Tag Archives: gay rights
SF Giants are the first major sports team to make an “It Gets Better” video
TweetYesterday, the San Francisco Giants became the first major sports team to release an “It Gets Better” video. The team decided to make the video after a fan, Sean Chapin, used social media to collect over 6,500 signatures on a change.org petition. And now others, including a 12-year-old Red Sox fan, have started similar petitions [...]
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Gay parenting more common in the South.
TweetThere is an interesting article in the New York Times today that in “the South” there have sprung up communities of gay parents of very diverse backgrounds. In addition, the data show, child rearing among same-sex couples is more common in the South than in any other region of the country, according to Gary Gates, [...]
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Ugandans named in anti-gay hit list win damages, injunction
TweetThe Guardian reports that a high court in Uganda has awarded just over £400 each in damages to 3 individuals named in a lawsuit against the Rolling Stone newspaper that published a list of 100 people the paper called “Uganda’s top homos” with the headline “Hang them.” Further, the court ruled the paper violated the [...]
67% of Americans would support a gay or lesbian presidential candidate