March 20, 2009
More and more young athletes coming out now: realizations from my project "Fearless"
Filed by Jeff Sheng | March 20, 2009 6:00 PM | 11 comments
Queer Music Friday - GaybiGayGay at SXSW
Filed by Paige Schilt | March 20, 2009 5:00 PM | 3 commentsIt's Friday, the midpoint of South by Southwest 2009, the biggest and most hyped music festival in North America. Thousands of bands, music execs, and fans from around the globe have made the pilgrimage to Austin, Texas, the city that...Read More
Vermont Takes Step Toward Marriage Equality
Filed by Ellen Andersen | March 20, 2009 4:30 PM | 2 commentsThis just in: early this morning, Vermont's Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to support S. 115, which would permit same-sex couples to marry in Vermont starting on September 1st. The full Senate is expected to vote on the bill Monday....Read More
Mike Pence lies to try to protect the GOP's reputation
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 20, 2009 4:30 PM | 1 commentsMike Pence has been all over the TV lying to the American people about the AIG bonuses, pretending like it's some sort of ideological, Republican vs. Democrat issue, with Republicans being against these bonuses from the beginning. Here's just one...Read More
READ THIS: This is NOT acceptable on Bilerico Project
Filed by Bil Browning | March 20, 2009 4:00 PM | 167 commentsI hate having to write posts like this, but apparently I need to do it. A Projector left this comment on the guest post by Samir Luther on HRC's update to the Corporate Equality Index. I want heads on a...Read More
Death penalty banned in New Mexico
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 20, 2009 3:00 PM | 11 commentsBill Richardson just signed a bill into law banning the death penalty in New Mexico. His statement is after the jump. It's stupefying that Republicans, for all the huff and puff about judges having too much power and the government...Read More
70-Year-Old Porn Star Rocks Japan's Adult Industry
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | March 20, 2009 2:00 PM | 10 commentsIt doesn't take deep powers of sociological observation to know that American society is a bit ageist. Our desperate pursuit of youth and treatment of the elderly kind of sucks when compared to other countries, which tend to embrace old...Read More
An Ally's Response
Filed by Dana Rudolph | March 20, 2009 1:30 PM | 2 commentsAfter I published my story on the 20th anniversary of the Gay-Straight Alliance at Phillips Academy Andover, I received this letter from alumna and writer Robin Chotzinoff, who now lives in Texas. She shares not only her reaction to how...Read More
"Hope" Is Not Enough: LGBT Activists and Scholars Call on Obama to Improve Agenda
Filed by Michelle Marzullo | March 20, 2009 1:00 PM | 4 commentsEditor's Note: William Leap and David Peterson assisted in the writing of this post. There are reasons for "hope," but hope is not enough, agreed community activists, lobbyists, students and scholars who gathered at a pre-conference workshop entitled "Is "Hope"...Read More
Liveblog: Presbyterian Church lesbian court case
Filed by Bil Browning | March 20, 2009 12:00 PM | 11 commentsLisa Larges, a graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary, was blocked from ordination in 1992 by a court decision of the Presbyterian Church (USA) because she was honest about being a lesbian. Larges has continued seeking ordination and today -...Read More
Gays being executed on video in Iran... really?
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 20, 2009 11:00 AM | 32 commentsYesterday I saw a video making the rounds in the LGBT blogosphere, purportedly of gay men being pushed off a building in Iran as punishment for homosexuality. First Gays without Borders posted it, then Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin...Read More
This is What Democracy Looks Like...
Filed by Nadine Smith | March 20, 2009 10:00 AM | 3 commentsTallahassee is still buzzing from 700 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied Floridians descended on the Capitol Monday afternoon. Our collective force was undeniable, even to our staunchest opponents. As Mallory Wells, Equality Florida's Public Policy Director, boldly stated from...Read More
The End of "Gay Affluence:" LGB People More Likely to be Poor
Filed by Guest Blogger | March 20, 2009 10:00 AM | 43 commentsEditors' Note: Guest blogger Dr. Gary J. Gates serves as the Williams Distinguished Scholar at The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. He is a recognized national expert on the geography and demography of the gay and lesbian population and...Read More
Papyrus cards
Filed by Annette Gross | March 20, 2009 10:00 AM | 3 commentsI was in the stationary store "Papyrus" at Keystone at the Crossing the other day. I needed to buy a Bar Mitzvah card. Well, to the right side of the display case I saw wedding cards. I realized that one...Read More
DC Queer Studies
Filed by Brett Abrams | March 20, 2009 9:30 AM | 1 commentsHave you wanted to bone up on your queer studies lately? Curious to see how queer theory applies to current politics in the U.S. and worldwide? DC offers that opportunity next month. On April 17 and 18th, graduate students and...Read More
Intimate Partner Violence: That Other Epidemic
Filed by Guest Blogger | March 20, 2009 9:00 AM | 1 commentsEditors' Note: Guest blogger David Phillips is a poly Leather shaman, kink evangelist, and Queermen's health advocate living in Arlington, VA. A survivor of relationship abuse, David co-founded the Rainbow Response Coalition, addressing intimate partner violence among LGBTQ people in...Read More
They ultimately want a gay gag order
Filed by Ed Team | March 20, 2009 7:30 AM | 3 comments"Teachers should neither be promoting nor speaking against homosexuality. They should not talk about it all. Leave it up to families to talk about it." --Tennessee rep. Stacey Campfield (R), discussing her his [thanks to Beth in the comments] proposed...Read More
Barney Frank and Rachel Maddow discuss AIG bonuses
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 20, 2009 7:00 AM | 1 commentsRachel Maddow and Barney Frank discuss AIG bonuses....Read More
