Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: gay rights
Safe room
The conversation about gender-neutral housing at OU continues along a hopeful path for LGBT advocates.
An evolution of pride
The city’s annual celebration of gay pride expands beyond its historically LGBT-friendly borders.
News
James Cooper
For its 25th anniversary celebration, the OKC Pride Parade will follow its traditional parade route, kicking off at Memorial Park on N.W. 36th Street and Classen and concluding on “The Strip,” the area on N.W. 39th between Pennsylvania and May avenues historically associated with the city’s LGBT community.
Qualifications be damned
CFN
Gazette staff
Question: When are experience and expertise not enough? Answer: When experience and expertise are gay..
Rendezvous on rights
LGBT rights will be the focus of a regional conference in Norman this weekend.
News
Sarah Lobban
PFLAG Regional Training Conference
8:30 a.m. Saturday
St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church
1801 W. Brooks St., Norman
921-2348
'Some Hearts' lack compassion
CFN
Gazette staff
Executives at Arista Nashville, the record label of country cutie Carrie Underwood, might be biting their nails after the Oklahoma native expressed an opinion at odds with her many in her conservative fan base.
Wedding bell blues
A Tulsa same-sex couple hopes their fight for marriage equality will make it to the U.S. 10th Circuit.
News
Clifton Adcock
Nearly seven and a half years ago, a Tulsa couple decided to file a lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma after the government decided to prevent them from becoming married.
Kern-fil-A
CFN
Gazette staff
State Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, wants the world to know she loves to put plump, juicy breasts in her mouth, and wants to recruit others to do the same.
Don’t say Chick-fil-A wasn’t personal
Commentary
Scott J. Hamilton
On the evening of Aug. 1, the day of the Mike Huckabee/Sally Kern Chick-fil-A love fest, a young man walked into my office and sank into a chair. He rubbed his eyes and said he’d never felt as persecuted as a gay man as he did that day.
Under-handed
CFN
Gazette staff
Okie country cutie Carrie Underwood is guilty of many things: having a powerful singing voice, being hot, winning Grammys, being hot, lending legitimacy to American Idol, being hot, marrying a hockey player, being hot and being hot.
Joining forces
A local group encompasses the causes of environmentalism and gay rights.
News
Thomas Larson
At first blush, environmentalism and gay rights might seem to be two distinct issues, but a metro-based group encompasses both.
