Slate’s Emily Yoffe wins the “Quote of the Week” award with her answer to a gay man who asked whether he and his boyfriend should refrain from non-salacious, “welcome-home” kisses in front of the neighbor’s children, after the neighbor said it would “confuse” the kids
The editor-in-chief of Out says Adam Lambert’s record label rejected earlier requests for solo cover, but allowed singer to be in group shot that included a straight woman.
I have had a chance to quickly read the Iowa gay marriage decision. Here are some initial thoughts (subject to correction or revision upon further reflection!). First, people here that I've talked to are generally surprised that the court was unanimous and that it fully endorsed same sex marriage, not something like civil unions. The court's unanimity, in my view, is a definite sign that the court wanted to maximize its institutional legitimacy by joining together, despite the fact that its members have disagreements in numerous other cases. The court also reasoned pretty bluntly that civil unions amounted to treating gay people as second class citizens. Second, regardless of one's view on the gay marriage issue, I think this is a well crafted legal opinion for several reasons.
Organizing peaceful escalation of the movement for LGBT civil rights, and building bridges across race, class, and gender divides in the LGBT community.