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Mississippi Prom Cancelled After Same-Sex Date Request — ACLU Files Suit

March 15, 2010 – 11:57 am

A Mississippi prom has received ongoing coverage – not for mean girls or outlandish get-ups, but because a student asked permission to bring another student as a date, and both of them are women. 18-year-old Constance McMillen challenged a school policy prohibiting her from bringing her girlfriend as her date to the April 2 prom, [...]

By Catherine Epstein | Also posted in Education | Comments (0)

NCAA Rejects Focus on the Family Ad

February 25, 2010 – 6:38 pm

This week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – the major governing body of college sports – yanked a Focus on the Family banner ad from its website amid concern that the group’s agenda conflicts with the NCAA’s policy of inclusion. As the LA Times reports, the NCAA made the decision after some of its [...]

By Jehmu Greene | Also posted in Reproductive Rights, Sports, WMC Advocacy | Comments (0)

Redefining “Wife”

February 12, 2010 – 4:36 pm

Guest post by Audrey Bilger
“That’s no lady, that’s my wife,” the “old ball-and-chain,” the “battle-axe”—such expressions seem to belong to an older time, when a comedian could get a laugh by saying, “Take my wife…please!” If you look up “wife” in the Urban Dictionary, though, you’ll find that negative associations persist. The first definition delivers [...]

By Audrey Bilger | Also posted in Feminism | Comments (3)

Just Not Married: Fighting for Equality on Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2010 – 1:50 pm

Photo Essay by Leslie Von Pless
Lesbian and gay male couples are ready to step up their protest with creative new tactics—witness the action this morning in New York and see what lies ahead for marriage equality in 2010.
In 2009, the fight for marriage equality gained more U.S. victories in one year than over the previous [...]

By Leslie Von Pless | Also posted in Politics, WMC Exclusives, WMC Exclusives Articles | Comments (2)

Supreme Court Bans Video Coverage to Protect Prop 8 Supporters

January 13, 2010 – 5:03 pm

Now in my twenties, I, like most young LGBT folks, spent my adolescent years searching far and wide for accurate, respectful, role-model-worthy representations of LGBT people in the media. It was – and still is – pretty slim pickings. So when I heard that the current trial on California’s Prop 8 ruling, which began on [...]

By Leslie Von Pless | Also posted in Government, Media, Politics | Comments (0)

First Transgender Presidential Appointment Amanda Simpson

January 4, 2010 – 2:35 pm

An original supporter of a transgender-inclusive Employee Non-Discrimination Act, President Obama stuck to his values on December 31 by making Amanda Simpson the first transgender presidential appointment in U.S. history.
A Raytheon employee, former test pilot, and one-time congressional candidate, Simpson will serve as a Senior Technical Adviser at the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security. Simpson [...]

By admin | Also posted in Government, Politics | Comments (0)

Letter from Jerusalem

August 15, 2006 – 5:03 pm

In the midst of the war, world pride events for LGBT dignity were held in Jerusalem last week. The march was cancelled because of the war, but all the other events took place.
The march had faced an overwhelming, negative religious reaction—a product of Jewish-Muslim-Christian fundamentalist unity. Why don’t they find this unity for creating a [...]

By Yvonne Deutsch | Also posted in Economy, WMC Exclusives, WMC Exclusives Articles | Comments (0)