October 31, 2008
Massive Cyber Attack freezes Donations in Florida Amendment 2 Fight
Filed by Waymon Hudson | October 31, 2008 7:30 PM |Florida Red & Blue, the campaign to defeat Florida's Amendment 2, has confirmed that its website, SayNo2.com, was hit by a massive cyber invasion called a "distributed denial of service attack" (DoS) that took down the site for at least...Read More
Google, Yahoo, Twitter oppose Prop 8
Filed by Jerame Davis | October 31, 2008 6:30 PM |San Francisco and the Bay Area are known for being a bit liberal and for being the gay Mecca of the West. Another reason the area is well known is Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley, the heart of the country's tech...Read More
Martinsville, Indiana
Filed by Bil Browning | October 31, 2008 6:00 PM |Martinsville, Indiana is known in Indiana as one of the most bigoted, racist areas of the state. The Ku Klux Klan was headquartered in Martinsville at one time and, well, the effects linger. This image from the small city has...Read More
Queer music Friday - Rufus Wainwright
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 31, 2008 5:00 PM |Rufus Wainwright's "Across the Universe": iPhone users: Click to watch And Rufus, on being an old-school queen, after the jump....Read More
In California, Tackling Homophobia in the Black Church
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 31, 2008 3:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Peter Montgomery is Vice President for Communications and Research at People For the American Way Foundation. His first foray into LGBT activism was on the DC local organizing committee for the 1987 March on Washington. As...Read More
8 great last-minute queer halloween costumes
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 31, 2008 3:00 PM |Need a last-minute costume idea for a party tonight? I've got you covered if you're willing to be a little queer....Read More
Hoosiers: Join Our Chicago Protest of the Radio Hall of Shame
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 31, 2008 2:30 PM |Editor's Note: Guest blogger Wayne Besen is an author, activist, columnist and public speaker. He currently serves as the Executive Director of Truth Wins OUT, an organization to founded to combat the 'ex-gay' myth and right wing propaganda. In the...Read More
To Fast or Not?
Filed by Sara Whitman | October 31, 2008 1:30 PM |James Dobson has called for all his minions to fast for 48 hours and then go get 'em, fight the battle to ban equality and fairness in California. I guess then they'd all be set to munch down a ton...Read More
Prop 8 updates: New Field Poll, James Dobson cries, law professors unite
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 31, 2008 12:30 PM |New polling. Field Poll has the newest and most trustworthy numbers out for Prop 8, with the initiative losing at 44-49. Rosie's isn't giving. Michael Petrelis called Rosie O'Donnell out for not donating to fight Prop 8, even though she...Read More
Big Gay Slowdown
Filed by Kate Clinton | October 31, 2008 11:30 AM |Despite much good-natured pressure, my partner of twenty years and I have not gotten married. If we ever do marry, I know I will want an old fashioned wedding. Really old fashioned. When I get married, I want a country....Read More
Check out what Projectors can do!
Filed by Bil Browning | October 31, 2008 11:00 AM |I'm so proud of our blog community! One of our readers, Jess, is stationed in Afghanistan. She mentioned in the comments section of one of our contests that she'd love to win some "yummy smelly soap." She didn't win, but...Read More
Coming from Canada to Fight Amendment 2
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 31, 2008 11:00 AM |Editor's Note: Kevin Flack is a 25 years old from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Kevin was compelled to come down from Canada to Florida to help fight against Amendment 2, the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment" facing Florida voters. I've always had...Read More
I'm The Sidekick John McCain
Filed by Monica Roberts | October 31, 2008 10:00 AM |It's been a while since I've done a song rewrite for you Projectors! Got inspired to do one for you after hearing Republicans attack Barack's Harvard education and pondered how hypocritical that was. So now, just in time for Election...Read More
High School Musical 3 Made Me Gay!
Filed by Michael Buckley | October 31, 2008 8:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Comment questions of the day: 1. What did you think of HSM 3? Pleased, disappointed? Didn't see it? 2. Of the stars- who has a chance of making it big? (Besides Zac!) HA! 3. Have...Read More
What John McCain has become
Filed by Ed Team | October 31, 2008 7:30 AM |"...I hate what John McCain has become... But the McCain that ran for president in 2000 -- the moderate Republican who held town hall meetings and answered every question that voters asked, who criticized divisive religious fundamentalists within his own...Read More
All the single ladies
Filed by Bil Browning | October 31, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch It's almost the weekend, but it's the weekend before the election so I know all of our readers will be out volunteering for their favorite candidate! Since no one gets this weekend off, I thought...Read More
