Really, Gay Voters, Really?

McCain Didn't Exactly Win the Gay Vote, But Got Close... For a Republican

Remember that election thing we had a while ago? Exit polls show Sen. John McCain received at least 1.3 million votes from gay and lesbian Americans—more than any other Republican Presidential candidate has ever received.  He garnered 27% of the LGBT vote, an increase from 19% support for President Bush four years ago. Of the 4% of voters who said that they were LGBT, 70% voted Obama and 27% voted McCain. But I guess that's better than most Republican candidates have done with the gay vote... well, ever. (It must have been the overwhelming tolerance of Sarah Palin that got him in tight with the GLBT community.) Read exit polls here; it's interesting. (Also, now that I think about it, I realize how damn bad an election this was for the gay Republicans. Oof, guys.)

Breaking News: ABC is Stupid

So in what is probably old news for any afterellen reader, ABC is being absolutely ridiculous and letting Brooke Smith (Dr. Erica Hahn of Grey's Anatomy) go. ARGH! So, there's been a lot of buzz about this. They claim that it had nothing to do with her playing a lesbian character, and they site some BS excuse about lack of chemistry in the relationship that Hahn had with another doctor at the hospital, Dr. Callie Torres. Which, really, is just bullshit--their relationship had the most chemistry of any on the show. ABC just got cold feet about having a normal, even-vaguely-healthy lesbian relationship on one of their shows. And in a move that totally helps their case, they de-queered a character who had been slated for several months to be bisexual. Shonda Rhimes, the series creator, promised the public that Brooke Smith wasn't let go because of playing a lesbian, and said that, hey, Callie was still there, she was still a lesbian character! Well, no, actually; I hate to break this to you, Shonda, but she's bisexual, and even when she was dating a woman she was having lots of sex with Mark Sloan. When there's no woman in her life, do you think her queerness will get more than a passing reference every few episodes? Hah, I love the "disappearing bisexual" phenomonon.

Wow. Okay, sorry, done. That said, before all this ridiculous stuff, Callica is a very cute pairing. I know there are some very mixed opinions about Grey's out there, but Callica, at least, is very nice. There are some very funny moments out there, youtube around.

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Prop 8 protests, Imogen Heap, and Questions- November 16.08

Hey all! Sorry there haven't been any posts since thursday, I assumed other people would, and it's been busy with schoolwork and Shakespeare (which was superb). But just because we've been still doesn't mean that the community has been as well! With Prop. 8 still on peoples minds (and is still a pretty good new source), there's been a lot of news centered around that. There's still music, no worries!

Gay Is the New Black?

In the wake of California’s passage of Proposition 8, protests are popping up around the country -- and so are comparisons between gays’ and African-Americans’ fights for equality. Is gay the new black? Michael Joseph Gross examines two struggles for civil rights. Plus: Photos from Wednesday night's rally in New York City.

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Prop. 8 Protests at City Hall in New York

There was torrential rain when I woke up this morning. Rain so hard that I could barely see my front stoop. Uh oh, I thought. No one is going to show up to the anti-Prop 8 protest now. I pictured a sad, small group of a dozen people with black umbrellas (everyone in New York City carries black umbrellas, because we all buy them on the street when it starts raining.) Thousands of people had come out. Thousands. They half-blocked Broadway, cheering whenever a tourist waved cheerily from a double-decker tour bus. My friends and I wove through the crowd, making it as far up front as we could, close enough to hear out lesbian Christine Quinn, head of New York’s City Council, roar that “the arc of history bends toward justice.”

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Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go

All right. So. Imogen Heap is one of my favourite artists. I have pretty much anything she's ever done, and she's pretty incredible. This song, Goodnight and Go, came onto the Logo channel's Top Ten Click List either last year or two years ago, and it's a pretty old song. But it's also really good, and sweet. She's not gay, but she has a big gay following, and it's no surprise. She is both musically talented, has her own style, and has pretty good gay appeal. See the video below!

Connecticut begins granting Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

The state of Connecticut will begin granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples today, following last month’s state Supreme Court decision that found barring gays and lesbians from marrying unconstitutional. Only Connecticut and Massachusetts recognize marriage equality for same-sex couples.

“Today’s actions in Connecticut signal a new and hopeful day,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.

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