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Gayle King Hosts Dan Savage: The Tragic Disconnect Between Black Media And Black SGL/Gay America

We don’t even know where to begin with this one. After thinking about it over the last couple of days we decided to just write a letter to Gayle King directly and sharing our feelings about Dan Savage’s appearance this past week on The Gayle King Show.  Did any of you see it? We missed [...]

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Saturday March 26th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | 33 Comments »

More On Race: Gay Rights Are Still A Black And White Issue

By: Zerlina Maxwell | theLoop21 Last month, the Obama Administration announced that the Department of Justice would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court because it was unconstitutional. Progressives and gay activists rejoiced, of course. But not everyone in the Obama coalition was happy about the move. Church going African Americans, 68 percent [...]

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Thursday March 24th, 2011 in , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Legal Analysis Of The Latest Prop 8 Ninth Circuit Dramaaa

Courtesy of the National Center For Lesbian Rights By Shannon Minter, Esq. National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Today brings a new development in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Prop 8, which amended the California Constitution to strip same-sex couples of the freedom to marry.  Perry is currently on appeal [...]

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Tuesday January 4th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | 14 Comments »

Prop 8 Backer Pastor Tom Daniels Arrested On Child Molestation Charges

RENWL Note: Pastor Tom Daniels donated to Protect Marriage in support of Prop 8. Only gave about $200 or so. But still, how you gonna oppose gay marriage while gettin’ your freak on with kids?!? From News 10: Pastor Tom Daniels of First Baptist Church of Rio Linda was arrested by Citrus Heights police Dec. [...]

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Sunday January 2nd, 2011 in , , , | 26 Comments »

The RENWL ‘What White Gay Folks Don’t Like To Hear’ 2010 Award

This year we didn’t see too many challengers vying for the coveted RENWL What Gay White Folks Don’t Like To Hear Commentators award, at least not that many who were courageous to do it publicly. But we did get a decent handful of LGBT folks whose opinions strayed away from the group think mentality of [...]

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Thursday December 30th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »

Prop 8 Judge Tops Right Wing Hall Of Shame List

Topping their “Hall of Shame 2010,” conservative legal group Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) crowned San Francisco federal judge Vaughn Walker as the number one offender for his ruling of Prop 8 as unconstitutional.  The Sacramento, CA-based non-profit published their list of  equality offenses which include denounced judges, elected officials, and a school district over decisions [...]

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Wednesday December 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Rev. Jesse Jackson Speaks Out In Support Of Same Sex Marriage

Rev. Jesse Jackson now joins the ranks of Rev. Al Sharpton, hip hop titan Russell Simmons, former NAACP chairman Julian Bond and dozens of African American lawmakers and community leaders across the nation in supporting marriage equality rights for LGBTs. 

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Wednesday December 8th, 2010 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »