So it turns out the queer community has some opinions on Jodie Foster! Astonishing! She’s got her own section in this week’s roundup with, honestly, maybe as many stories as I’ve ever found on ANY subject.
In U.S. News, General this week, the married lesbian couple from N.C. that got the note from a cafe owner talk back in an op-ed for the Huffington Post indicating they’d be right at home with our HJR-6-fighting Bloomington friends, Fair Talk:
Do you want to spread love? Try a conversation — not one of attack or analysis but of equal discussion. With a conversation you can see if your opinions are rooted in fear or legitimacy, and you can invite a discussion that you may learn something from.
In a stunning departure from the rigid categorization rules I’ve imposed on myself for these updates, I have to admit I was so proud of our one item of Indiana related news this week that I let it stand in its own section instead of folding it in with Holiday/Inauguration news. 
In DOMA/Prop 8 news, Nathaniel Zelinksy considers the worst-case scenario and its silver linings at the same time as the Marriage Equality section boomed with states from Minnesota to Wyoming considering bills.
There is a story from January 13th in the International: Middle East section which I discovered after I’d already posted last week’s roundup, but when you see it, you’ll know why I couldn’t let it pass by unremarked.
The Youth & Senior Issues section is weighted heavily toward the elders this week – a timely emphasis as the 18th was the very first organizational meeting of Bloomington’s newly-named “LGBTQ Aging & Caring Network.” Stay tuned this week for updates on its activities and next meeting plans! (Write to lgbtAnCnetwork@gmail.com to get on the mailing list.)
A personal favorite this week is Heather Laine Talley’s “Why a Queer Like Me Applied for a Wedding License” in General Interest. You know me and my weakness for identity politics.
-Megan
(Send your LGBT Hoosier news to megan.walsh@ieaction.org!)
Arts & Entertainment
Actor Victor Garber Confirms: Yep, He’s Gay | The Advocate, Trudy Ring (1/14)
Bangladeshi memories | Bay Area Reporter, Roberto Friedman (1/17)
“Because Racism Is So Last Year, The New Normal Is Making Fun of Intersex People Now” | Huffington Post, Nico Lang (1/17)
Dear Abby, ‘always compassionate toward gay people,’ dies at 94 | LGBTQNation.com (1/17)
Gay Couple Seeks To Bring National LGBT Museum To Washington DC | Queerty, Dan Littauer (1/17)
Gay Sundance 2013: The Year Ahead in Independent Queer Cinema | Huffington Post, Phillip B. Crook (1/17)
“Here’s the Headline: A New Gay Network!” | Huffington Post, Matt Farber (1/14)
“Is There a Need to Come Out?” | Huffington Post, Daniel Browne (1/14)
“King Of Queens: Straight Guy in the Queer Eye” | Huffington Post, Conquistador (1/17)
Lewis [Hancox]: Life since My Trans Summer | GayStarNews.com, Lewis Hancox (1/16)
“Life As a Gay (Hyphen) Comic” | Huffington Post, Tyler Gillespie (1/17)
The LGBT Parents of Prime Time | The Advocate, Diane Anderson-Minshall (1/14)
Whoopi Goldberg To Receive Human Rights Campaign’s Ally For Equality Award | Huffington Post (1/15)
DOMA/Prop 8
DOMA: House Republicans Poised To Spend $3 Million On Legal Defense | Huffington Post, Jennifer Benderey (1/15)
“Liberty, equality and the end of marriage discrimination” |EqualityOnTrial.com, Jacob Combs (1/18)
What If SCOTUS Says ‘No’ to Same-Sex Marriage? | Huffington Post, Nathaniel Zelinsky (1/14)
General Interest
“Can ‘The New Normal’ Be Something Without Being Everything? or, Why a Queer Like Me Applied for a Marriage License” | Huffington Post, Heather Laine Talley (1/17)
“I Think That 59 People Don’t Like Me Anymore Because I Support Gay Rights” | Huffington Post, Stacy Bare (1/15)
In Memory of Its Founder, Celebrating PFLAG’s Evolution From Acceptance to Affirmation and Advocacy | Huffington Post, Dana Beyer (1/15)
40 Years of Lambda Legal—Part 1: The 1970s | Lambda Legal Blog (1/14)
“Is There Room for Diversity in LGBTQ?” | Huffington Post, Gregory G. Allen (1/15)
Interviewing an Ex-Gay Therapist | The Advocate, Bill Hussung & Mishara Canino (1/15)
Lesbian and bisexual women at risk from cervical cancer | GayStarNews.com, Ray Filar (1/16)
“My Family Broke Up With Me” | Huffington Post, Sabrina Jalees (1/18)
“My Post-Adoption Depression” | Huffington Post, Elise Schreier (1/15)
“Rebel Who Found Her Cause”: Lesbian Boy Scout Mom Speaks Out | Huffington Post, Jennifer Tyrrell (1/16)
“Of Same-Sex Marriage, True Love and the Pope” | Huffington Post, Eric Segall (1/18)
Holiday/Inauguration News
“Did Martin Luther King Have an LGBTQ Dream, Too?” | Huffington Post, Irene Monroe (1/18)
“Gay Family in the House: A Letter to President Obama” | Huffington Post, David Valdes Greenwood (1/20)
High hopes for Obama’s second term | Washington Blade, Chris Johnson (1/17)
“[Former Inauguration Pastor] Louie Giglio’s Missed Opportunity” | Huffington Post, Emily Timbol (1/17)
“Would King Support Same-Sex Marriage?” | Huffington Post, Michael G. Long (1/18)
Indiana/HJR-6 Specific
Lesbian, gay band Pride of Indy to march in presidential inauguration parade | RTV-6.com, Ericka Flye (1/16)
International
Asia
Hong Kong protests as leader rejects gay protections | GayStarNews.com, Richard Frost (1/16)
Malaysia: the reality behind the headlines | GayStarNews.com, Anna Leach (1/14)
Singaporean lesbian activist meets law minister | GayStarNews.com, Anna Leach (1/15)
Australia/Pacific
Australian Christian Lobby says PM will allow them to discriminate against gay people | GayStarNews.com, Anna Leach (1/16)
Pastor caught rigging New Zealand gay marriage poll | GayStarNews.com, Dan Littauer (1/16)
Europe
The Almanac that paints a picture of LGBT London | GayStarNews.com, Tris Reid-Smith (1/14)
Anti-gay marriage march in Paris draws 350,000 | Washington Blade, Michael K. Lavers (1/15)
British Gov’t Considers Letting Gay Royals Marry, Inherit Throne | Queerty, Dan Avery (1/20)
Gay kiss protest against Catholic hate in Croatia | GayStarNews.com, Matthew Jenkin (1/14)
European Court Rules Religion Does Not Justify Anti-Gay Discrimination | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/15)
More Than 1,000 Catholic Priests In England Sign Open Letter Railing Against Gay Marriage Proposal | Huffington Post (1/14)
Three in five people in Wales back gay marriage | GayStarNews.com, Tris Reid-Smith (1/14)
“Sadness for All” | Huffington Post, Guy Birenbaum (1/14)
Sweden’s Transgender Sterilization Law Overturned, Declared Unconstitutional | Huffington Post (1/14)
Middle East
Growing up gay in Iran | The Guardian, “Tehran Bureau Correspondent” (1/13)
Newlywed gay couple ask Israel court to recognize prenup agreement | GayStarNews.com, Dan Littauer (1/14)
Jodie Foster
News
Newly out Jodie Foster says she’s not retiring | GayStarNews.com, Greg Hernandez (1/14)
Commentary
“The Coming-Out Speech Act: It’s OK, Jodie, Saying ‘I’m Gay’ Is Optional” | Huffington Post, Holly R. Cashman (1/15)
“Defending Jodie Foster: Give Us a Break! We’re 50!” | Huffington Post, William Dameron (1/15)
“’I Don’t Even Think of You as Gay.’ Well, You Should: Why Coming Out, and the Fact that Public Figures Such as Jodie Foster Go Public With their Sexuality, Still Matters” | AllegianceMusical.com, George Takei (1/15)
“If You are a Jodie Foster Fan, This May Not Be for You!” | Indy Vanguard, Regina Pilotte (1/15)
“Jodie Foster Deserves Our Respect, But Not for ‘Coming Out’” | Huffington Post, Wayne Dhesi (1/15)
“Jodie Foster — Letting Lambs Roar” | Huffington Post, Maxim Thorne (1/14)
“Jodie Foster and How Not to Not Come Out at the Golden Globes” | Huffington Post, Andrew Miller (1/14)
“Jodie Foster and the Price of Fame” | Huffington Post, Paul Katz (1/15)
“Jodie Foster and the Queer Line Between Public and Private” | Huffington Post, Nathaniel Frank (1/14)
“Jodie Foster Takes a Stand for Authenticity” | Huffington Post, Shaun Sperling (1/15)
“Jodie Foster: What Her Gay Coming Out Means in 2013″ | Huffington Post, Michelangelo Signorile (1/14)
“Jodie Foster, You Are a Classy Lady” | Huffington Post, Peter D. Rosenstein (1/14)
“Jodie Foster’s ‘coming out’ speech was glorious – but something bothered me” | The Guardian, Patrick Strudwick (1/14)
“Let Me Start by Apologizing to Jodie Foster” | Huffington Post, Joe Cutbirth (1/14)
“Let’s Cut Jodie Foster Some Slack” | Huffington Post, Justin Hernandez (1/15)
“Michael Musto: ‘Jodie Should Have Said, Yep, I’m Gay 20 Years Ago’” | OUT.com, Jerry Portwood (1/14)
“The Not-So-Unbearable Loneliness of Being Jodie Foster” | Huffington Post, Sandip Roy (1/15)
“What Jodie Foster Should Have Said” | Huffington Post, Mark Olmsted (1/14)
“What Jodie Foster Teaches Us” | Huffington Post, Dustin Bradley Goltz (1/15)
“Who are you to judge Jodie Foster?” | LGBTQNation.com, Barbara Weicksel (1/15)
“Why I’m So Angry About Jodie Foster’s Coming-Out Speech” | Huffington Post, Deb Baer (1/15)
“(Editor’s Letter) Why Jodie Foster Left Us Deeply Conflicted” | The Advocate, Matthew Breen (1/14)
“Why Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes Speech Matters” | Huffington Post, Leah McElrath (1/14)
“Why Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes Speech Was So Infuriating” | Huffington Post, Karen Ocamb (1/14)
Marriage Equality
“Are Civil Unions ‘Good Enough’ for Same-Sex Couples?” | Huffington Post, Geoffrey R. Stone (1/17)
Business leaders come out in support of gay marriage in Illinois | Chicago Tribune, Manya Brachear (1/14)
[Gov. Lincoln] Chafee: Same-sex marriage is ‘long overdue’ in R.I. | Washington Blade, Michael K. Lavers (1/15)
[WY] Lawmakers back gay marriage, union bills | Jackson Hole News & Guide, Kevin Huelsmann (1/15)
Marriage-Equality Bill Could Come Before Minnesota Lawmakers This Week | Queerty, Dan Avery (1/15)
Mayors Supporting Gay Marriage More Than Tripled Over Past Year | Huffington Post, Lila Shapiro (1/18)
New Mexico could be voting for gay marriage | GayStarNews.com, James Withers (1/20)
Va. lawmakers kill proposal to repeal gay marriage ban | Washington Blade, Michael K. Lavers (1/14)
Rhode Island Gay Marriage Battle Heats Up | Huffington Post, David Klepper (1/14)
Opponent Watch
Busted! French Antigay Website Created by NOM | The Advocate, Diane Anderson-Minshall (1/14)
Focus On The Family President Concedes Homosexuality Is ‘Not A Super Sin’ | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/14)
NOM Prays For Gays’ ‘Conversion’ Because They Are ‘Deeply Wounded Spiritually’ | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/14)
NOM Relies On Hackneyed Arguments In Anti-Equality Newspaper Ad | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/17)
Political
After years of restraint, GOProud says it supports same-sex marriage | LGBTQNation.com (1/18)
Gay Marriage Becomes A Uniter, Not A Divider As Polls Shift | Huffington Post, Charles Raasch (1/15)
Fort Bragg officers’ spouses club offers lesbian spouse ‘guest membership’ | LGBTQNation.com (1/18)
Hagel commits to extending partner benefits to gay troops | Washington Blade, Chris Johnson (1/15)
[Oregon State Representative Tina] Kotek sworn in as nation’s first open lesbian to lead a legislative chamber | | LGBTQNation.com (1/14)
Religious
“A Message to Conservative Christians: Evolve on LGBT Equality” | Huffington Post, Joseph Ward III (1/16)
Gay Muslim activist says no to UK Sharia law | GayStarNews.com, Dan Littauer (1/20)
New Dating Website, Origins, Seeks to Connect LGBTQ Mormons | Huffington Post, Nico Lang & Mark Nott (1/14)
Rev. Steven Chalke, Evangelical Minister, Calls On Christians To Support Gay Community | Huffington Post, Cavan Sieczkowski (1/17)
Transgender
Trans Activism 2013-Style | Bilerico Project, Dr. Jillian T. Weiss (1/14)
Trans Brits demand to be freed from a hate-filled media | GayStarNews.com, Ray Filar (1/18)
Transgender Tween Tackles Challenge Of Dating (VIDEO) | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/18)
U.S. News, General
ALABAMA: Patricia Todd, Alabama’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker, Sees Uphill But Winnable Fight | Huffington Post, Lila Shapiro (1/15)
CALIFORNIA: San Francisco lawmaker proposes renaming airport after Harvey Milk | LGBTQNation.com (1/15)
FLORIDA: Florida lawmaker introduces same-sex domestic partnership bill | LGBTQNation.com (1/15)
IDAHO: Lewiston, Twin Falls, Id. ban sexual identity discrimination | LGBTQNation.com (1/18)
KENTUCKY: Tiny Kentucky Town Passes LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/14)
NORTH CAROLINA: “What My Wife and I Would Like to Say to the Café Owner Who Handed Us an Anti-Gay Letter” | Huffington Post, Shawnee McPhail (1/15)
UTAH: Utah School Realizes Book About Lesbian Family Helps Prevent Bullying | ThinkProgress.org, Zack Ford (1/15)
VIRGINIA: Gay judge confirmed by Va. General Assembly after being rejected last year | LGBTQNation.com (1/15)
Youth & Senior Issues
Aging gays, lesbians find challenges in assisted-living center | Ventura County Star, Kim Lamb Gregory (1/15)
Agency on track with housing, starts focus groups | Bay Area Reporter, Elliot Owen (1/17)
Bloomington LGBTQ elders first meeting FRIDAY! | Indiana Equality Action Blog, Megan Walsh (1/16)
“From Stonewall to Homeless: The Plight of Our Elder LGBT Members” | Huffington Post, Mark Segal (1/18)
“On Growing Older” | Patheos.org, Haley (1/14)
Researchers turn focus to LGBT seniors | Bay Area Reporter, Matthew S. Bajko (1/17)
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