West Virginia Sheriff Refused to use CPR; Gay Man Dies Suit Alleges

West Virginia Sheriff Refused to use CPR; Gay Man Dies Suit Alleges

Didn't we leave this behind in the 20th Century?  According to a federal discrimination suit filed yesterday,  Welch West Virginia Sheriff Robert K. Bowman physically prevented a bystander from performing CPR on Claude Green, Jr. who was suffering a heart atack.  Green died at the hospital. Sheriff Bowman acted because he thought Green was HIV positive.  […]

Casey – "I'll fight [LGBT] Discrimination"

Casey – "I'll fight [LGBT] Discrimination"

Our own Bob Casey told a crowd of 600 attending a HRC gala event that he will fight discrimination against gays.  Unlike Senatorum and his loyal spokesfag Robert Traynham.  ''I think it's time we had a senator who wasn't pushing a narrow, intolerant ideology that says 'I'm right, you're wrong … and you don't know […]

Lynn Swann Fumbles on Gay Marriage Amendment

Lynn Swann Fumbles on Gay Marriage Amendment

OK, disregard the trite football phrasology.. From our friends at Steel-City Stonewall Democrats, here's the skinny from social conservative Lynn Swann on gay marriage … Drum roll … while marriage is between a man and a woman, he does think private contracts should take care of us queers.   With no governmental protections.  Now for my […]

DNC: Don't talk about the Homos and Maybe They'll Go Away

DNC:  Don't talk about the Homos and Maybe They'll Go Away

The DNC's Annual Grassroots Report was released last week.  Not a single mention of the LGBTQ community.  Nada.  Howard Dean eliminates the gay outreach post, then wonders why people are upset …. and now this …. So what's happening in the Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh LGBT democratic wing ….You tell me.  Here's what BlogActive and LGBT political activist […]

LGBT activists "call out" Stonewall response to DNC

LGBT activists "call out" Stonewall response to DNC

 From Blogactive.com Not to stand silently by as the party trashes gays and lesbians, Stonewall Democrats have issued a statement about Howard Dean's insensitivity to the gay and lesbian community and condemning his actions totally kissing Howard Dean's ass: From keithboykin.com the DNC eliminated the GLBT outreach office but is keeping the GLBT fundraising office. […]

A Slippery Slope to Hate: Gay Bar Murderer Snared in Arkansas

I would be remiss not to comment on the gay bar rampage in Massachusetts.  Last night, the murderous Jacob Robida was captured in Arkansas after killing his female passenger and a cop. (365gay.com) Robida targets gays armed with a hatchet and a gun.  People are asking why and scrambling to link his neo-Nazi fetish with his apparent homophobia.  Wake up […]

PA Rep Mike Diven: Homohater AND Illiterate?

It seemed like such a simple request.  She wrote to The Honorable Mike Diven, Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.  Her mission?  To ascertain how Diven would vote on the proposed anti-gay marriage amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution. What Diven offered in response is a testament to why the Democrats should be able […]

Political Dissent Not Appropriate at SOTU; Women in Tee Shirts Shake Up Capitol

Political Dissent Not Appropriate at SOTU; Women in Tee Shirts Shake Up Capitol

Even while acknowledging that wearing a tee shirt to the SOTU is NOT a criminal offense, the US Capitol Police's actions have once again highlighted the egregious “no dissent” policies of this administration.  From CNN.com Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan wore a shirt with the message “2,245 Dead. How many more?” — a reference to the […]

BlogActive.com Ramps Up the Culture War

BlogActive.com Ramps Up the Culture War

GLBT activist Mike Rogers has significantly ramped up the gay response to the culture wars with this latest posting on blogactive.com   I fully support Mike's tactics of outing the closeted hypocrites whose actions harm our community. It is not a popular opinion, but a world in which a black gay man can openly toil for […]

PG Condemns Anti-Gay Amendment

PG Condemns Anti-Gay Amendment

This commonwealth doesn't need to write bigotry into its constitution in the name of misplaced morality. This morning the Post-Gazette editors condemn the bill introduced in the PA House of Representatives that would amend the constitution to “protect marriage.”  The PG notes that the amendment's impace reaches far beyond the queer community, threatening unmarried heterosexual […]