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This Queer City Council Candidate and Community Gardener Is Growing Strong in Eastpointe
When the Eastpointe city council rejected a Pride Month resolution this June, Nicola Strong took it as a call to action.
LGBTQ Champion on Supreme Court Dies
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the justice with the most pro-LGBTQ voting record in the history of the court, died Friday following a long [...]Read more about LGBTQ Champion on Supreme Court Dies
Creep of the Week: Bob Vander Plaats
When I was in high school it was common to hear kids say "that's so gay," usually to deride something that was thought to be extremely corny or nerdy. Or, [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Bob Vander Plaats
Creep of the Week: Jim Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls). Congratulations, LGBTQ America! Donald Trump, the man who stumbled and swindled and lied his way into the [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Jim Bridenstine
Tillerson Out as Secretary of State
President Trump on Tuesday announced he has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Trump in a tweet that announced the decision said he plans to nominate CIA [...]Read more about Tillerson Out as Secretary of State
SCOTUS Preview: Masterpiece Cake Case ....
By Lisa Keen Of the nine substantial LGBT-related decisions in front of the Supreme Court since Hurley, the LGBT side has won eight times. The only loss was in [...]Read more about SCOTUS Preview: Masterpiece Cake Case ....
All Politics is Loco: Capitol city civility
By Sean Kosofsky Let's take an imaginary stroll through the City of Lansing, one day before it became the 14th Michigan city to outlaw discrimination against [...]Read more about All Politics is Loco: Capitol city civility
McCain opposes gay households adopting
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service Adoption became an issue this week in the presidential campaign – at least for Republican nominee-apparent John McCain. The New [...]Read more about McCain opposes gay households adopting
Gay Bogeyman
Across 1 Head-turner 5 Hightail it 9 Mortify with porn, perhaps 14 Palindromic fellow 15 Architecture, to Philip Johnson 16 Keep moist in the kitchen 17 [...]Read more about Gay Bogeyman
An All-Purpose Hate Group
BY VICTOR LIEBERMAN Everyone knows that Donald Trump's election has given new life to racist and homophobic groups. But too few Ann Arborites know that one of [...]Read more about An All-Purpose Hate Group
Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families
BY DANA RUDOLPH This coming weekend, the March for Science in Washington, D.C. and hundreds of other global locations will encourage science that "upholds the [...]Read more about Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families
National LGBT Radio Program Finds Home at MSU
BY EVE KUCHARSKI If you ask Marc Sophos what his favorite episode of OutCasting is, he'll have trouble picking just one. "There are a couple," Sophos said, [...]Read more about National LGBT Radio Program Finds Home at MSU
Anti-LGBT Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, Tension Over Replacement Begins
By Lisa Keen Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court justice most hostile to equal rights for LGBT people, has died, and a threat by Republicans in Congress to [...]Read more about Anti-LGBT Justice Antonin Scalia Dies, Tension Over Replacement Begins
Biggest LGBT Stories Of 2015
By Lisa Keen To be the "best year" ever in LGBT history, 2015 had to do better than 2013. That was the year the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the key section [...]Read more about Biggest LGBT Stories Of 2015
Sexual Orientation Is 'Not A Message' Argues GLAD In Important New Case
By Lisa Keen Matt Barrett and his husband Ed Suplee. Barrett is one of many cases around the country that are testing the right of various employers to [...]Read more about Sexual Orientation Is 'Not A Message' Argues GLAD In Important New Case
Q&A: Carly Rae Jepsen On How Justin Bieber Made 'My Dreams Come True,' The Sly Gayness Of 'Call Me Maybe' & Becoming An LGBT Activist
Carly Rae Jepsen is calling – and no, not maybe. This is a real-life phone date (pegged, of course, to the release of her latest synth-pop concoction, [...]Read more about Q&A: Carly Rae Jepsen On How Justin Bieber Made 'My Dreams Come True,' The Sly Gayness Of 'Call Me Maybe' & Becoming An LGBT Activist
History Of LGBT Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court
Compiled By Shelby Clark Petkus The consolidation of four same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court is not the first example of LGBT issues making [...]Read more about History Of LGBT Cases Before U.S. Supreme Court
A Short List Of Potential Advocates For Marriage Equality At High Court
By Lisa Keen Renowned Supreme Court advocate Ted Olson remembers the first time he had a chance to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: He didn't take [...]Read more about A Short List Of Potential Advocates For Marriage Equality At High Court
The Lehrer Report: Be Prepared For Fun
By Martin F. Kohn Brent Stansfield, Laura Sagolla, Matt Cameron and Roy Sexton in "Tomfoolery." Photo: Victoria Gilbert So, how is Tom Lehrer holding up these [...]Read more about The Lehrer Report: Be Prepared For Fun
Deep Inside Hollywood
By Romeo San Vicente That Katharine Hepburn biopic is finally happening The fact that we had to have a J. Edgar Hoover movie before someone got around to a [...]Read more about Deep Inside Hollywood
National LGBT Community To Converge On Detroit
Every year, since December of 2008, a group of LGBT leaders in media, activism and the internet – as well as from national organizations – have convened to [...]Read more about National LGBT Community To Converge On Detroit
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know June 12, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service WISCONSIN ROLLER-COASTER: Tuesday, the Wisconsin Vital Records office said it was not processing the records of marriage [...]Read more about Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know June 12, 2014
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know May 27, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service LOG CABIN ADS ATTACK JARED POLIS: The national gay Republican group Log Cabin Republicans has aired three "attack ads" against [...]Read more about Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know May 27, 2014
Robert R. Reilly
When the author of the book "Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything" writes in his introduction, "It should be [...]Read more about Robert R. Reilly
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know April 29, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service DOD SIGNS MORE INCLUSIVE CHARTER: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel signed a Human Goals Charter Monday. By signing this [...]Read more about Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know April 29, 2014
Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know April 28, 2014
By Lisa Keen Keen News Service ALASKA COURT TAX VICTORY: In a partial victory, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that a tax break given to [...]Read more about Daily Speed Read: News You Should Know April 28, 2014
Under New Management: Brian Savage And Michigan Log Cabin Republicans Look To Expand
Exiting Michigan Log Cabin Republican Chairman Joe Sylvester has high hopes for the new leadership of the organization he ran for the past five years. In a [...]Read more about Under New Management: Brian Savage And Michigan Log Cabin Republicans Look To Expand
Feb. 12: Idaho On Adoption, First Openly Gay Eagle Scout ...
Keen News Service http://keennewsservice.com IDAHO HIGH COURT RE ADOPTION: In a unanimous decision, the Idaho Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a magistrate [...]Read more about Feb. 12: Idaho On Adoption, First Openly Gay Eagle Scout ...
Gates Poised To Lead Boy Scouts
By Chuck Colbert National gay-rights leaders are responding positively to reports that former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will lead the Boy Scouts of [...]Read more about Gates Poised To Lead Boy Scouts
Baptist Group Urges Ouster of Boy Scout Execs
By Daniel Burke (CNN) – The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday called for the ouster of Boy Scouts executives who pushed to allow openly gay youth [...]Read more about Baptist Group Urges Ouster of Boy Scout Execs
In Focus: Top Five U.S. Supreme Court LGBT Cases
By Lisa Keen The two high-profile opinions pending release this month from the U.S. Supreme Court could end up being as historic as the Loving v. Virginia [...]Read more about In Focus: Top Five U.S. Supreme Court LGBT Cases
Why Bias Puts Young Gays' Health at Risk
By Rob Stephenson Special to CNN (CNN) - When I was 8, I joined the Boy Scouts. I lasted three weeks-couldn't get the hang of all that knot tying, and no one [...]Read more about Why Bias Puts Young Gays' Health at Risk
Baptists plan exodus from Boy Scouts
By Daniel Burke CNN (CNN) - For Southern Baptist pastor Tim Reed, it was Scripture versus the Scouts. "God's word explicitly says homosexuality is a choice, a [...]Read more about Baptists plan exodus from Boy Scouts
BSA Quotes
"The BSA now will have to look gay teens in the eye, boys who've been involved in Scouting for years, and tell them they're not going to be able to grow into [...]Read more about BSA Quotes
Bryan Fischer
Creep of the Week Did you hear the news? It's now okay to be a gay Boy Scout. But you still can't be a gay Man Scout. Because as we all know, the second a [...]Read more about Bryan Fischer
Polling
Most Americans are in favor of the Boy Scouts of America lifting its ban on gay scouts and gay leaders within its organization, a new poll shows. The [...]Read more about Polling
Straightening Up At The Boy Scouts Of America
By Abby Dees Sometime in the '20s my grandfather became the then-youngest Boy Scout to obtain the top rank of Eagle Scout. When he died he was as proud of [...]Read more about Straightening Up At The Boy Scouts Of America
Boy Scouts To Consider Lifting Ban On Openly Gay Youths
By Katia Hetter (CNN) - The Boy Scouts of America would no longer deny membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation, but would maintain its ban on [...]Read more about Boy Scouts To Consider Lifting Ban On Openly Gay Youths
Boy Scout Quotes
"Today's decision by the Boy Scouts of America was not a partial or incremental win for LGBT scouts; it was a disappointing failure by BSA to demonstrate the [...]Read more about Boy Scout Quotes
Mad About 'The Boy'
Parting Glances There are bits and pieces, odds and ends, this, thats, the others, that adhere like crazy glue to my brain pan. Some of these mental bits of [...]Read more about Mad About 'The Boy'
Zach Wahls On Being A Queer Spawn
By Dawn Wolfe Zach Wahls with his family at last fall's HRC National Dinner in Washington, D.C. DEARBORN – On Jan. 31, 2011, a nineteen-year-old college [...]Read more about Zach Wahls On Being A Queer Spawn
Richard Land
Creep of the Week I've been critical of anti-gay folks for a long time. I've even been known to call them names ("creep," for example), but for as long as [...]Read more about Richard Land
Anti-Gay Boy Scout Ban Leads to Employment Discrimination - in Michigan
By Dawn Wolfe Lauren Jasenak was shocked to learn her minority status could be used as a reason to fire her from the job she loved. While the Boy Scouts of [...]Read more about Anti-Gay Boy Scout Ban Leads to Employment Discrimination - in Michigan
Creep of the Week: The Boy Scouts of America
Look, I'm no Boy Scout and I never have been. Like, literally. I'm not a boy, for one. I'm also an "avowed homosexual," which means the Boy Scouts don't like [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: The Boy Scouts of America
Changing the Faces of Faith in the Media: GLAAD Speaks to Michigan Roundtable
How did an ousted lesbian den mother from Ohio become a national symbol for LGBT equality? One of the main reasons is because of GLAAD, a New York based [...]Read more about Changing the Faces of Faith in the Media: GLAAD Speaks to Michigan Roundtable
UPS Ends Grants To Boy Scouts Over Discrimination
By Michael Biesecker Federal tax returns for 2011 for Intel, the world's largest chip maker, were not immediately available. Some media reported the Santa [...]Read more about UPS Ends Grants To Boy Scouts Over Discrimination
Major League Soccer Kicks Boy Scouts
By Dan Woog The OutField Last month, after a two-year, super-secret study by a group of unnamed people, the Boy Scouts of America announced that their next [...]Read more about Major League Soccer Kicks Boy Scouts
