Day: January 14, 2014

U.S. District Judge Rules Oklahoma Ban on Marriage Equality Unconstitutional
Today U.S. District Judge Terence Kern ruled that Oklahoma’s ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. His ruling is stayed pending appeal, meaning marriages will not occur immediately in the Sooner State.

NJ Gov. Chris Christie Vetoes Transgender Rights Bill
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed today a bill that would have made it easier for transgender residents to obtain an amended birth certificate.
‘I Sleep With Duncan All The Time’
After his revelation last week that he has had gay experiences, ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star Lee Ryan has now admitted he sleeps with his Blue bandmate, Duncan James, ‘all the time’.

Gay Vet Publishes First African-American Iraq War Memoir
In “Closets, Combat and Coming Out,” the first gay Iraq war memoir published post-DADT repeal – and the first Iraq war memoir written by an African-American, period – author and activist* Rob Smith comes to terms with his sexuality against the backdrop of the hyper-masculine and hyper-homophobic U.S. Army.