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Brazil Senate committee OKs gay civil unions
by The Associated Press
A measure allowing same-sex civil unions passed its first legislative step in Brazil’s Congress, where it has lingered for 16 years.
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Colorado legislators kill civil unions bill
In the closest the state has come to legalizing civil unions, a special session in Colorado’s legislature effectively killed a bill that would have granted the right to same-sex couples before it even reached the House floor:
A measure allowing same-sex civil unions that prompted Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to call a special session after Republicans killed it last week may be defeated again later today.
On the first day of the new session, Colorado Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty assigned the bill to the State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, a panel dominated by conservative members.
McNulty “sent it to state affairs, unfortunately known as his ‘kill’ committee,” said Democrat House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino, the bill’s sponsor. “I’m going in knowing we don’t have a committed ‘yes’ vote.”
McNulty said the reason why he sent it to the kill committee was to “dispense with divisive issues as quickly as possible so we can get back to the business of creating jobs.” Additionally, GOP Rep. Don Coram said the reason why he voted against the bill (he has a gay son) was because, ”I’m concerned that the gay community is being used as a political pawn.”
So you’re voting against a bill granting rights to the gay community…for their own well-being? This kind of argument by the right that civil liberties for gay couples (or Obama’s support for marriage equality) is some kind of political ploy or diversion from the “real issues” is a political ploy in itself (not to mention completely trivializes LGBTQ rights) — and not one that will work come November.
Source: feministing.com
WATCH: Activist Says Family Dinner Might Soften Antigay Leader's Attitude
Jennifer Chrisler, head of the Family Equality Council, told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin today that antigay leader Tony Perkins might “open his heart” if he accepts her invitation to dinner with her family.
Chrisler extended the invitation after Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, discussed his opposition to same-sex marriage and denounced gay parents in an interview with Baldwin last week, and Baldwin challenged him to justify his views, asking him among other things if he had ever been to the home of a same-sex married couple.
Baldwin noted that Perkins, queried by CNN, told the network today that he and his wife “will be glad to respond when we receive the invitation to find a time that works.” Chrisler isn’t holding her breath, but she thinks spending time with her family, which includes her same-sex spouse and 10-year-old twin boys, would do Perkins some good. “I don’t think that I’ll change his mind, buy I do think that we might be able to open his heart a little bit,” she told Baldwin.
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Letters to Judge in Ravi Case May Have Influenced Sentencing
The judge in the Dharun Ravi case received more than 100 letters pleading for leniency in sentencing Ravi, convicted of bias intimidation and other charges after his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide.
Ravi was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail, plus a fine, probation, tolerance counseling, and community service, a sentence that prosecutors say they will appeal because they consider it too light. Clementi killed himself in 2010 by jumping off the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey after learning that Ravi, his roommate at New Jersey’s Rutgers University, had used a Web cam to view Clementi in an intimate encounter with another man.
After Ravi was convicted in March of 15 criminal counts, Judge Glenn Berman began receiving letters, some from hate-crimes survivors, urging him to be lenient in sentencing the young man, the Associated Press reports. During the sentencing hearing, he displayed a folder of the letters and later quoted one of them, which called Clementi’s suicide the “pink elephant” in the room.
At least a third of the letters came as a result of a campaign organized by Ravi’s supporters. More than 30 of the letters contained a preprinted message along with space for personal comments, according to the AP. The campaign “had probably some influence,” said Sandeep Sharma, a friend of Ravi’s family who was involved in the effort. “I think the judge himself did not believe that this case belonged to the criminal court system to begin with.”
Ryan Scout_FTM: Manny Pacquiao -"I'm not against gay people."
So yesterday I posted a petition started by the Courage Campaign in response to a quote from world-famous boxer Manny Pacquiao which basically came down to saying gay people should be killed.
Today, after 25,000 people signed the petition in less than 24 hours, I received a message from the…
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WATCH: Florida School in Antigay Bullying Investigation
Zephyrhills High School in Florida, which saw a student try to take his own life because of antigay bullying a year ago, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
The department’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating based on a complaint by the mother of Zachery Gray that he and other students “have been subjected to harassment based on gender stereotypes,” Tampa Bay–area TV station
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Nepal to Allow 'Other' Gender on Official IDs
The government of Nepal announced this week that it will allow citizens to choose “other” as the gender option, rather than male or female, on official ID cards.
LGBT activists in the nation welcomed the decision, which implements a ruling made by Nepal’s Supreme Court in 2007, reports wire service Deutsche Presse-Agentur. It will help transgender people as well as others who suffer discrimination because their appearance does not match the gender listed on their citizenship cards, they said.
“Our community feels we are finally being granted an identity by the state, and my friends have told me they feel proud about it,” said Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal’s first openly gay legislator.
The change will take effect in a few weeks, said officials with Nepal’s Home Ministry.
Green Lantern Alan Scott Likely New Gay DC Character
The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, is reportedly the DC Comics character who will be reintroduced as gay.
Bleeding Cool blogger Rich Johnson reports that after he heard that information from other sources, “a much stronger source” at the Phoenix Comic Con told him it is definitely Alan Scott. Still, Johnson offers the caveat, “I could be wrong.”
The character, introduced in 1940, appeared briefly in the first issue of DC’s new series Earth 2. Johnson advises fans to “start queuing up” for the second issue “right about now.”
Thousand-Plus Protest Antigay N.C. Preacher
More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Newton, N.C., Sunday to protest an antigay sermon by a minister in the nearby town of Maiden.
The demonstrators were objecting to a Mother’s Day sermon by Providence Road Baptist Church pastor Charles Worley, who advocated putting gays and lesbians in concentration camp–style settings. Video of the message went viral online.
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