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Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday making California the first state to require that school textbooks and history lessons include the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans…

In accepting a mandate that California students be taught the accomplishments of gays and lesbians, Brown said that “history should be honest.” The bill, he said in a statement, “revises existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education and ensures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books.”

The measure had sparked hot debate in the Legislature, where Republicans argued that it would force a “gay agenda” on young people against many of their parents’ wishes. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said the new law, which he wrote, will reduce the bullying of gay students by showing role models in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens.

“Denying LGBT people their rightful place in history gives our young people an inaccurate and incomplete view of the world around them,” said Leno, whose bill, SB 48, also covers the role of the disabled in history.

The governor’s action drew criticism from [right-wing] groups.

New state law requires textbooks to include gays’ achievements (via ryking)
(Reblogged from diadoumenos)
“Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.”  -Barry Goldwater (via @OTOOLEFAN) View high resolution

“Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.”  -Barry Goldwater

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Tracy Morgan threatens to kill his son if gay during homophobic tirade on stage

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30 Rock star and former SNL alum Tracy Morgan’s June 3rd stand-up routine drove offtrack, and eventually off a cliff when the comedian went on a homophobic tirade while onstage in Nashville, Tennessee. Morgan reportedly attacked President Obama for supporting the LGBT…

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Archeologists say they’ve made a unique discovery in the Czech Republic: 5,000-year-old remains of a human male who was buried in a way traditionally only reserved for females.

To them, this means they’ve unearthed the first-ever gay human remains.

“From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake,” one of the archeologists told The Telegraph.

She added that by the way the body was positioned, and the objects found buried with him, this person lived either as a gay male or a transsexual female.

Archeologists unearth first-ever ‘gay caveman’ skeleton (via ryking)
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Lesbian Couple's Home Burned Down in Tennessee

hotblondecocktail:

boxinhand:

“This lesbian couple reported that they received numerous threats from a neighbor–including a threat to “kill them and burn down their house”–over the span of the five years they lived in the town.  On September 4th, their house was burned down to the ground and their garage was spray painted with the word “queers.”

There’s also a link in the article that includes a list of things they need, and where you can donate money.

http://www.pflagmaryville.org/vonore-couple-needs-our-help

 Motherfuckers.

(Reblogged from diadoumenos)

Judge Strikes Down Military Ban on Gays

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional because the ban violates the First Amendment rights of gays and lesbians.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips said Thursday she will issue an injunction that would halt the enforcement of the government’s ”don’t ask, don’t tell’’ policy nationwide.

Phillips says the policy doesn’t help military readiness and instead has a ”direct and deleterious effect.”

The Log Cabin Republicans filed the lawsuit in 2004. Phillips says she will draft the injunction with input from the group within a week and the government will have a week to respond.

(Source: The New York Times)

Portland: Meet the Queer Patrol - New LGBT Foot Patrol Will Work with Police

“THEY’RE HERE, they’re queer, and they will be patrolling Old Town in reflective safety vests every Saturday night.

Eighteen volunteers filled Portland’s Q Center on the night of Monday, July 12, for a training to become the city’s first-ever foot patrol on the watch for violence, specifically hate crimes, downtown. The gay bashings that shocked Portland on Memorial Day weekend [“Hate Comes out of the Closet,” News, June 10] prompted the formation of the volunteer force, which will roam downtown gay bars in groups of three to five on Saturday nights, calling in trouble to the police.

But the Q Center’s decision to work hand-in-hand with police on the patrols has upset some queer activists.

One of the activists originally involved in organizing a response to the attacks, Airick Heater, says he quit participating in behind-the-scenes work after he felt the Q Center was not listening to complaints about police involvement. Another local queer activist known as Katey Pants posted critical comments on the Q Patrol’s Facebook page, writing, “I am hoping those that are interested in community patrolling outside of being involved with local authorities can organize themselves.”

“This is an opportunity for the queer community to be allies to the broader community,” Q Center Executive Director Kendall Clawson told the group.

Q Center organizer Stephen Cassell defended the group’s commitment to working with the police. “I believe that the majority of the community wants to work with the police,” said Cassell. “There will always be some people who won’t want that and we respect their opinion. How wonderful to have two patrols?” “

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At this past weeks Netroots 10 conference, at least one panel on immigration included a discussion in which a white queer blogger argued that gay rights people need to fight for immigration issues because “when one of us is not free, none of us is free.” Though I share his sentiment, the juxtaposition of one community with the other once again renders them mutually distinct. Yet gay immigrants not only exist they have the unique distinction of being cut out of one of the major ways to gain legal access to citizenship in the U.S.: family reunification. They are also routinely denied asylum despite the fact that homophobic harassment, especially by police or military, should clearly qualify them for asylum. These denials have often sent queer petitioners home to their deaths just like women escaping domestic violence and government sponsored rape and torture have who share similar asylum refusal rates. When HIV exemptions were still on the books, many gay men were denied citizenship, even when legally petitioned for as part of a larger family unit, based on the erroneous fear they were infected or the intentional use of the exemption to punish them for being gay. Even if queer immigrants are able to come here, they also run the risk of having their legal marriages abroad considered null and void in the majority of the United States. The list goes on. So that ultimately gay rights and immigrant rights are not just equally important because history has proven that if one person is oppressed then sooner or later some one else will be too but also because for some people they are the same thing. More than that, as long as gay people have limited or no rights, certain immigrants will lack certain rights and vice versa.
“Race Issues Are Queer Issues” (via bonesarecoralmade) (via tart-tart) (via ryking)

Best Buy joins Target: Adds $100K donation to MN fund that supports anti-gay politician

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jaison96: fuckyeahbisexuals: gayformarriage: girlwithnorace: Mmhmm. Bisexuals are important to the gay marriage fight too :)

jaison96:

fuckyeahbisexuals:

gayformarriage:

girlwithnorace:

Mmhmm.

Bisexuals are important to the gay marriage fight too :)

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American Talibaners boycotting Home Depot for "supporting the homeosexual agenda"

ryking:

WARNING: Link goes to AFA website.

(Reblogged from diadoumenos)

We Now Pronounce You ... | Marriage Equality | Advocate.com

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When Jonathan Howard and Gregory Jones found out Crate & Barrel’s Ultimate Wedding Contest was open to couples holding commitment ceremonies, they entered. Now, they have a good shot at winning.

“The community has been really positive … they’ve embraced the contest. GLAAD endorsed not only us, but they complimented Crate & Barrel on having a contest that’s so open. Obviously, we want to win a wedding. Obviously, that’s why we entered. But it has grown into something that is much bigger than us.”

Click here to vote for Jonathan and Gregory.

(via Jeff Camarda)

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This is a political act, even though that’s not what it feels like to me,” she said. “If anyone knows someone who’s gay or lesbian … they’re less likely to vote against them to take away their rights. I can be that lesbian you know now …
‘Family Ties’ mom: ‘I am a lesbian’ (via ryking)
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A Message For Homophobes

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