Rainbow-colored flags swayed alongside American flags at Minnesota’s state capitol as Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill granting same-sex couples the right to marry. With his signature, Dayton made Minnesota the first Midwestern state to allow same-sex couples to wed and the 12th state in the nation. More than 6,000 people, including LGBT activists,…
A bill aiming to legalize adoption and foster parenting for same-sex couples is being reintroduced in the House of Representatives. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would “prohibit programs that receive federal funding from discriminating against potential foster and adoptive families based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status” according to the legislative…
My relationship with my mother has evolved over the last few decades. We have grown close to grow apart again to become best friends. As our relationship has morphed and matured, so have her views on me being a lesbian. I grew up in a Catholic household in the Caribbean and many of those traditions…
Delaware became the eleventh state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday after the State Senate approved the measure and the state’s governor signed it into law. Gov. Jack Markell, a Democrat, signed the bill following a 12-9 vote in the State Senate passing the measure. The State House approved the bill in…
A legally married South African couple were told by their son’s school that their relationship was problematic. Samantha and Kally Mabe’s son attends Secunda Highveld Christian School and when he told a teacher he had two mothers, the couple was summoned to a meeting with the principal and a pastor last month. They were also accused…
Brittney Griner is having the best month ever. The 6-foot-8-inch phenom hasn’t received her degree from Baylor University yet and she’s already signed a deal with the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Phoenix Mercury drafted Griner No. 1 overall on April 18. Now, the first NCAA player to block 500 shots has landed an…
There are hundreds of gripping legal cases diving under the media’s radar as all attention is diverted to infamous trials like the Jodi Arias murder case. One of the cases – where victims are railroaded and depicted as perpetrators – is the “New Jersey 4.” Bitch magazine reports: On August 16, 2006, a group of…
I’ve written it before and I’ll write it again: Some United States legislators are backward. Attempting to restrict freedoms instead of enlarging them is detrimental to the progress of this country, especially when the issue is as harmless as same-sex marriage. New Zealand is the latest nation to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples after…
Yesterday I saw two types of sports related articles, both of which included references to athlete’s and their sexuality. First there was the Kerry Rhodes “outing” done by his former assistant/alleged lover, Mr. Hollywood. I only have one word for this so-called “assistant”, who felt betrayed by Rhodes when he denied being gay, MESSY. Sometimes…
Gay black men and straight black women have enjoyed beautiful, incomparable, amorous friendships since…well, since forever. We’ve battled homophobia, patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism together — forces that render us both marginalized — throughout history (see: Toni Morrison and James Baldwin). However, we both still enjoy privilege — whether male privilege or straight privilege — in…
