On the latest issue of The New Yorker Magazine, Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie can be seen cuddled up on the couch watching the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. The picture titled “Moment of Joy” was illustrated by Jack Hunter, an Arizona based artist. Sesame Street has not officially […]
In a historical decision today, the Supreme Court of the United States cleared the way to resume same–sex marriage in California and struck down a…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage as a “victory for American democracy” but clashed with his African host over gay rights in a sign of how far the movement has to go internationally. Obama said recognition of gay unions in the United States should […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In significant but incomplete victories for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the resumption of same-sex marriage in California. The justices issued two 5-4 rulings in their final session of the […]
Tom and the crew open the show talking about the two people on trial for bad butt injections, Chris Bosh’s latest custody plea, Chris Brown’s latest charge and Jamaica‘s fight for gay rights.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A gay rights activist got his first court hearing Tuesday on his effort to bring a constitutional challenge to Jamaica’s nearly 150-year-old colonial-era law that bans sex between men. The rare court challenge to the 1864 anti-sodomy law is being pushed by Javed Jaghai, a young outreach worker for the Jamaica […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex couples are treated less favorably than heterosexual couples when seeking information about rental housing advertised over the Internet, according to a first-of-its-kind national study from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The study, released Tuesday, found that gay and lesbian couples were less likely to receive a response to e-mail […]
Roland Martin talks with journalist Yoruba Richen about her documentary “The New Black” which explores gay marriage in the black community and the black church.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. She had fallen in love with another woman, a strictly forbidden relationship at a school where even prolonged hugs were banned. Powell said she was working […]
BOSTON (AP) — NBA veteran center Jason Collins, the first active athlete in one of the four U.S. major professional sports leagues to come out as being gay, marched Saturday for nearly three miles in Boston’s gay pride parade with U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, his onetime roommate at Stanford University. Collins wore a T-shirt […]
It didn’t take Jason Collins to say he’s gay to compel Jallen Messersmith to make the same announcement. Messersmith is a 6-foot-7 shot-blocking specialist from tiny Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan. He also is believed to be the first openly gay active player in U.S. men’s college basketball. Messersmith told The Associated Press on Wednesday […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — NFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he has family members who are gay whom he loves and respects. But on gay marriage, the Minnesota Vikings running back says ”that’s not something I believe in.” Peterson made his comments in a recent interview with Sirius/XM NFL radio. He was asked his thoughts on the […]
