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• Gay Boy Crowned Prom Queen

  He's a boy, and he's gay, but Sergio Garcia isn't ashamed to tell people he's a queen. Prom queen that is.  Describing himself as "flamboyant," openly gay Garcia was crowned the queen of his Los Angeles high school's prom this week after deciding he could better identify with being a queen than a king, and campaigning hard for the part. Read More... Posted May 30 2009, 11:08 AM by JeanneSager with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: education, homosexuality, school, California, diversity, gay teens, prom, Jeanne Sager, Proposition 8, prop 8, LGBT teens, prom queen

• Morning News - California Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8

  Today: - The California Supreme Court! - A new cellphone that you can't buy! - And... a moustache contest! All this and more in... Morning News! Read More... Posted May 27 2009, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Celebrities, news, CNN, barack obama, lily allen, gossip, Brett Singer, morning news, Proposition 8, president obama, prop 8, jon and kate plus 8, kate gosselin, cellphones, britain's got talent, susan boyle, palm pre, kate's sister in law says don't watch jon and kate premiere, Moustache, technology news, california state supreme court upholds prop 8, jon and kate plus 8 premiere, Alaskan man wins the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships, palm, facial hair, lily allen says susan boyle isn't very talented

• Gay Parent Public Service Announcements Censored During Super Bowl

  If you watched the Super Bowl on California's KABC-TV, you missed an ad from "Get to Know Us First," a California campaign to promote understanding of the needs of same-sex headed families.  Several ads featuring 2-mom and 2-dad families were produced for the organization to help promote the undoing of Proposition 8, which, in November 2008, took away marriage rights previously won by same-sex couples. KABC-TV claimed it had decided not to air any "advocacy" ads during its Super Bowl programming.  But the ad agency that produced the Get to Know Us First campaign claims several advocacy ads were in fact aired throughout the show. The ads show real people in real families and send the subtle message that some of the fear-mongering from those who oppose same-sex marriage, adoption and family life is simply not accurate. For one of the Get to Know Us spots, see below.   Read More... Posted Feb 04 2009, 03:35 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: gay parenting, gay marriage, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, same-sex parents, get to know us first

• Protect Children: Prohibit Divorce

  Since Californians who voted for Prop 8 late last year to strike down the rights of gays to marry said they were doing it for the children, there's a new movement afoot to keep kids safe: Prohibit divorces. All of them. Keep heterosexual couples from breaking the bonds of holy matrimony. After all - the sanctity of marriage and the children were at the heart of Prop 8, right? Read More... Posted Jan 14 2009, 12:54 PM by JeanneSager with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: divorce, marriage, protecting children, California, petition, Lesbians, gay marriage, Jeanne Sager, Proposition 8, prop 8, sanctity of marriage, gays

• Morning News: Larry Flynt and Other Dogs

  Pornography mogul, Larry Flynt, is suing his own nephews--Jimmy and Dustin Flynt--for using the name "Flynt" in their own porn production business.  Uncle Larry is put out by what he says is a tarnishing of his good name's reputation for quality.  His nephews, he fears will sully the family legacy with their cheap imitations.  The nephews point out that their name is Flynt.  What other name should they be using? Yesterday, Barack Obama warned that the United States would likely have many "years to come" of trillion-dollar deficits as he and his people work to get the economy back up and running.  His plans include banning earmarks (hey, we thought that was John McCain's issue!), establishing a special panel to monitor the use of government "bail out" money and a website to allow the public to do the same.  I wonder if that website will have a suggestion forum?  Because there are a few ideas out there worth considering. Remember the short-lived, Californian gay marriages of 2008? Read More... Posted Jan 07 2009, 09:00 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: economy, obama, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, larry flynt, cloning pets, puppy mills

• Breaking News: CA Supreme Court Will Hear Prop. 8 Challenges

  In case your post-election elation is starting to wear off, here's some good news in the fight for constitutional protections.  The California Supreme Court agreed today to hear the case against Proposition 8 brought by the ACLU, the City of San Francisco, and gay rights organizations. This is the same court that unwittingly brought about the Prop. 8 firestorm after they ruled that banning gay marriage violates both the fundamental right to marry and the equal protection clause of the California Constitution. Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 03:40 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: ACLU, California, gay, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court, equal rights, gay marriage, constitution, illegal, legal, queer, review, Lambda Legal, Proposition 8, prop 8, right to marry, american civil liberties union, case, ruled, prop. 8 challenge, legal challenge, LGBTQ, constitutionality, hear

• Mom Kicked Out of the PTA for Position on Prop 8

  The Roman Catholic school where Robin McGehee's been president of the PTA was OK with her being a lesbian. But supporting her own rights? Apparently that was taking things just too far. McGehee's been kicked off the PTA after attending a vigil thrown by the No on Prop 8 campaign. Read More... Posted Nov 17 2008, 12:25 PM by JeanneSager with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: PTA, gay marriage, catholic school, catholic church, Jeanne Sager, Proposition 8, prop 8, catholics, lesbian mother, roman catholic, PTA mom

• Prop. 8 Protests Spawn Hope and Great Photos

  Yesterday, thousands gathered in 300 cities across the United States to protest the passage of Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California. The protests were a poignant and powerful reminder that no civil right is easily won. Equality for gay families will be an uphill battle--all of the 30 states that have voted on gay marriage have banned it--but the impressive organization and high turnout of yesterday's peaceful protests demonstrate that the gay rights movement has the momentum to fight for as long as it takes. Jezebel has posted a slideshow of photos of the protests submitted by readers across the country. Read More... Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:22 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: adoption, California, Supreme Court, gay marriage, cities, U.S., protests, vote, election, country, ban, civil rights, gay families, gay rights, Proposition 8, prop. 8, million, movement, march, overturn

• Same-Sex Marriage: "A Tiny, Symbolic, Semantic Grain of Happiness"

  For those of you who missed it, here's Keth Olberman of MSNBC on the passage of Proposition 8, overturning the right to same-sex marriage in California:     Read More... Posted Nov 16 2008, 01:24 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: same-sex marriage, gay marriage, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, keith olberman

• Strollerderby Playdate: Feminist Mormon Housewives

  I have a confession.  I really like Mormons.  I can't help it, most of them are just really nice people.  And if you know the history of the LDS in the United States, you know they have been--historically--some of the most oppressed people in the country.  They were fired on by federal troops and basically chased West to territory no one else wanted.  They were polygamists (I know, I know, the LDS Church has a strong official stance against polygamy now) and were hated and condemned for their non-mainstream sexuality and "lifestyle choices."  This makes me feel they are queer kin, Read More... Posted Nov 11 2008, 09:30 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: same-sex marriage, strollerderby playdate, gay marriage, mormons, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, feminist mormon housewives, LDS church

• Hey White Queers: Don't Get All Sarah Palin, Now

  Talk around the media is that the passing of anti-gay ballot measures last Tuesday in California, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas can be blamed on/attributed to high minority turnout due to Barack Obama heading the ballot. Wait just a minute. Proposition 8 passed by the skin of its teeth last week, while a similar measure passed with more than a 60% margin   Read More... Posted Nov 10 2008, 09:30 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 29 comment(s) Filed under: same-sex marriage, barack obama, gay marriage, sarah palin, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, black vote, racism in glbt community, black church

• Arkansas Adoption Ban Passes, Fails to Eliminate Queers and their Spawn from the Earth

  The saddest thing about the anti-gay ballot initiatives that passed Tuesday in California (banning same-sex marriage), Florida (banning even same-sex civil partnerships) and Arkansas (banning foster care and adoption by unmarried couples ie: same-sex couples) is the effect they have on the children of same-sex parents. I don't think my partner and I would feel much need for legal marriage if we didn't have children.  If we didn't have children, I'd be working full-time for my own benefits and wouldn't need hers.  I'd have my own retirement security, probably be able to make the house payments if anything happened to her. But we have two children and Read More... Posted Nov 07 2008, 10:01 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: adoption, same-sex marriage, foster parenting, Shannon LC Cate, gay rights, same-sex adoption, Proposition 8, Arkansas Adoption Ban

• Separation of Church and State=Same Sex Marriage

  Finally!  Someone from a religious perspective is talking sense about gay marriage.  (And it's in the newspaper.)  Joseph Conn, spokesperson for Americans United for the Separation on Church and State told the San Jose Mercury news: "At its heart, the marriage issue is a church-state issue...In effect, you have several of the large faith groups trying to impose their viewpoint on marriage on the whole state. That's really what's going on with this referendum." Precisely.  Civil marriage is a legal status granted by the state.  It has nothing to do with religious marriage which is granted or not by religious traditions in a wide variety of ways.  Hence   Read More... Posted Oct 29 2008, 09:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 54 comment(s) Filed under: same-sex marriage, first amendment, gay marriage, separation of church and state, Shannon LC Cate, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Proposition 8, Joseph Conn

• How Low Will They Go?

  It was bad enough when they used their own kids to promote intolerance, but this one comes right from the department of dirty tricks: Remember the happy-happy-joy-joy photos of the first grade teacher's wedding at San Francisco city hall?  Now those pictures--including the students who came to wish her well--have been used in a new ad promoting Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative to criminalize same-sex marriage. Parents are outraged that their children's Read More... Posted Oct 28 2008, 08:02 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: homophobia, same-sex marriage, Shannon LC Cate, lesbian wedding, Proposition 8

• Opposing Same-Sex Fostercare and Adoption: It's Not Just for John McCain Anymore

  John McCain told the New York Times that children were better off in orphanages than in the homes of loving same-sex parents.  It seems some folks in Arkansas agree. An Arkansas ballot initiative being pushed by conservative groups would leave more children waiting for families longer by banning adoption and foster parenting by unmarried couples.  By "unmarried" everyone on both sides of the ballot initiative means "same-sex." Read More... Posted Oct 26 2008, 09:37 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: adoption, foster care, gay adoption, gay parenting, John McCain, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, Arkansas Adoption Ban, same-sex parents, quer spawn

• Proposition 8 Propaganda

  Ambivalent thanks to Mombian for bring this one to our attention.  Some back-alley, fly-by-night television advertisers have made a cringe, gag, shudder-worthy Yes on Proposition 8 spot.  As a refresher for those of you who don't live in California, Proposition 8 is the ballot initiative to de-legalize recently legalized same-sex marriage.  And they say we indoctrinate our children in unnatural acts.  Just how natural is this?   Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 03:25 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: same-sex marriage, gay marriage, Shannon LC Cate, Proposition 8, california politics

• Dad Goes Mad on Bigotry for the Children

  There's a proposal on the California ballot that would rewrite the state Constitution to ban gay marriage, because after solving a $20 billion debt and discovering it is still another $4 billion in the red, the state apparently doesn't have more important shit to deal with. But anyway, that's where we are right now in California. In the land of the Hollywood elite and us crazy liberals with our "San Francisco values," we might yet rewrite a document that begins with the right of "pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness" to restrict that very happiness for a select few. Why? For the children, of course. That's actually on the anti-gay marriage campaign -- save marriage and protect the children. Read More... Posted Oct 16 2008, 07:44 AM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: children, politics, dads, essays, dad gone mad, gay rights, Proposition 8

• First Graders Surprise Lesbian Teacher at San Francisco Wedding

  When a class offirst-graders surprised their devoted teacher by showering her with rose petals after her city hall wedding, that anti-gay marriage crew in California turned it into political fodder.  Proposition 8 is a ballot initiative Read More... Posted Oct 15 2008, 03:30 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: education, California, same-sex marriage, gay marriage, Shannon LC Cate, lesbian wedding, Proposition 8