European bans on gay men blood donors sometimes OK, says court
PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Justice ruled April 29 that EU governments may ban gay men from ever donating blood, but only under strict conditions. The ruling was closely watched by activists and...
View ArticleNebraska Woman Files Suit Against All Homosexuals
A Nebraska woman filed a lawsuit on behalf of God and His son, Jesus Christ, against “Homosexuals,” also listing “Gay” as their alias. Sylvia Driskell, 66, addressing herself as the “ambassador” for...
View ArticleBernie Sanders favored gay marriage rights before it became fashionable
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Once a democratic socialist, always a democratic socialist. Once a scold of big money in politics, still a scold. No one can accuse Bernie Sanders of flip-flopping over his four...
View ArticleFringe Festival kicks off with ribbon cutting by Orlando mayor
The International Fringe Festival kicked off their 24th year with an opening ceremony and ribbon cutting at the Shakespeare Theater in Orlando on May 14. “Happy Fringe,” declared Fringe executive...
View ArticleFormer NY congressman who opposed gay rights dies at 88
NEW YORK (AP) – Former Congressman John Murphy, who represented Staten Island for 18 years before being caught in the Abscam corruption scandal in the late 1970s, has died. He was 88. The Democrat, who...
View ArticleRick Santorum announces second White House run
CABOT, Pa. (AP) – Conservative culture warrior Rick Santorum launched a 2016 White House bid on May 27, vowing to fight for working-class Americans in a new election season that will test his...
View ArticlePresident Obama declares June as LGBT Pride month
WASHINGTON – President Obama declared June 2015 as LGBT Pride month, in which he calls for more support for LGBT youth and Congressional action to protect LGBT people within the workplace. “I, BARACK...
View ArticleLGBT people victims of violent abuse all over the world, UN report says
AP – The UN human rights chief said in a new report that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people are victims of “pervasive, violent abuse, harassment and discrimination” in all regions of the...
View ArticleAshley Brundage to Speak at McDill Pride Event
TAMPA – Ashley Brundage, president of the Tampa Bay Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and one of this year’s scheduled Grand Marshals of the upcoming 2015 St. Pete Pride Promenade is slated to become...
View ArticleUS ambassador praises Australian gay rights progress
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – The U.S. ambassador to Australia told Australian marriage equality supporters on Monday that although their nation continues to ban same-sex marriage, it remains more...
View ArticleObama scolds transgender heckler
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House June 24, scolding the protester for being disrespectful in “my house.” The heckler,...
View ArticleSupreme Court rules, same-sex marriage is legal
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality with a vote of 5-4 in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges June 26. The opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, states the...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling likely to have global impact
LONDON (AP) — The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages has no legal force outside the United States, but gay rights activists in many parts of the world believe the court...
View ArticleAt least 22 Alabama counties will not issue same-sex marriage licenses
Nearly one-third of Alabama counties June 29 were not issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, or had shut down marriage license operations altogether, despite the landmark U.S Supreme Court ruling...
View ArticleUS envoy confident Australia will manage gay marriage debate
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The first openly gay U.S. ambassador to Australia said on June 30 he was confident that the “great debate” among Australians on whether to allow gay marriages would result in...
View ArticleSt. Pete Pride is a scorcher in the wake of marriage decision
St. Petersburg | I was with my boyfriend Anthony at LA Fitness when the Supreme Court of the United States ruling on marriage equality came in. “Oh my god!” I screamed. “We can get married!” “In which...
View ArticleTHE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WANZIE: Two parties, one choice
I write this column on the very day of the landmark Supreme Court decision that ushered in marriage equality in all 50 of our United States. So I suppose Watermark readers might anticipate this...
View ArticleMarriage equality is here, there and everywhere
By now everyone is aware that marriage equality flew over the top of that odd equator of middling mob rule and into reality. On Friday, June 26, nine people—the nine people that make up the third arm...
View Article5th Circuit to courts in Texas: Allow gay marriage because Supreme Court says so
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court June 1 instructed judges in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas to wrap up gay marriage cases in their states in line with last week’s U.S. Supreme Court...
View ArticleBondi drops marriage appeal
Florida’s fight for marriage equality is officially over. State attorney general Pam Bondi dropped her appeal that fought same-sex marriage July 7. She submitted a single sentence to Florida’s Third...
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