Goodbye, goodbye

The first openly gay man to serve on the president's AIDS advisory council died (Associated Press)

• Dr. R. Scott Hitt, an AIDS specialist and the first openly gay person to head a presidential advisory board, has died. He was 49.

At leat 31 gay candidates won elections this year -- not even counting all of those closeted Republicans (Advocate)

• Of the 71 gay and lesbian political candidates endorsed this year by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, at least 31 were elected on Tuesday, and 10 others won races earlier this year, according to a press release from the political action group.

A non-transgender writer endorses ENDA, woooo! (Blade)

• OF THE MANY arguments against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act — the version that doesn’t protect “gender identity” — the most puzzling and counter-intuitive one is that it doesn’t even protect gay people. This appeal to gays’ self-interest is unpersuasive. Not only does a gay-only ENDA protect gays, it offers limited protection to transgender people as well.

Apparently, the Brits don't understand hate speech, yet they're so good at it (Telegraph)

• Opposing this legislation is not anti-gay. Rather, it is pro freedom of speech.