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  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Prop. 8 Ruling: Los Angeles, West Hollywood to Host Celebration Rallies Tonight

    Surely you've heard the good news by now: Proposition 8 was just overturned by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. And, though the religious zealots at ProtectMarriage will inevitably appeal that decision, it's definitely time to take this Internet party to the streets. LGBT advocates and city o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Same Sex Marriage Ban Can be Defended by Religious Nuts, State Supreme Court Rules

    Cobra​Updated at the bottom with California Attorney General Kamala Harris rooting for LGBT rights. First posted at 11:02 a.m. The battle over the legality of Prop. 8, the state voter initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage, continued on its epic way today as the California Supreme Court r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal: West Hollywood Celebrates Gays Serving Openly in Military

    Reilly T. Bates​A celebration of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took place at West Hollywood Park on Tuesday night, in which some 100 people rejoiced over the end of the ban of gays and lesbians serving in the military. "I never thought I'd see this day," Tom Carpenter, board member o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    California Attorney General Kamala Harris Joins Obama as Friend of the Gays, Asks Court to Lift Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

    ​Updated after the jump with high fives from across the gay-rights community. After disappointing news came two weeks ago that the fight against Prop. 8 is being delayed until at least September, brand-new California Attorney General Kamala Harris took matters into her own hands today, airing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Gay Rights Activists Thrilled with Barack Obama's Decision to Back Off on Defense of Marriage Act

    ​Gay rights activists in California and across the United States are thrilled with the Obama Administration's decision today to stop defending the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act in federal court. "This is a huge victory for gay and lesbian couples and removes any doubt that the freedom to marr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Does Gay Activist David Fleischer Debunk Myths Surrounding 2008 Prop. 8 Campaign?

    Steve La​ Last night at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, David Fleischer, founder of the LGBT Mentoring Project, sought to debunk common wisdom in gay rights circles on why Proposition 8 passed in 2008, offering up results from his study, "The Prop. 8 Report." "The bottom line is that what most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    West Hollywood Film Festival Breaks Down into Comedy of Errors

    If the late, great director Robert Altman were still alive today, he'd immediately buy the movie rights of a recent WeHo News article and turn it into a clever satire about the wacky world of film festivals . . . without having to make anything up!WeHo NewsWHIFF founder Martin Deluca​Titled "WeHo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Queer Town: Proposition 8 Trial Set for January, Gay Groups Told to Butt Out

    While gay rights groups in California continue to clash over which year to push forward with a pro-gay marriage ballot measure (check out this Queerty post), Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker announced during a San Francisco hearing yesterday that a federal Proposition 8 lawsuit will go to tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Overturning Proposition 8: In 2010 or 2012?

    Proposition 8, last year's successful ballot initiative overturning the existing right of gays to marry in California, was largely financed by out-of-state money and represented a resounding defeat for the cause of same-sex marriage here. Precisely, however, when Prop 8 opponents finished licking th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Waiting for a Decision: Will State Court Overturn Prop 8?

    California's State Supreme Court begins hearing arguments for and against overturning Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November. The state's high court will issue its decision within 90 days. The San Francisco proceedings, based on three separate cases challenging the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    A Changing of the Guard at the Westwood March

    Fore more photos, view Ted Soqui's Westwood protest slideshow. Related Posts: Patrick Range McDonald's "The Last, Passionate Rant of a Long Night in West Hollywood" Patrick Range McDonald's "The Long March to the Mormon Temple" Joe Donnelly's "Election 08: What Happens To A Dream Deferred? Prop ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Prolonged Battle over Proposition 8

    It looks like the gay marriage ban won, but activists could upend the victory

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Riding the Cultural Divide with Proposition 8

    What's at stake in California's gay-marriage ban

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Queer Town: LA Unified Opposes Prop. 8

    Board members of the Los Angeles Unified School District leaped into the political arena yesterday and unanimously voted on a resolution to oppose Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that changes California's state constitution and bans same sex marriage. Today, Sacramento mayoral candidate K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    Queer Town: Power to the Sissies

    Board members of the Los Angeles Unified School District leaped into the political arena yesterday and unanimously voted on a resolution to oppose Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that changes California's state constitution and bans same sex marriage. Today, Sacramento mayoral candidate K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2008

    Queer Town: Gay Marriage and the Religion Card

    By the end of last week, the gays got married...even in San Diego County. But things turned a little weird for San Diego County Clerk Greg Smith, who was confronted with at least 14 employees who said same sex weddings and their religious beliefs did not mix. It was the first time gay marriage oppon ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Protecting Obama from Gay Marriage Politics

    Activists argue that now isn't the time for more gay lawsuits

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2008

    Queer Town: Let the Gay Times Roll...

    "Ring them bells St. Catherine/ From the top of the room, Ring them from the fortress/ For the lilies that bloom. Oh the lines are long/ And the fighting is strong And they're breaking down the distance/ Between right and wrong." "Ring Them Bells," Bob Dylan Gay marriage is a r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Queer Town: No Time For Gay Losers

    On Monday, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen officially certified the anti-gay marriage ballot measure. If passed, the initiative would overturn last month's California Supreme Court ruling--which legalized same sex marriage--and insert one sentence into the state constitution. It would re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    June Weddings For Gays May Be Quashed

    If Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was hoping for a quick injection of gay dollars into California's ailing economy this summer, it may not happen. Opponents of same-sex marriage asked the state's Supreme Court on Thursday to delay its decision to allow queer weddings until after November 4, when an ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Openly Rational

    A straight, Republican judge rules for the home team

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Big Spat Ahead

    All this gay-marriage talk leads straight to the ballot box

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    Gay Marriage Squabble

    Why California’s Supreme Court ruling was a lost battle, not a lost war

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Queers in the Military

    Ten years later, the casualties of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” may be nearing an end

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    It’s About More Than Sodomy

    Supreme Court sends gay sex and gay rights out of the closet

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    To Be Gay and Young in L.A.

    Coming-out stories

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    Pro and Condoms

    West Hollywood voters to decide on bar plan

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Letters

    West Hollywood voters to decide on bar plan

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Gay Shame

    The threat of a Bush victory

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Out of Order

    Orange County judge wants to know HIV status of players in his courtroom

  • Stage

    February 10, 2000

    Points of Departure

    Tim Miller faces exile

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