"Don't vote insane," Cyndi Lauper said from Denver's Fillmore theater Tuesday night. "As my friend Rosie O'Donnell says, 'Listen to mama, vote for Obama; John McCain, same, same, same." At every LGBT event this week at the Democratic National Convention, gay leaders and friends had the same message: If you want ... Full story...
(Washington) While many American households cut spending and shift consumer priorities to cope with tough, new economic realities, an online national survey has found marked differences in responses based on gender and sexual orientation.
Rise up.
Fight the power.
But where?
The GLBT community lost big on election day in California, Arkansas, Florida and Arizona.
Many of our readers attended the national Proposition 8 protests today. Here is a round-up of your posts from across 365gay:
Northampton, MA
Rose Said: A friend and I stumbled across a pro marriage equality protest (anti prop 8) in Northampton, MA.
There was torrential rain when I woke up this morning. Rain so hard that I could barely see my front stoop.
Gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the California vote that banned gay marriage there and urge supporters not to quit the fight for the right to wed.
Protests spread from coast to coast against California's Proposition 8. Drew Levinson reports from the newest demonstration just last night at the Mormon temple in New York City.
Proposition 8 passed, revoking marriage rights for gays and lesbians in California and setting back the gay-rights movement throughout the country.
This Saturday, Nov. 15th at 1:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. PST) there will be a national rally in protest of the passing of Proposition 8.
On Election Day, 70-percent of African Americans voted to take away a gay person’s right to marry primarily based on a book – the Bible - that calls on slaves to obey their masters.
"You know that book, The Tipping Point?" asks the young Internet maven, referring to Malcolm Gladwell's 2000 work exploring cultural shifts and the small things that incite them.
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