…But let’s never get too optimistic about Republican legislators’ respect for basic human rights. Representative Tony Randolph (R-35/Rapid City) has wadded all of his caucus’s…
Tag: LGBT
Did you know that our gay and lesbian neighbors couldn’t get married on Pine Ridge until this month? I sure didn’t… but sure enough, Obergefell v.…
South Dakota’s regressive politics have cost us a shot at hosting the national Botany Conference. In an e-mail to at least one member of the…
SDGOP Chairman Dan Lederman, District 25 Representative Jon Hansen, and Governor Kristi Noem are keen on demonizing out-of-staters who, in their view, disrupt South Dakota’s…
South Dakota’s official nickname used to be “Land of Infinite Variety,” before we decided to brand out prairie state with the name of a mountain.…
Democratic candidate for Attorney General Randy Seiler isn’t afraid to show his support of South Dakota’s LGBT community. He posts this photo of himself at…
If we South Dakota Democratic Convention delegates stick with our schedule (platform and resolutions debate begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, with ten minutes max allotted…
Also grating Neal Tapio’s cheese is Stacey Burnette, a Sioux Falls woman who (gasp!) married a woman and (gasp!!!) is raising happy, healthy children: My…
Some legislators this Session staged an unnecessary and unsuccessful freak-out about free speech on campus. I have a hard time believing that there is any…
The Sioux Falls City Council chickened out of advancing an ordinance last year to protect LGBT residents from discrimination. Braver Brookings has picked up the…