Category: LGBT

  • CA “Prop 8” Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

    The U.S. District Court judge hearing the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 referendum banning gay marriage has just ruled it unconstitutional and granted a permanent injunction against its enforcement.  Read the entire Order (138 pages of it) here. I haven’t read it yet, but I hear it found the law unconstitutional on both due process…

  • Heads Up MondoHomo Atlanta May 27-31st

    Yes, it’s fun to say it… MondoHomo Even better to attend. What is it? The South’s queer art, spoken word, dance party, hip-hop-electro clash, politics, film, BBQ, circus arts, theater, music, burlesque, social action diversity-lovin’ festival of fun queer space Where is it? Eyedrum Gallery – 290 MLK Jr. Drive SE, 30312 Check it out…

  • Atlanta Stonewall Democrats Straw Poll results

    or rather our “Love Poll”… Last night at Atlanta Stonewall Democrats “Love Me, Love Me Not Valentine’s Day” party, attendees participated in a straw poll for the 2010 Democrat candidates for Governor. The results: Roy Barnes – 44 votes David Poythress – 25 votes Carl Camon – 13 votes Dubose Porter – 13 votes Thubert…

  • Massachusetts forces the gay marriage issue

    My former home state of Massachusetts is going to bring the fight on gay marriage to the rest of the country, thanks to a lawsuit filed today by Commonwealth Attorney General Martha Coakley. The suit challenges the constitutionality of the 1996 “Defense of Marriage Act,” or “DoMA” because it infringes upon individual states’ ability to…