December 6, 2008
Welcome Back Alex Roundup
Filed by Michael Crawford | December 06, 2008 7:00 PM |After three weeks of showing his French BF America, Alex is back at his keyboard stirring the proverbial queer pot. This week's roundup is dedicated to you Alex. Monday Gay duo kidnaps babies from straight couples - Prince Gomolvilas Where...Read More
Straight questionnaire passed around in Wisconsin high school
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 06, 2008 5:30 PM |WND is going nuts over this heterosexuality questionnaire being handed out in a high school in Wisconsin: What do you think caused your heterosexuality? When and how did you decide you were a heterosexual? Is it possible that your heterosexuality...Read More
A Turning Legal Tide Calls "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Into Question
Filed by Steve Ralls | December 06, 2008 4:30 PM |The federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans from serving openly in the armed forces has suffered another setback. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused, on Thursday, won't reconsider a recent court decision...Read More
Gay Dollars, Labor, and Boycotts
Filed by Yasmin Nair | December 06, 2008 3:30 PM |I just wrote a piece for Chicago's Windy City Times on the interlinked issues of Gay Dollars, the links between labor organizers and LGBT politics, and economic boycotts. All of these are, of course, tied to the recent upheavals around...Read More
Message to the religious right - this isn't just about marriage, it's about history
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 06, 2008 2:00 PM |Editor's Note: Alvin McEwen is a blogger who tracks and catalogs religious right distortions about the gay community via two blogs (Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters and Anti-Gay Lies and Liars). He is also a board member of the South...Read More
How are we going to learn our lessons from the Prop 8 campaign?
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 06, 2008 1:00 PM |I'm sitting a panel discussion here on Proposition 8. It includes: Marty Rouse of HRCTobias Packer of Equality FloridaJosh Cohen of Bloggers Against 8George Simpson of Equality CaliforniaMegan Kinninger of Freedom to MarryJoe Sudby of AmericaBlog (moderator) There's a lot...Read More
Business Gets Behind Mary Beth Maxwell
Filed by Jeremy Bishop | December 06, 2008 12:00 PM |Its not only the labor and LGBT communities getting behind MB Maxwell's candidacy for Secretary of Labor, business is stepping up as well. From insurance company, American Income Life: Over the last few years, I have had the privilege of...Read More
World's oldest pothead
Filed by Bil Browning | December 06, 2008 10:00 AM |A 2700 year old mummy found in China has been conclusively identified as the world's oldest pothead. The light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man (don't ask - I don't know!) had almost two pounds of weed stashed in a leather basket and...Read More
Want to help shape the conversation?
Filed by Bil Browning | December 06, 2008 9:45 AM |I'm at an LGBT blogger conference in Washington, DC this weekend, so I've been a little lax on posting to Bilerico-Indiana. Unlike over at Bilerico Project, I'm pretty much the main day-to-day blogger here. Since I'm so incredibly busy, posting...Read More
Juice on me!
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 06, 2008 9:30 AM |Day 1 of the LGBT blogger conference is underway here, and after carpooling up on Thursday with Bil and Jerame and visiting the town with Serena yesterday, I'm ready to get to work here. We're currently waiting for the convention...Read More
Eleanor Roosevelt on inferiority
Filed by Ed Team | December 06, 2008 7:30 AM |"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." --Eleanor Roosevelt...Read More
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Babes
Filed by Bil Browning | December 06, 2008 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch For all of those who say I only feature hot guys, I present one for the ladies. Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" with one of the best dance routines ever. (And tomorrow I'll feature...Read More
