September 9, 2008
Gracie the Graceless
Filed by Michele O'Mara | September 09, 2008 | 7:00 PM |I spent years in two long-term relationships (about five years apiece), and the last one ended because I started my transition (MtF, and at least a few years from GRS). Shortly after that, I got deeply involved with another...Read More
What IS the LGBT community? Who are we?
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2008 | 6:00 PM |Editors' Note: Bumped back up to the top so the conversation can continue. I said in my post yesterday that I have questions about feminist and transgender issues. I invited other Projectors to throw in their own questions into the...Read More
Is 'Tranny' Offensive?
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | September 09, 2008 | 5:00 PM |I'm happy to be a part of the Bilerico team now, and I thought I'd start off by reposting something I wrote in my own blog a couple weeks ago. It was inspired by a reoccurring conversation I've seen on...Read More
I'm a big fan of recycling but...
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2008 | 4:30 PM |If you're going to lift another org's short Facebook message to their group members... XX XX sent a message to the members of Michigan Equality. -------------------- Subject: Let's Grow this Group! Hi! I have a favor to ask. Would you...Read More
Some of My Best Friends Are Gay...
Filed by Bo Shuff | September 09, 2008 | 4:00 PM |There has been a lot of talk post RNC about senior advisors of the McCain campaign speaking before the Log Cabin Republicans. Deb Price, who I love, jumped on the bandwagon with a story about it yesterday. In what appears...Read More
Marriage amendment funding
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 09, 2008 | 3:00 PM |Funding for and against Proposition 8 in California, the amendment to ban same-sex marriage (9/5 numbers, in millions of dollars): ForAgainst Total California $8.8$5.3$14.1 Out-of-state $4.0$5.0$9.0 Total $12.0 $10.2$22.2 In Arizona, amendment supporters have raised around $3 million. I can't...Read More
Love, Family, Friendship, and the Voting Booth
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 09, 2008 | 2:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Vic Basile was the first executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, a co-founder of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and currently advocating through lgbtforobama.com. It is hard to imagine an election more important to...Read More
Berklee College of Music Establishes GLBT Leadership Fund
Filed by Sara Whitman | September 09, 2008 | 1:00 PM |This Saturday night, the one and only Melissa Ferrick will rock the Berklee performance center in Boston, with all the proceeds benefiting a brand new GLBT leadership fund at the college. Berklee has a history of being... well, male dominated,...Read More
Mourning Sickness*
Filed by Kate Clinton | September 09, 2008 | 12:00 PM |A while back, I was talking with my sister on the phone and told her the news that our niece was moving back east, and she practically hissed, "Fierce!" Then, to my confused silence, she explained, "That's Christian Siriano from...Read More
America: Yours, Mine, and Ours
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 09, 2008 | 11:00 AM |Part One: Yours, Mine... One of the things I hoped for when Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic convention, was that she would introduce people to the America that she came from, and that was the setting of her story....Read More
Republicans, family values, and hypocrisy
Filed by Don Sherfick | September 09, 2008 | 10:00 AM |I had the opportunity to review Win McCormack's new book "You Don't Know Me - A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values", a new offering published by Tin House Books. Featuring a red-faced elephant caught with his pants down on...Read More
The 12 Most Important Lesbian and Gay Books of All Time
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | September 09, 2008 | 10:00 AM |As many of you know, I have acquired a reputation as an authority on gay and lesbian books. This came about because of my lifetime love of books; my personal collection of gay literature; my work with the Stonewall Library...Read More
Santa makes Sarah Palin mad
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2008 | 9:30 AM |"Yeah, Santa. How red is Rudolph's nose now? I didn't want to hurt him, but, you know, I warned you not to piss me off. You wanna play some more reindeer games or you wanna teach those elves creationism?" What's...Read More
End of summer prize pack giveaway
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2008 | 9:00 AM |Now that Labor Day has come and gone, it's time to start settling into fall. You know what that means... It's time to do a clean-out of all the summer promotional products I've been sent! To win a prize package,...Read More
Behind the scenes with the Cliks
Filed by IN THE LIFE | September 09, 2008 | 8:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch The Cliks... the Canadian punk rock, gender-queer, trans band, giving a whole new spin to fierce, ferocious, and fun. For more LGBT commentary and news, visit the IN THE LIFE website. Be sure to become...Read More
Sarah Palin: Obama is 'doing just fine'
Filed by Ed Team | September 09, 2008 | 7:30 AM |"Something's kind of changing here in Alaska, too, for being such a red state on the Presidential level. Obama's doing just fine in polls up here, which is kind of wigging people out, because they're saying, 'This hasn't happened for...Read More
Maverick? Whoa.
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2008 | 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch I love this latest ad from the Obama campaign. While I've noticed the mainstream media picking up (finally) on all of the lies the McCain campaign has been telling, it's good to see our guy...Read More
