Morning Gaelickers! Not sure how it’s looking wherever you are but here in Dublin it’s currently grey skies. I’m sure it will brighten up. I don’t know what to make of March so far, the first day of March was a beautiful Spring day, the last week icy winds. I can’t wear sun-glasses AND a wolly hat, I will look ridiculous. Enough pontificating about the weather, the news!

Let’s start with our old friend Pope Benedict, we posted this on our Facebook page yesterday

Pope Benedict XVI has told an audience of bishops in the US marriage between men and women must be ‘promoted and defended’.

I expect to say billboard advertisements any day now showing a lovely heterosexual couple and their child. Let’s not forget that the only reason they marry is so they can reproduce without the guilt.

Gay marriage: torn asunder from reality

The argument that gay marriage undermines straight marriage is as unconvincing as it is insulting

Good news from Malta

A bill due to arrive at Malta’s parliament which was designed to give cohabiting couples legal rights will include provisions for gay civil partnerships, an official has said.

Over in Syria, a newspaper is blaming us for all its problems. Syrian paper claims gays are ‘infesting society’ through uprising

A loose wrist, a noticeable way of using the fingers, sitting and crossing the legs together in a feminine manner and an interest in gossip and whispers are among homosexuals’ main distinctive features.

This was the introduction to an article about gays in Syria published in local newspaper Baladna on 21 February.

Great article from Winona360

She wears black knee-high boots over skinny jeans topped with a rainbow sweater. Her long, brown, layered hair lightly bounces on her shoulders as she struts through campus. In most ways, she’s an average 19-year-old woman– except for the “M” marked on her license.

Ashley, a sophomore Winona State University, in Winona, Minn., is part of a small population of transgender youth. While there are diverse forms of gender expression, transgenders do not identify with the gender roles they were born into. While teens and young adults are developing their identities, young transgenders add gender to the mix.

Lesbians refused a rose on Valentine’s Day because they ‘weren’t a proper couple’

The countdown begins:‘Lip Service’ Lesbians Grace Diva Mag’s Cover

Bring on the endless Sam V Frankie conversations, my money is on Frankie

I shall leave you with a card from one of my fav sites, Bluntcard.com