Articles By: Speak Equal

"Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly..." -- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Front page gay kiss photo causes decrease in Washington Post subscriptions

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post says more than two dozen people have canceled their subscriptions over a photo of two men kissing that ran on the front page. The photo was taken last Wednesday, the first day same-sex couples could apply for marriage licenses in Washington, and ran in the newspaper...

March 10th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead to HIV ‘nightmare’

(AP) — Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV “nightmare,” the United Nations’ AIDS agency chief warned Monday. Michel Sidibe appealed to government and private donors to keep investing in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international financing institution. He...

March 10th, 2010 | Health, NewsBites, World | Read More

Where In the World Is HB 4192!?

Background You may be asking yourself, what exactly is “HB 4192,” and that’s okay, because up until about a year ago when Speak Equal was first born, many of us who are now supporting this effort were asking the same question. So, before we launch into an in-depth discussion of HB...

March 10th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

It’s My Mouth, and I Can Hate If I Want To

The Supreme Court is entering an emotionally charged dispute between the grieving father of a Marine who died in Iraq and the anti-gay protesters who picket military funerals with inflammatory messages like “Thank God for dead soldiers.” The court agreed Monday to consider whether the protesters’...

March 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Musings: Tolerance vs. Acceptance

I have been thinking, in a random sort of way, about the difference between Tolerance and Acceptance. First the difference – to use a couple of trivial examples: I ACCEPT that Beloved, despite being the ripe old age of 28, still decides to dye his hair colours that would make a hippie gasp, it’s...

March 9th, 2010 | LGBT, Opinion | Read More

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” gets more confusing with ruling on gay Air Force officer

A pressing legal reality for the “don’t ask, don’t tell” standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it’s practiced in much of the Western United States. The 2008 ruling, while largely overlooked, would force the military...

March 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

WATCH LIVE: First D.C. Marriages Streamed Live via HRC Ustream!

Free live streaming by Ustream Tuesday, March 9th marks the first day that same-sex couples in the District of Columbia will be able to marry. The Human Rights Campaign is hosting three ceremonies at our DC headquarters building and will be broadcast here live. Angelisa Young and Sinjoyla Townsend Officiant:...

March 9th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

This is precisely why Michigan needs laws allowing second parent adoption

The Detroit Free Press reported today, the heart-breaking story of a jilted mother frantically fighting for the right to see the children she has supported and loved unconditionally. According to a study conducted by the UCLA School of Law, more than 22,000 same-sex couples lived in Michigan in 2007,...

March 8th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

Elton John to perform in Grand Rapids for the first time in over 11 years

Elton John is to appear live in Grand Rapids in April. Although no stranger to Michigan, this will be the first time in eleven years that Elton has played a concert in Grand Rapids. The concert will take place on Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8PM at the Van Andel Arena. Elton and his band will perform their...

March 8th, 2010 | Entertainment, Music, NewsBites, Society & Culture | Read More

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