October 25, 2008
Are You Ready For The Weekly Roundup?
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | October 25, 2008 7:00 PM |I am! Woot! Monday Harvard Business Review Weighs in on Transgender Workplace Issues - Dr. Jillian Weiss City Dwellers and People of Color are "Pro-America" Too - Monica Roberts Florida's Amendment 2: What Does "Substantial Equivalent" To Marriage Mean? -...Read More
Come Out for Change
Filed by Michael Crawford | October 25, 2008 6:00 PM |With a little over a week before election day, Sen. Barack Obama needs your help to become our next president. If elected, Sen. Obama would become the first African-American president in history and the dream that so many of our...Read More
Theatre review: "Ballerina Who Loves B-Boy"
Filed by Jason Tseng | October 25, 2008 4:30 PM |Uptight, classically-trained ballerina falls for a street dancin', wise-crackin', B-Boy. The ballerina dips down into the culture of break-dance and hip hop; gets her boy and some rad new moves in the process. Love conquers all! Even dance forms! While...Read More
Observations from an Ersatz(?) American
Filed by Terrance Heath | October 25, 2008 3:00 PM |Before I launch into this post, let me just be clear about one thing. I'm not sure of much anymore. But I am fairly certain that I shouldn't be writing this, or much of anything having to do with politics...Read More
Re-transition
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 25, 2008 1:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Zythyra is an acoustic musician, writer and activist who lives in New Hampshire. I read the news yesterday of Christine Daniels re-transitioning back To Mike Penner. As a person who did RLT for over a year...Read More
Hillary Clinton in Fort Lauderdale for Obama
Filed by Waymon Hudson | October 25, 2008 12:00 PM |I had the opportunity to attend the Obama Rally in Fort Lauderdale this week headlined by Hillary Clinton. It was an amazing event- an energized, dedicated crowd hungry for change and ready to hit the streets to make it happen!...Read More
Early Voting Envy
Filed by Monica Roberts | October 25, 2008 12:00 PM |One of the things I miss about home besides my family, Frenchy's creole seasoned chicken, Harlon's Barbecue, Shipley's Donuts and Majic102 FM is early voting. The other thing I missed, Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream I've been able to...Read More
Alexander Hamilton -- "Little Lion" of the Revolution
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | October 25, 2008 10:30 AM |Conservative American historians reserve a closet that's deeper and darker than usual, for any "founding father" who wasn't a Bible-quoting Protestant heterosexual. And some odd boys can definitely be glimpsed through the cannon smoke of our Revolution. Among them was...Read More
Elaine Donnelly is in 'The Tank' and Attacking Colin Powell
Filed by Steve Ralls | October 25, 2008 9:00 AM |That wacky Elaine Donnelly is running out of credibility as quickly as she's running out of friends. Following a blistering rebuke earlier this year on Capitol Hill - where she was called "just plain dumb" by one lawmaker - and...Read More
Florida Fundie Craziness
Filed by Ed Team | October 25, 2008 7:30 AM |"Failing to ban gay marriage in the state constitution could result in the indoctrination of schoolchildren into a gay lifestyle. Florida schools might have to teach that gay weddings are the same as traditional unions if the proposal fails at...Read More
vlad and friend boris presents 'Song for Sarah' for mrs. Palin
Filed by Bil Browning | October 25, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Hat tip to Bilerico-Indiana contributor Annette for this find. It's not often that you actually laugh out loud at a video, but this one seriously cracked me up....Read More
