major back of Proposition 8, what the hell is Obama thinking? Read more

Anti-Gay Focus on the Family Lays Off More Employees

After spending at least $539,000 in finds to pass Proposition 8 in California, it looks as though Colorado Springs-based, anti-gay group Focus on the Family is letting go of an additional 202 employees following multiple rounds of smaller layoffs. Read more

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