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Newspapers Prefer Running Photos Of Lesbians Over Gay Couples: Today In Gay

An interesting graphical story on Bloomberg.com examined the coverage of marriage equality coming to Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin this week.

After the Supreme Court declined to review cases in those states, same-sex couples rushed to their local courthouse to tie the knot. On Tuesday, newspapers in those states dutiful reported on the nuptials on the front page, but their choice of photos was interesting.

Twenty-nine newspapers chose images of lesbian couples getting married, as compared to only three that went with male newlyweds. (Three papers featured both).

Were there more ladies jumping the broom on Monday, or did the papers think two women kissing would be less offensive to their blue-state readers?


The announcement comes days after the Supreme Court refused to review marriage equality cases affecting several circuits, including the 4th Circuit—which includes Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

“It is my duty to defend state laws that have been passed by the state Legislature and are consistent with the Constitution. We have discharged this duty faithfully," said AG Patrick Morrissey. "In the upcoming days, we will now seek to bring to a close the pending litigation over West Virginia’s marriage laws, consistent with the Fourth Circuit’s now-binding decision."

"Our state is known for its kindness and hospitality to residents and visitors alike," says Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, a Republican. "I encourage all West Virginians, regardless of their personal beliefs, to uphold our statewide tradition of treating one another with dignity and respect.”


The new law, which goes into effect in January 2016, will gives gay and straight couples in civil unions most of the same rights as married couples. While it does not provide for adoptions, it does allow one partner to adopt the biological child of the other.


Port Authority police commander Capt. John Fitzpatrick says “the bathroom is hardly a hotbed of sexual activity” but at least 60 men have been arrested for allegedly masturbating at the urinals this year alone.

Cornell Holden, a 28-year-old African-American man, told the New York Times about being approached by a plainclothes officer:

While I’m using the bathroom, he stepped back and kind of looks at me and then walks off,” Mr. Holden recalled.

As he left, two officers approached him, asking what he had just been doing. “I said: ‘Nothing. I was using the bathroom,’ ” Mr. Holden said. “They pulled me aside, asked for my ID and then put handcuffs on me..."

Holden believes authorities are targeting men who “fit the description of a homosexual male” and says he overheard police refer to the undercover officer as “the gay whisperer."

When officers do make arrests, Captain Fitzpatrick says they have just cause: “They are not sidling up to somebody, trying to sneak a peek, and misrepresenting what the person is doing. There is no mistaking their behavior.”

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