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It seems there is a new threat to our country- an insidious danger that is seeping into our homes and everyday lives that must be stopped at any cost. That threat is intellectualism.

We have heard the some of the buzzwords of this political season- Folksy, Joe Six-pack, Elitist, and Arugula Eating. It seems the new "culture war" or wedge issue is intelligence. The Vice-Presidential debate only solidified the lines in this war. On one side, you had Palin- full of "folksy... (continue reading)

The plight of gays in gays in Iraq is something I have written about before (see Iraqi Gay Safe Houses to Close). It seems mainstream media is finally catching on to the extreme danger that LGBT Iraqis face. A great piece from CNN called "Gays in Iraq terrorized by threats, rape, murder" tells the story of gay people living in Iraq:

Kamal was just 16 when gunmen snatched him off the streets of Baghdad, stuffed him in the trunk of a car and whisked him away to a house. But the... (continue reading)

The rightwing group, Citizens for Good Public Policy (insert eye roll here), have launched a campaign to repeal the recently passed gender identity protection clause in Gainesville, Florida. In January, commissioners voted to include the phrase "gender identity" in the anti-discrimination ordinance that guarantees equal access to housing, employment, public accommodation and credit.

The commercial shows a little girl on a playground walking into a bathroom. She is followed... (continue reading)

Election officials in California made what could be an important change to Proposition 8's language yesterday. Prop 8, which was put forward by fundies to reverse the state's Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage, is on the ballot in November.

Some activists think the language change, which spells out the removal of the right for same-sex couples to marry, could help add support to defeat the amendment. Read the change to the language after the jump...continue reading)

A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of Aleksandr Shevchenko, accused of the anti-gay hate crime killing of Satendar Singh in Sacramento in July, 2007. Singh, 26, died as a result of head injuries received during an attack in which Shevchenko used racial and anti-gay slurs.

According to The Sacramento Bee:

After more than four days of tense deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men could not agree on whether the defendant was involved in the confrontation... (continue reading)

Good news from the American Medical Association regarding the care and treatment of transgender people.

Resolution 122, called "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients," was approved by the Reference Committee and subsequently by the entire House of Delegates. The resolution and statement of support will essentially change the argument in many legal cases against public coverage for the treatment of transgender patients. This is especially relevant, for... (continue reading)