May 14, 2008
Florida Bully Principal loses his case, but may win the battle
Filed by Waymon Hudson | May 14, 2008 6:30 PM |Florida is in the news again for its anti-LGBT attitudes towards youth. Alex posted about this briefly below, but I wanted to take it a little more in-depth and more importantly talk about how this relates to the recently passed...Read More
The L Word and LOLcats -- together at last!
Filed by Gina de Vries | May 14, 2008 5:30 PM |Behold, the LOL-Word: The L Word and LOLcats, together at last....Read More
John Hagee, we need more than a letter to Bill Donohue
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 14, 2008 4:30 PM |Catholic/gay/Muslim/ACLU/Russia/China basher John Hagee just sent a letter to Bill Donohue of the Catholic League (dude in his basement with his cats claiming that liberals are out to destroy Catholicism and the world). Donohue accepted the apology. Hunter has a...Read More
California Marriage Decision to be announced tomorrow
Filed by Waymon Hudson | May 14, 2008 3:30 PM |Breaking News! The California Supreme Court has just announced that it will rule on the same-sex marriage lawsuits tomorrow at 10 am PT. Both Equality California and Lambda Legal are sponsoring events and demonstrations around the state on this historic...Read More
The results of rhetoric like Schlafly's
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 14, 2008 2:30 PM |Editors' note: Guest blogger Dr. Dean L. Rosen is the president of PFLAG's St. Louis chapter. PFLAG has taken the lead in opposing an honorary degree to be given to Phyllis Schafly by Washington University. This Friday, the graduating class...Read More
Khadijah Farmer Case Points Out Need For Inclusive ENDA
Filed by Monica Roberts | May 14, 2008 1:30 PM |Khadijah Farmer settled her legal case yesterday, and I hope HRC, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rep Barney Frank were paying attention. But I doubt it. To refresh your memory banks, Projectors, on what happened, we'll set the way back machine...Read More
More on Dr. Kenneth Zucker
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 14, 2008 12:30 PM |Dana at Mombian points out this NPR report on the mother of a transgirl who was sent to Kenneth Zucker (who's the chair of the panel charged with revising Gender Identity Disorder's entry for the DSM-V). Let's just say he...Read More
3 Models of Transsexuality
Filed by Mercedes Allen | May 14, 2008 11:30 AM |Before going into a basic overview discussion of three models of transsexuality -- HBS, Zucker/Blanchard's and transgender -- I want to start with a couple of clarifications about some of the discussion that has been happening here and elsewhere on...Read More
Everyone is listening
Filed by Bil Browning | May 14, 2008 10:30 AM |I thought this would make a great Caption This post. I can't wait to see what Projectors come up with for this one....Read More
Hillary is the Real McCain... er McCoy
Filed by Storm Bear | May 14, 2008 10:07 AM |click to enlarge The outcome of the West Virginia Primary shows something I have suspected all along - Hillary Clinton has more in common with neo-con beliefs than she does with progressive ideas. Exit polls showed that 67% of...Read More
Win for students' free expression
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 14, 2008 9:30 AM |A federal judge ruled in favor of students in a case at Ponce de Leon High School in Floriday, where junior Heather Gillman sued for the right to wear pride gear. The principal argued this week that students couldn't do...Read More
Can We Show Some Pride In The Sky, Please?
Filed by Jeremy Bishop | May 14, 2008 8:30 AM |In the last two months, two airlines have gone out of business, Aloha and ATA, leaving thousands of flight attendants unemployed. These flight attendants were covered under union contracts that provided them stable wages, health care, and a path to...Read More
Gene Robinson: Doing what God is calling me to do
Filed by Ed Team | May 14, 2008 7:30 AM |"When your life is at stake, you learn that there are things in life that are much worse than death. That's the great reward of being a Christian. Not living your life -- that's worse than death. And if something...Read More
Has this queen lost her head?
Filed by Bil Browning | May 14, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch This drag show had me cracking up. I e-mailed it to friends; now I'm sharing it with all of you too. You'll love it....Read More
