All Entries Tagged With: "anti-lgbt"
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Boston, MA Report outlines how religious arguments undermine women and LGBTs A report entitled Redefining Religious Liberty: The Covert Campaign Against Civil Rights details how a network of Christian organizations has successfully fought pro-choice and LGBT civil rights legislation by saying that it infringes on religious liberty. The findings state [...]
Ring-a-ding-ding: Anti-LGBT Salvation Army & Why We Should Be Proactive
By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief– ’Tis the season. You may not be able to go out shopping without hearing the joyous ringing of that glorious bell that sounds for charitable good at this time of year. Too bad that charitable good does not include LGBT people, unless you are basically willing to denounce who you are. [...]
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Baltimore, MD Marriage equality approved at ballot box in Maryland Maryland voters approved the Civil Marriage Protection Act, which paves the way for gay and lesbian couples to receive a marriage license. This is the first time that any state has voted on and passed marriage equality on the ballot. [...]
Creep of the Week: Birther & Anti-Marriage Equality Dinesh D’Souza
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT– Are you sitting down? Because this may come as quite a shock: Another anti-gay stalwart and “defender” of marriage has been caught in a marital mishap. Now, I’m not a marriage counselor, but I feel pretty confident dolling out this advice: if you’ve been married for 20 years, and are, [...]
Catholic Church & NOM Responsible for 60% of All Anti-Equality Funding in 4 Marriage Ballot States
New HRC report finds money being siphoned from Dioceses around the country to fund political campaigns aimed at discrimination Washington – The Catholic Church is funneling unprecedented dollar amounts into the four states where marriage equality is on the ballot this fall – Minnesota, Maryland, Maine and Washington – and in many cases, parishioners may not even be [...]
Creep of the Week: Joseph Farah’s Own Homophobia, Is He a Terrorist Too?
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– A couple of weeks ago I was sitting around trying to think of something cool and hilarious to do and I came up with the idea to write “You are a faggot” in grammatically incorrect Spanish on my face. Totally original, right? I mean, who else would think of such [...]
Creep of the Week: Anti-LGBT Republican Senator Scott Brown
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– There are a few things you should know about United States Senator Scott Brown. First, he’s a Republican. Second, he currently represents Massachusetts in D.C. after he replaced Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Democrat, in a special election held after Kennedy’s death in 2010. Third, Brown is currently campaigning to keep [...]
Creep of the Week: Jerome Corsi & His Theory that Pres. Obama is Gay
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Have you heard the news about Obama? He’s gay. A total homo closeted to the extreme who spent an awful lot of time at Chicago gay clubs and bath houses. Brave “author” Jerome Corsi, known for books such as “Where’s the REAL Birth Certificate?” and “Obama Nation” (get it? [...]
Gay Couple Sues Worcester Catholic Diocese, Alleging Discrimination
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– A married gay male couple from Sutton, Massachusetts, is suing the Worcester Catholic diocese, alleging sexual orientation discrimination in their attempt to purchase a church property. Outside Worcester Superior Court on Monday morning, Sept. 10, Sergio Carvajal, an attorney for the two men, Alain Beret, 59, and James Fairbanks, 57, [...]
Creep of the Week: Missouri’s Rep. Todd Akin’s Anti-Women & Anti-Gay Comments
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– OK, everybody, I have some really shocking news. I know this is going to really hurt some people, but I can’t keep this to myself any longer. So, here goes: Being anti-women goes hand in hand with being anti-gay. I thought it best that you hear it from me. If [...]
Creep of the Week: Errol Naidoo, Family Policy Institute of South Africa Homophobe
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Earlier this month in South Africa, workers were on strike at a Marikana platinum mine demanding better wages. Police shot their guns into the crowd. Dozens were injured and 34 people are dead. That’s in addition to the 10 people previously killed at the mine. It’s like a folk tale [...]
Romney Speech Leaves Gays Out of Tomorrow’s “Better Future”
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The Republican Party’s presidential nominee Mitt Romney received a rousing reception, making his way through a spirited crowd on the convention floor, approaching the podium to address delegates in the Tampa Convention Center. Last night’s choreography evoked images of the president walking through the aisles of Congress before delivering a State [...]
“Mitt Gets Worse” Slams Leaked RNC Marriage Platform as Hypocritical & Antiquated
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the marriage inequality plank that was in the platform leaked just days before the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, the Mitt Gets Worse campaign issued the following statement from founders Rick Jacobs, chair of the Courage Campaign, and David Brock, founder of American Bridge 21st Century: “The leak of [...]
Coast to Coast, Gays React to Ryan as Romney’s VP
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The dog days of summer brought the 2012 presidential race into sharper focus, when on Saturday morning, August 11, presumptive Republican Party nominee Mitt Romney announced that his choice for running mate would be Representative Paul Ryan, a seven-term congressman from Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District. LGBT experts’ reactions LGBT politicos were [...]
Chick-fil-A Flap About Homophobia, Hate; Not Gay Marriage
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In the few months since the anti-gay Chick-fil-A controversy burst onto the national stage, local gay-rights activists have been clear about their main beef with Dan Cathy, chief executive officer and president of the fast food restaurant chain. Cathy is within his First Amendment rights to speak out against same-sex marriage, [...]
