February 4, 2009
Ted Haggard issues with his homosexuality
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | February 04, 2009 6:00 PM |After a publicity junket promoting the HBO documentary The Trials of Ted Haggard, which landed him on Oprah and Larry King Live fallen evangelical star Haggard has risen from public obscurity to tell us he's not gay - he's "heterosexual...Read More
Black History: The Freedom Rides
Filed by Storm Bear | February 04, 2009 5:40 PM |click to enlarge Birth Of A Notion Disclaimer From Wikipedia: Civil Rights activists called Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia, (1960). The...Read More
20% of same-sex couples in Oregon got registered
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 04, 2009 5:00 PM |From 365gay.com: A year after Oregon established a domestic partner registry, about 2,600 Oregon same-sex couples - about one in five - have registered.[...] Under the partnership law, couples who register are guaranteed the right to visit partners in hospital...Read More
Tranny IS Just a Word
Filed by Guest Blogger | February 04, 2009 3:30 PM |Editors' note: Monica Helms is the president of the Trangender American Veterans Association. I know that by expressing my opinion about this word in an article, I will make a lot of my trans friends angry. Seems that the quarterly...Read More
Oscar Wilde Bookstore, and my first and only visit
Filed by Matt Comer | February 04, 2009 2:30 PM |It is sad, sad news, indeed. The New York Times reports that the Oscar Wilde Bookstore at 15 Christopher St. in Greenwich Village, New York, will close March 29. The current owner cites the economy. Opened in 1967, the bookstore...Read More
Yes We Can, #21
Filed by Kate Clinton | February 04, 2009 1:30 PM |It had to happen. My galpal got a wicked cold at the inauguration. We called it America's Cold. I did my Florence Nightingale best - very cute in a nurse's cap - with chicken soup, aspirin, plenty of fluids, the...Read More
Overpaid CEOs: What Other Rich People Are Robbing the Rest of Us?
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | February 04, 2009 12:30 PM |Americans are loving it as President Obama vents at the CEOs who paid themselves bonuses out of bailout funds. People cheered when Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill made her historic speech demanding that CEOs "shouldn't get paid more than the President...Read More
Representative Kelly Skidmore Pushes for Statewide LGBT Protections in Florida
Filed by Waymon Hudson | February 04, 2009 11:30 AM |Representative Kelly Skidmore, at the request of the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, has again filed legislation to amend Florida's civil rights laws to protect members of the LGBT community from discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations. The...Read More
Open Thread: I Just Got DIRECTV - Now What Do I Do?
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | February 04, 2009 11:30 AM |I have not had cable television (or anything other than rabbit ears, for that matter) for more than 18 years. My, how technology has changed since then. I just got DIRECTV installed yesterday (connected to a new HD plasma TV),...Read More
Exclusive: NGLTF Deputy Executive Director Darlene Nipper on mental illness and other queer issues
Filed by Bil Browning | February 04, 2009 10:00 AM |It was my honor to interview Rev Darlene Nipper, NGLTF's new Deputy Executive Director, at the Creating Change conference. Darlene has a prestigious background both in and outside of the LGBT movement. From her bio on the NGLTF site: She...Read More
I'm in recovery
Filed by Kate Clinton | February 04, 2009 9:00 AM |Kate recorded this video blog during the Creating Change conference in Denver. Sign up for Kate's newsletter, get Kate's latest dates, news, and Vlog archives at: http://kateclinton.com...Read More
Model fail
Filed by Michael Buckley | February 04, 2009 8:00 AM |I have poise and charm and the ability to speak effectively! PS: I'm a model!...Read More
Annise Parker on municipal government
Filed by Ed Team | February 04, 2009 7:30 AM |"Municipal government is so much about making sure the trash gets picked up and the potholes get filled, that sometimes all that other discussion can be a distraction. ... Obviously, I have paid my dues in the community and have...Read More
Mike Jones guides us into Ted Haggard's world
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 04, 2009 7:00 AM |Mike Jones takes Michelangelo Signorile to where he worked when Ted Haggard came for visits....Read More
