LGBT Issues

Should Arizona Adopt Bisbee's Pending Civil-Union Ordinance for Same-Sex Couples?

As the Bisbee City Council prepares to adopt an ordinance tonight that would give same-sex couples the right to a civil union that provides the same legal benefits as a marriage, we can't help but wonder why the rest of the state isn't doing this. After it passes as expected, the city will acknowle ... More >>

Homophobes Freaking Out Over Proposed Ordinance Banning LGBT Discrimination

According to Arizona's most powerful homophobic organization, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton is trying to let men "gain access" to little girls in bathrooms.Yes, the Center for Arizona Policy -- which claims pornography "has been linked" to rapes, child molestations, and serial killers and claims "homos ... More >>

NFL Punter Is Prying Open America's Last Closet: Pro Sports

Jan Brewer Asked to Ditch Family Research Council Event Over Its Anti-Gay Obsession (She's Still Going)

The Southern Poverty Law Center has asked Governor Jan Brewer and others to skip out on an event hosted by the Family Research Council because of the group's persistent "demonization" of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.Brewer's office says that's not happening.

Jim Henson Company's Breaks Its Rainbow Connection With Chick-Fil-A

After a week of high profile condemnation for Chick-fil-A's CEO's public stance on gay marriage, the hits just keep on coming. The most recent defection is the Muppet's own Jim Henson Company which announced via Facebook that they would be for forming no new partnerships with Chick-fil-A because of ... More >>

Schools Ignore Bullying of Gays at Their Own Peril

A Homophobic Group Killed Arizona's Anti-Bullying Law

Ben Quayle Now Says Obama's Not the "Worst President in History" -- Kind Of

In what's sort of a running joke since then-congressional candidate Ben Quayle released his goober-ish campaign ad saying "Barack Obama is the worst president in history," Quayle has an update on his stance.Quayle actually had to defend the video ad after people got a little pissy about it, but he t ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 5, 2012

Paul Babeu Touts Gay Rights While LGBT Inmates in His Jail Suffer

Andy Biggs, Other Politicos Tied to Gilbert Religious Group Labeled as Anti-Gay "Hate Group" by Southern Poverty Law Center

​The Southern Poverty Law Center rolled out with its new round of "hate group" labels, adding the Arizona chapter of the charity/religious advocacy group United Families International to the list for being "anti-gay."Republican state Representative Andy Biggs is the former policy adviser to the gr ... More >>

Social Media S-Storm After Reports of Lesbian Couple Asked to Leave Distrct American Kitchen On Their Anniversary Night for Kissing

Have you been following the story about Kenyata White and Aeimee Diaz, the lesbian couple asked to leave District American Kitchen after another table of men complained about their distaste for the female pair's public displays of affection? We have, too, and have since reached out to both the coup ... More >>

Paul Babeu Supports Gay Marriage and Gays in the Military

Dennis Gilman's raw footage of Babeu's Saturday presserIn addition to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's admission to being a gay man during a Saturday press conference, wherein he denied allegations published in my colleague Monica Alonzo's expose concerning deportation threats against his ex-lover, ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Fallen to Just Three Points Ahead in Arizona: Could Paul Babeu's Scandal Sink Him in Sand Land?

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leads ex-U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum by a mere three percentage points as they and other Republican candidates speed toward Arizona's GOP presidential primary, just one week away. This, according to a survey just released by the North Caroli ... More >>

Fagala-Fearing Congressman Trent Franks: Gay Marriage "Literally is a Threat to the Nation's Survival"

Trent Franks thinks letting gay people get married will lead to the end of America.​Forget China, the national debt, the failing economy, terrorism, and various other legitimate threats to the survival of the United States, according to fagala-fearing Congressman Trent Franks, letting gay people t ... More >>

Community Colleges Considering Adding Transgendered to List of Protected Groups

www.photobucket.com​The Maricopa County Community College District board is considering adding transgendered people to its list of groups protected from harassment.Arizona State University and the University of Arizona have included transgendered people in their anti-discrimination policies for ye ... More >>

Wes Gullett, Phoenix Mayor Wanna-Be, Hanging Out With BFF Councilman Tom Simplot and Ex Boss, Senator John McCain

A Democrat, Phoenix mayor wanna-be and Republican walk into a campaign fundraiser ...facebook.comCouncilman Tom Simplot (left), Phoenix lobbyist Wes Gullett and Arizona Senator John McCain.​Now there a trio of politicos you wouldn't expect to see hanging out together. But political campaigns make ... More >>

Tegan and Sara Call Out Tyler, the Creator for Homophobic Slurs; Tyler Bites Back

Canadian alt-pop twin sister duo ​Tegan and Sara have spoken out against Tyler the Creator of Odd Future in regards to his strong homophobia, according to NME.Odd Future's (OFWGKTA) Tyler the Creator commonly uses homophobic slurs, such as "faggot," and rape fantasies in his group's songs, as well ... More >>

Phoenix Suns CEO Rick Welts: I'm Gay

www.icanhascheeseburger.com​Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts has done something courageous for a guy in a macho-dominated industry: he came out of the closet.In an article in the New York Times yesterday, Welts, 58, announced that he is gay -- a fact his colleagues had suspecte ... More >>

John McCain Fine With Wife's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Ad -- Kinda

"The Mav" says he's cool with his wife's anti-DADT ad.​U.S. Senator John McCain says he's fine with his wife's participation in a star-studded ad, in which she bashes the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.McCain is one of the key figures holding up Congress' attempt to put an end to the po ... More >>

Over the Rainbow: Matt Salmon's Son Wants to Make a Name For Himself in Republican Politics -- Only He's Gay

Gay Marriage Will Have Majority Support in Arizona by 2015, Statistician Claims

​In terms of gay marriage, Arizona's conservative image is about to take a hit -- that's according to a statistician who claims the trend in public opinion is shifting in favor of allowing gays to wed at a more rapid pace than ever.According to a study conducted by Hank Pellissier, a statistician ... More >>

Morning Poll -- Gay Marriage: Can You Dig It?

​Arizonans owe a California judge a thank you. In what some are calling an act of "judicial activism," the Golden State has taken the national spotlight off of Arizona and the immigration debate -- for the moment, anyway.You're probably aware that a federal judge in California ruled to overturn Pr ... More >>

John McCain Rips Potential "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Repeal

www.motifake.com​The Obama administration announced a deal last night that would repeal the U.S. military's 17-year-old policy of "don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to homosexuals in the military and John McCain aint happy about it. McCain, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Ser ... More >>

Sin City

Celebrate thirty years of awesome Pride

John McCain's Wife and Daughter Pose for Pro-Gay-Marriage Campaign Pictures

John McCain's wife and daughter recently posed for a photographer's campaign to repeal a California ban on gay marriage, putting them at odds with the Arizona senator's position on the matter. Cindy McCain followed the lead of her daughter, Meghan, who posed for photographer Adam Bous ... More >>

Transgender Nativists? MySpace for T-Girls and the Curious Case of Lynne Stevens

Lynne Stevens has always been one of the odder figures in the local anti-immigrant movement, mainly because she doesn't fit the profile of angry old coot, as personified by her peer, convicted public urinator Buffalo Rick Galeener. A persistent protester of Salvador Reza's Macehualli Day Labor ... More >>

Les is More

America’s first openly gay comedian is still busting down barriers

Bless Our Homo

Doc examines Christian families with queer kids

Transpeople Will Talk

Local author blows up stereotypes

Karen in the Hot Seat

Gays are okay, except sometimes

Marry Me a Little

Opponents of gay marriage know it will succeed, and they're scared

Pink Persecution

"Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals" at Burton Barr resonates in today's America

The Fag Card

Gay convict claims judge's homophobia put him on Death Row

Worlds Apart

When it comes to immigration for gay bi-national couples, love does have borders

'F' Wordsmith

Eminem's new album sparks a heated free-speech debate

Confessions of a Gay, Right-Wing Mormon

State Representative Steve May is a walking, talking contradiction

Private Parts

Advocate Without Pier

Jeff Ofstedahl became the Valley's most visible gay activist, turned Echo Magazine into a political force, and carefully planned his departure for four months of sailing and finishing a novel. Then his doctor called.

The Gay Nineties

The Art of Darkness

ASU art professor Joe Young has spent four years telling the world he's the victim of institutional homophobia. But he's no victim. He's the incredibly persistent aggressor in a long, vicious game of smear-the-boss.

A Measure of Bigotry

WHY THIS YOUNG MAN'S DEATH MATTERS

TO THE COPS, SOME CRIMES JUST SEEM LESS IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS

CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND DEDICATED TO WHAT?

NO PANACEA CALIFORNIA CASE WON'T GUARANTEE GAY ARIZONAN'S AIR FORCE REINSTATEMENT

WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILY VALUE OF BROTHERLY LOVE?

THE COUNCIL'S BROKEN PLAYWHEN THELDA WILLIAMS GOT THE TEAM TO PUNT ON GAY RIGHTS, CITY HALL KICKED OFF A WHOE NEW BALL GAME

The Tangled Roots of Doug Wead

Preacher, peddler, Beltway meddler

THE KINGDOM AND THE POWERPASTOR LEO GODZICH'S QUIET CAMPAIGN AGAINST GAY RIGHTS