Final Push to Get Out the Vote in Colorado
HRC is on-the-ground in Colorado to help elect fair-minded candidates.
HRC.org
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Eight Egyptian Men Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for 'Inciting Debauchery' in Gay Wedding Video
Eight Egyptian Men Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for 'Inciting Debauchery' in Gay Wedding Video
An Egyptian judge has sentenced eight men to three years in prison on charges of spreading indecent images and inciting debauchery for appearing in a video allegedly showing the country’s first gay wedding ceremony, Reunters reports:
The judge ruled that they would also be subject to police supervision following the completion of their prison sentence.
The sentence was met with uproar from the families of the defendants, who demonstrated outside the courthouse in downtown Cairo and were cleared by police. The defendants, who had denied the charges, stood silent in the court room cage as the verdict was read, one of them holding up a copy of the Koran. […]
The men were first charged in September when a public prosecutor’s statement said that the images were “humiliating, regrettable and would anger God”, concluding that they constituted a criminal act. The prosecutor ordered the coroner to carry out physical examinations as part of the investigation.
BBC adds that although homosexuality is legal in Egypt, it remains taboo and police raids on gay establishments have risen in recent months.
The BBC’s Middle East editor Sebastian Usher says Islamists had led the chorus of outrage against the video, saying that it proved moral standards had dropped since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was removed from power last year.
Last month, we reported on the growing concerns that Egyptian authorities were utilizing new online monitoring softwar to target LGBT peple in the country.
Kyler Geoffroy
BOSTON: Former Mayor And Longtime LGBT Ally Tom Menino Dies At 71
BOSTON: Former Mayor And Longtime LGBT Ally Tom Menino Dies At 71
BOSTON: Former Mayor And Longtime LGBT Ally Tom Menino Dies At 71.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFkd9Qjr4A&feature=youtube_gdata
Idaho Gov. Sticks to Money-Wasting Defense of Antigay Marriage Law
Idaho Gov. Sticks to Money-Wasting Defense of Antigay Marriage Law
Despite several court rulings and a decided victory in the court of public opinion, Idaho governor Butch Otter isn’t willing to let marriage equality take hold in the Gem State.
Sunnivie Brydum
Awesome Mom Wants Federal Investigation Into Gay Son’s Bashing
Awesome Mom Wants Federal Investigation Into Gay Son’s Bashing
Dylan Beard’s “friends” are definitely awful people — they lured the 17-year-old to a skate park and then beat him up while shouting gay slurs. Making matters worse, the local police were like “eh,” and haven’t really don’t much about it.
But the good news is that his family is completely awesome.
His mom, Jennifer Beard has hired an attorney and now they’re demanding action from the Department of Justice. They want the attack investigated as a hate crime. Texas is one of the states that identifies sexual orientation as a category for hate crimes (but not gender expression).
And Dylan’s uncle, Tom Plunkett, is furious too. “As a military veteran it kind of disappoints me, a country I defended,” he said. It sucks that Dylan endured this attack, but bless his family for being so supportive.
Dylan is home-schooled, and doesn’t really know his attackers that well. It’s totally mysterious why they would decide to coordinate an attack on him.
According to his mom, police didn’t care that the attackers bragged about it on social media. In fact, the police told reporters that they didn’t know about the bragging at all — but that’s how Jennifer found out about the beating in the first place. (Her son’s black eye and broken nose might also have been a good clue.)
A few months ago, Austin rallied around a victim of a hate crime. A local dentist did reconstructive surgery to fix the nine (!) teeth that were beaten out of a victim’s mouth.
matt baume
been in his position before ,poor dog. – Tobin (@_audientem_)
LGBT Business Group Lauds Tim Cook
LGBT Business Group Lauds Tim Cook
LGBT Business Group Lauds Tim Cook.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=72BPC7yDDTk&feature=youtube_gdata
Harvey Milk's Camera Store
LGBT – lesbijki, geje, łosie, jelenie
LGBT – lesbijki, geje, łosie, jelenie
Rządamy równych praw :D.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k3VRgIPIdA&feature=youtube_gdata
PHOTOS: Men of the Outback
PHOTOS: Men of the Outback
Paul Freeman’s series of photo books of extraordinarily beautiful men in the Australian Outback have a new edition: Dusk.
Christopher Harrity
www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/books/2014/11/01/photos-men-outback
