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Wednesday, December 24
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While some people volunteer to work in soup kitchens during the holidays, for the people at California's Project Angel Food, it's Christmas every day. Since it's inception in 1989, the group has prepared and delivered more than 3...
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Monday, December 22
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The LA Times has profiled a California couple that has "devoted" themselves to fighting marriage equality. Abel Ferreira and his wife, Robbie, never considered themselves political activists. But when Proposition 8 landed on November's...
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Wednesday, December 10
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Today is Decemeber 10th, International Human Rights Day and also, A Day Without a Gay. Are you calling in gay today? Email us your photos, tell us your stories. We'll be updating on news about the event throughout the day.
The event has sparked...
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Wednesday, November 26
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Los Angeles Film Festival director Richard Raddon has resigned after his donation to Yes On 8 caused some major Hollywood figures threatened to boycott the events. In a statement, Raddon said, "I have always held the belief that all people...
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Monday, November 17
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Dr. Phil is having an upcoming program on proposition 8 and same-sex marriage in California on Friday 11/21. We will be watching closely considering we haven't been too pleased with the transphobia aired on Dr. Phil in the past. If you want...
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Monday, November 17
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Muckracker and Alec Baldwin stalker Matt Drudge has a photo up on the front page of his site today of a church in Los Angeles being overtaken by the evil flames of homosexuality. You know, he could have gone with a firefighter or people being rescued...
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Thursday, November 13
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A spokesperson from the Church of LDS says that the Mormon Temple in L.A. that was the site of Prop. 8 protests last week has been closed after an envelope filled with "an unknown white substance" was delivered. A similar package arrived...
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Thursday, November 13
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Yesterday, we told you about how a hastily assembled Prop. 8 related press conference staged by El Coyote, a dive Mexican restaurant in L.A. that's been a longtime gay watering hole, went about as well as the invasion of Iraq. We now have video...
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Wednesday, November 12
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Micah, over at Shut Up I Know! has a developing report on the impromptu press conference El Coyote held this afternoon after it was revealed via the L.A. Times' vexing Prop 8. contributions database that their manager, Marjorie Chrisoffersen...
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Wednesday, November 12
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City News Service is reporting that the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously (the five person board's two Republican members were absent) to join an existing lawsuit against Proposition 8. that is filed with the CA Supreme Court...
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Wednesday, November 12
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We're as shocked as anyone that Southern California has become a hotbed of political activism, but nothing's more surprising than Angelino Prop. 8 protesters' willingness to walk long distances for many hours to make their point....
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Tuesday, November 11
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We're just awash in exciting Proposition 8 statistics here today. Maybe protest organizers will find this useful in planning their next 8-hour marathon march. Here's your handy-dandy visual representation of LA's homophobia.
As you...
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Tuesday, November 11
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Photo: Tom Andrews
We first learned about Mark Oshiro while following his Twitter updates as he marched on the Mormon Temple in Los Angeles last week. Under the name Panasonicyouth, he provided other protesters and interested folks with a play by...
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Tuesday, November 11
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As a service to our readers, Queerty is going to attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all the upcoming protests against Prop. 8 and other gay marriage bans across the country.
Since collectively, the you folks are smarter and more resourceful...
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Monday, November 10
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Unfortunately, you had to know this was coming.
Angered by the news that black voters were a major factor in the success of Prop 8, California's gay marriage ban, some segments of yesterday's anti-Prop 8 protests in LA soon devolved into...
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Monday, November 10
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In what more than one protester has described as "the second Stonewall", Californians across the state have taken to the streets in spontaneous demonstrations to protest the passage of Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in the wake...
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Sunday, November 09
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Head over to Rex Wockner's site for his coverage of this weekend's Prop 8 protests in San Diego and Los Angeles . Rex reports that both cities saw at least 13,000 protesters on the streets.Photos by Rex Wockner and Karen Ocamb. Subscribe...
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Sunday, November 09
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Starting at Sunset Junction in Silver Lake at 6pm and arriving eight and a half hours later in West Hollywood at around 2:30am, the Los Angeles Prop 8. protest ended with a sit-in the middle of the street. Throughout the night, groups would join...
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Friday, November 07
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Via LA Times : More than a thousand gay-rights activists gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Mormon temple in Westwood to protest the role Mormons played in passing Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. It was the latest...
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Thursday, November 06
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Via the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center: WHAT: Leading supporters of marriage equality will hold a news conference in front of the Los Angeles Mormon Temple in response to the Mormon church’s leading role in the deceptive advertising campaign...
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Wednesday, November 05
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The Mormon Temple is responsible for spreading misinformation which has resulted in over 20 million dollars of donations to proposition 8 in California. A call has been issued to march on the Mormon Temple at 10777 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los...
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Wednesday, October 29
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"A qualitative survey just released by the Los Angeles based multicultural market research company New American Dimensions shows that African-American and Hispanic gays and lesbians overwhelmingly consider themselves to be members of at least...
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Monday, October 13
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has donated $25,000 to defeat the marriage amendment in California that seeks to take away the rights of same-sex couples. He also took his time out to send a state wide message urging people to defeat the...
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Tuesday, October 07
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"I know Sarah Palin cares about women’s rights, she cares about equality, she cares about equal pay, and as Vice President she will fight for it. She cares about our children and she cares about women's lives. She's an athlete and she...
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Monday, October 06
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"Los Angeles County has been the venue of more same- sex marriages than any other California county since such unions were legalized in June, according to a study released today. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law reported that...
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