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Anti-gay Sally Kern this time slams black people

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:00:48 +0000

(Oklahoma City) An Oklahoma lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant in 2008 disparaged blacks and women during a debate this week on an affirmative action bill,(...)

Okla. gay community leader accused of molestation

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:00:41 +0000

Investigators say the head of an Oklahoma LGBT center admitted he had sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy.

On Wednesday, 32-year-old Nathan Bowen was charged with one count of forcible sodomy(...)

Gay 19-yr-old kills self after anti-gay city council meeting

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:50:19 +0000

Oh no.

Another gay youth, 19-year-old Zach Harrington, killed himself a week after attending a City Council meeting in Norman, Okla., where members of the public made it clear they weren’t gay(...)

Monday Watercooler: Eminem comes to his own defense

James Withers — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:17:51 +0000

The Paladino bigotry just keeps giving. Carl Paladino, the mouth of Buffalo, let it be known yesterday that if he gets elected as governor same sex marriage and civil unions will never get his(...)

Thurs. Watercooler: New York fights back

logointern1 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:41 +0000

Keeping track of gay marriage legislation is a complicated endeavor. While Wikipedia and Freedom to Marry have great maps, a new site just launched that keeps track not only of the current(...)

Transgender candidate in Oklahoma faces socially conservative opponent

logointern1 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:30:59 +0000

Brittany Novotny is Oklahoma’s first openly transgender candidate, running for a seat in the State House. Her opponent is Sally Kern, a Republican who has said that homosexuality is a bigger(...)

Tulsa now protects gay employees

logointern1 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:54 +0000

Tulsa City Council voted on Thursday to add sexual orientation to the list of protected classes for city employees.

The policy now reads, “The equal employment opportunity policy for the city(...)

Withers: Inhofe thinks straight soldiers will not fight for gay soldiers

James Withers — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:42:17 +0000

Let’s play a “what if” game. Supposing there is your standard tree-hugging liberal pol out there. Loved by the ACLU and NPR. Gets perfect marks from Planned Parenthood, HRC, the NAACP, and(...)

Man who wanted “IM GAY” license plates found dead

logointern1 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:00:12 +0000

Many questions remain unanswered after a gay activist who was involved in a scuffle with Tulsa, Okla., police last weekend at a bar was found dead in his apartment Wednesday.

Keith Kimmel, a(...)

Tuesday Watercooler: The RNC’s kinky little habit

logointern1 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:11:25 +0000

Republican National Committee funds pay for the darnedest things. On Monday, The Daily Caller reported the RNC shelled out almost $2,000 to pay a tab at “Voyeur West Hollywood, a(...)