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:Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
China – For the first time, a Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit brought by a man who was fired from his job solely based on his positive HIV-status. Chinese law dictates that HIV discrimination is illegal, but until now no court has ever agreed to hear a case. A Chinese court will [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
Famed conservative and middle-American comic book series “Archie” announced back in April that their first gay character Kevin Keller would soon be entering the world of Riverdale. Latest headlines say that it will finally happen in Veronica No. 202, on sale September 1. I’ve been buying Archie comics since I was 7. I’ll admit I’m [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
Cuba – The former communist leader Fidel Castro has given an interview admitting his fault and his guilt for persecuting homosexuals in the 1960′s, including throwing them into concentration camps. “It was a great injustice” Holy shit… did I just write that? Castro said that the revolutionary government’s actions represented “a great injustice – a [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
Derry, Ireland – The Northern region of the Emerald Island held it’s first gay pride parade over the weekend. With 5000 happy participants and barely a few dozen protesters. “With reports of up to 5,000 people attending the parade, [David McCartney from the Rainbow Project] added: ‘I’m no good at judging how many people were [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
Georgia – Officials have announced that no hate-crime charges will be filed against the two marines who attacked a gay man after he winked at them. Back in June, Kieran Daly was hospitalized after suffering two seizures at the site of the attack. The two marines were caught by police as they ran down the [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
Australia – The State of Tasmania has overwhelmingly voted to now recognize same-sex marriages and/or civil unions performed elsewhere. Although the 1961 Marriage Act still prevents any parts of Australia to perform the ceremonies, this is a big step towards marriage equality. Only three of the 25 Lower House MPs voted against the amendment to [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 31, 2010
SLC, UT – In part 2 of our post from yesterday about the Mormon (aka LDS) church’s story about Marishia, the now-reformed Lesbian who became an active member of the church, the bigoted church has the gall to compare homosexuality to being born with a physical defect. When I prayed to know why I was [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 30, 2010
SLC, UT – Several weeks ago, the Mormon (aka LDS) church began a national campaign of TV commercials called “And I’m A Mormon” designed as a huge PR stunt to decrease the negative light the church has been sinking into. But now it’s delving to new depths by trying to highlight LGBT members as if [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 30, 2010
Colorado – The Colorado Springs-based group Focus On The Family has released a statement bashing a pamphlet sent out to schools around the nation focused on anti-bullying. The bigoted group of sleazemouths claim that if hetero-students are taught not to bully LGBT-students, schools are teaching anti-religion. “Focus on the Family education expert Candi Cushman told [...]
Eric Ethington (Author) | August 30, 2010
A group called ‘OutServe’ has announced plans to expand their efforts in helping soldiers deal with the transition when DADT is eventually repealed. Included in their efforts are 10 new locations that will exist on-base with the US military, 5 domestic and 5 international. From the group’s press release: “For safety reasons the exact location [...]
"Eric, trying to have this (civil rights) conversation with you is ultimately like trying to teach a pig to dance, it just annoys the pig. So Eric, sorry to annoy you."
-Paul Mero, The Sutherland Institute.