Gay Rights Media

Feb 09, 2010 | Quotes to Note

“Father, we want to ask you to forgive him.. and that we love him.. and that we’re praying for him to be delivered from his demon lifestyle father,” sobbed the infamous Anita Bryant in Des Moines, Iowa (1977) after a gay rights activist threw pie in her face during a televised press conference; shown in the opening of the documentary For The Bible Tells Me So.

Feb 08, 2010 | Quotes to Note

“Homophobia Is A Social Disease,” reads a bumper sticker as seen in a photo on Flickr – part of the Gay Rights Media select photo collection at http://www.flickr.com/groups/gcrm-media-club/.

Feb 07, 2010 | Quotes to Note

“[We are] committed to informing the American public of the shameful inequities in Social Security benefits. Please join us. Help stop Social Security discrimination against gay and lesbian americans. It’s about our seniors. It’s about our futures. It’s about all of us.” ~Lorri L. Jean, CEO L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, announcing the RockForEquality.org national rally to demand equal Social Security benefits for America’s same-sex couples

Feb 06, 2010 | Quotes to Note

“In light of the recent decision by the John Carroll University administration to not specifically include the protection of Lesbians, Gays, Bi-Sexuals, Transgendered, and Questioning students in its Anti-Discrimination Statement, we, the students, faculty, and alumni of John Carroll University choose to voice our support for those the university leaves without protection.”

Feb 06, 2010 | Quotes to Note

“We are looking at the recognition of rights and liberties, and in this there is a big difference between conservatives and those of us with a liberal or different or advanced ideas of rights,” Mexico City’s mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, told reporters in response to the federal government’s court challenge in January of a soon to be enacted law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt.