Posts Tagged ‘gay’
Good News For Gay Marriage
Posted by: am1am2 on: March 5, 2010
- In: Mack| Morning Quickie
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It’s good news this week for gay couples wishing to marry with both Mexico City and Washington DC passing laws that allow gay marriage.
Although these marriages are now legally recognised, homophobia still abounds in these cities, gay and lesbians are still discriminated against, and people worry of the possibility that these laws will soon [...]
Gays Are OK, But Homos Go Home
Posted by: am1am2 on: February 14, 2010
Gotta love semantics.
A recent poll has revealed that while a whopping 58% of Americans are cool with gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military, only 44% are okay with homosexuals doing so.
The study also implies that 14% of Americans need a course in LGBT, or at least a good old fashioned dictionary.
The Latest Social Ill To Plague UAE — Attack Of The Lesbians
Posted by: am1am2 on: February 11, 2010
Apparently there is an increasing trend in lesbianism in UAE schools and parents and counsellors are working hard to try to tackle the issue.
I know I should be used to this by now, but the UAE continues to astound me with how backward it is around sexuality and how discriminatory and ostracising the society is.
Superbowl Ad Will Be Anti-Choice
Posted by: am1am2 on: February 6, 2010
Focus on the Family is a conservative pro-life, anti-birth control, anti-sex education, anti-gay organisation.
In spite of CBS’s rule on no advocacy in advertising, they have given approval for a 30 second advertisement to be played during the Superbowl tomorrow (February 7), a tv slot that will have up to 100 million viewers.
No Rights For Gay Men In Malawi
Posted by: am1am2 on: February 5, 2010
Two men have been arrested in Malawi for putting up posters supporting gay rights.
The Centre for the Development of People has recently been formed “to fight for the rights of homosexuals and other minorities.”
Protesting The Pope’s Prejudices
Posted by: am1am2 on: February 2, 2010
The Pope has declared that the UK’s attempt at equality, in the form of the UK Equality Bill, “violates natural law”.
Churches in the UK worry that they would be forced to hire gay and transsexual people.
Because of the Pope’s declaration against equality, protests are being planned for his visit to the UK later this year, [...]
The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: HMJ Remix 2009
Posted by: am1am2 on: January 2, 2010
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Transvestite Beauty Queens
Posted by: am1am2 on: December 12, 2009
A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
