GLBT News Headlines (T8T-6)

Kickstart The Movie Studio System!

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Kickstarter community has taken notice: in less than a week, Scamdance, a recent Kickstarter "Staff Pick," has been 11% funded towards its $100,000 goal (bit.ly/scamdance). Blending the traditional concept of a movie studio with the...

Panel of Eight Esteemed Judges Announced for 2014 Multicultural TV Leadership Awards

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News have announced an esteemed panel of eight individual and impartial judges for the 2014 Multicultural TV Leadership Awards, being presented Tuesday, February 4, 2014 during the Multicultural TV...

Lambda Legal Extremely Disappointed as Iowa Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction of HIV-Positive Man

10/2/2013

(Des Moines, IA, October 2, 2013) â€" Today the Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan who was initially sentenced to 25 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender after having a one-time sexual encounter with another man during which they used a condom.

Lambda Legal Sues NY Landlord to Add Same-Sex Spouse to Lease

10/2/2013

(New York, October 2, 2013) - Lambda Legal filed a complaint today against a New York City landlord for refusing to add lesbian tenant Dava Weinstein's spouse Dorothy Calvani to her rent-stabilized lease as is required by state and city law.

Lambda Legal Files Lawsuit Seeking Freedom to Marry for West Virginia Same-Sex Couples

10/1/2013

(Huntington, WV, October 1, 2013) - Today Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on behalf of three same-sex couples seeking the freedom to marry, and the child of one of the couples.

Lesbian Sues Miss. Town for Denying Gay Bar Permit

Lesbian sues Miss. town for denying gay bar license, says mayor led conspiracy to block it        

HGTV star David Bromstad caught in Salvation Army gay controversy

Gay HGTV star David Bromstad is hosting a controversial Salvation Army fundraiser on Oct. 18.

Lesbian suing Mississippi town for refusing gay bar license

JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Mississippi town of Shannon was sued Tuesday for denying a business license to a gay bar, lawyers for the bar's lesbian owner said.

Video: Turns out you can put scientifically-discredited propaganda to music

The "ex-gay" advocacy group Voice of the Voiceless has selected its movement's new theme song. Here is the winning tune, called "Rise Up," as crooned by longtime "homo-B-gone" activist Dennis Jernigan: Rise up all you want, "ex-gay" movement. On a...

Baton Rouge paper helps show Tony Perkins' true colors

Kudos to The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for running a fair and insightful report on local boy Tony Perkins: “Tony Perkins and his group go about lying about gays and lesbians. Basically, and I’m not even exaggerating, (they’re) telling...

Linda Harvey: Gay parenting is akin to child abuse

In a column where she also accuses same-sex couples of using our children as "props to be trotted out, sadly, at events like 'pride' parades," anti-LGBT activist Linda Harvey claims loving gay parents are being cruel to their children, and...

Video: AFA puts nice sheen on its exceedingly hostile agenda

One of America's most vehemently anti-LGBT organizations (to wit: Bryan Fischer is a senior voice) is really just trying to create a charming American story that would've soothed even the most restless little Pilgrim. So suggests this new propaganda spot,...

Video: FRC confuses its rabidly anti-LGBT (among others) agenda for 'light'

This is an organization topped with senior staff members who have called for the "exporting" and criminalization of gays, claims gays are "vile" and factually headed for "eternal damnation," and that we LGBT activists are "simply pawns in the hands...

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