February 19, 2008
Two Gay Guys: A Kiss Is Just A Kiss
Filed by Brent Hartinger | February 19, 2008 | 10:38 PM |What's in a kiss? A lot, at least if it's between two guys. Get Embed Code...Read More
Lindsay Lohan Naked Photo Shoot
Filed by Abigail Hannon | February 19, 2008 | 9:57 PM |iPhone users: Click to watch lindsay goes naked 4 New York Magazine & pretends to be Marilyn Monroe. Who's she??? Subscribe at www.abigailsteendiary.com...Read More
High Ranking Black Politician Comes Out As Gay
Filed by H. Alexander Robinson | February 19, 2008 | 7:35 PM |[Editor's Note:] The following is an interview granted today by State Representative Jason Bartlett to the National Black Justice Coalition - the first LGBT organization to interview Rep. Bartlett on his historic coming out. History was made earlier today as...Read More
CA: Vigils for Lawrence King
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | February 19, 2008 | 6:22 PM |Several vigils are being held throughout California for Lawrence King, the gender-nonconforming teenager who was shot and killed in Oxnard last week. Details after the jump....Read More
Gender and the Holy Protestant Empire
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | February 19, 2008 | 5:13 PM |While the ENDA uproar goes on, evangelicals are desperately figuring out how to wrap the Bible around their vehement "no" on civil rights for people with gender issues. A recent article in Christianity Today lays out their developing position. Author...Read More
Connecticut lawmaker becomes nation's first out African American state legislator
Filed by Chuck Wolfe | February 19, 2008 | 3:26 PM |State Rep. Jason Bartlett has had quite a morning. He's already given multiple interviews to state press and says the congratulatory e-mails are starting to roll in. Jason came out to his local paper this morning, making him the first...Read More
Repackaging racism
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 19, 2008 | 1:53 PM |The Nation has a great article up about the rise of the international Religious Right movement. It's been fomenting for several years now, and I'm sure we're all familiar with the rhetoric that Europe is dying because of women's rights...Read More
Black LGBT History Day 19: Craig Washington
Filed by H. Alexander Robinson | February 19, 2008 | 12:20 PM |Craig Washington is a writer and community organizer lovingly raised by Anna and Leon Washington in Queens, New York. He has been living in Atlanta since 1992. Currently, he serves as the Training Coordinator at Positive Impact, an agency which...Read More
Montana: homo-hysteric prank by GOP congressman
Filed by Pam Spaulding | February 19, 2008 | 10:48 AM |With our Frat Boy-In-Chief setting the standard for jackassery in public office, it's not a shock to hear what passes for humor in the mind of Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT). Look at this knee-slapper: On a congressional trip to the...Read More
On Congressional candidates and fundraisers
Filed by Bil Browning | February 19, 2008 | 10:45 AM |Saturday night I attended a fundraiser for a local LGBT organization that was held at the home of former Indianapolis Councilor Scott Keller. Scott has done these fundraisers for the past three years and each time the list of prominent...Read More
"I hate his kids"
Filed by Michele O'Mara | February 19, 2008 | 9:57 AM |I'm a 38-year-old gay male, and my partner is 54. He has two sons, 29 and 31. The 29-year-old lives in the same city as we do. My problem is that I hate his kids. They are disrespectful not...Read More
Indiana law professors flunk proposed "marriage protection amendment"
Filed by Don Sherfick | February 19, 2008 | 9:10 AM |For those of you who have an interest in Indiana GLBT topics, either because you are a resident or because you have another Hoosier connection, Bil and Jerame are in the process of bringing up a special corner of The...Read More
There is no Regime Change with Dynasties
Filed by Storm Bear | February 19, 2008 | 8:59 AM |click to enlarge Just get ready to fire up your email client and send me some hate mail, but I can't get all worked up over the retirement of Fidel Castro. I hope for many things - the birth...Read More
56 Hoosier Law Professors Flunk SJR7
Filed by Don Sherfick | February 19, 2008 | 8:30 AM |Fifty-six law professors at three Indiana law schools (IU Bloomington and Indianapolis, and Valparaiso) have signed a letter to the Indiana General Assembly deeply critical of SJR7, the proposed "Marriage Protection Amendment" to the Indiana Constitution. You can read it...Read More
Transgender History: The Rise of Hatred (the Middle Ages)
Filed by Mercedes Allen | February 19, 2008 | 8:10 AM |[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Frequent guest blogger Mercedes Allen has written a six part history of transgender people for the Project that is running weekly on Tuesdays. A listing of the other sections is at the bottom of the post. The advent...Read More
Prez Buchanan, mm-hmm
Filed by Ed Team | February 19, 2008 | 7:31 AM |"I am selfish enough to hope you will not be able to procure an associate who will cause you to feel no regret at our separation." --Former president James Buchanan to the ambassador to France, William Rufus King...Read More
Lesbian and straight guy baby
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 19, 2008 | 7:11 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch video in YouTube App Getting a straight guy to father a baby isn't as simple as it seems in this Lance Krall sketch comedy.... (Borderline NSFW.)...Read More
Texas Primary Primer
Filed by Monica Roberts | February 19, 2008 | 4:24 AM |In a few hours the polls will open in Wisconsin, Hawaii and Texas for the next round in the Democratic nomination battle between Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama. Texas? Yep. Election day may officially be March 4, but my home...Read More
