June 9, 2009
Two shows in two weeks! Come out!
Filed by Gina de Vries | June 09, 2009 6:00 PM |1. Have I mentioned those two shows I have in two weeks? If you're in San Francisco, please come to "REBEL GIRL: a riot grrrl nostalgia show" on Thursday night. Performers are bringing old & new zines, buttons, flyers, and...Read More
Nude Photos of Chuck Ross!
Filed by Father Tony | June 09, 2009 5:00 PM |Yesterday, I attended a reception honoring Bilerico contributor Chuck Ross at the Stonewall Library and Archives in Fort Lauderdale. Chuck has graciously allowed the library to exhibit a portion of his extraordinary collection of important male nude photography. After the...Read More
Bigotry 2.0: Hate Tweets
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 09, 2009 4:30 PM |I've gotten used to hate mail, both by traditional snail mail and email. It comes with the territory. Most of the time it's pretty amusing, like in my last post about getting bigotry delivered right to my inbox. I did,...Read More
Rumors Say HRC and Obama Plot to Help Most Queers Possible
Filed by Bil Browning | June 09, 2009 3:30 PM |Stop the presses! There's another controversy swirling around the Human Rights Campaign's role in winning gay rights! This time the rumor mill has it that HRC has told the Obama administration that it's okay to stall on repealing Don't Ask...Read More
Transtastic in The District
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 09, 2009 3:00 PM |Editor's Note: Guest blogger Laura McGinnis is a staffer at Renna Communications. This past weekend, hundreds of transgender, queer, and trans-tastic allies descended upon the Loews Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Capital Trans Pride. By all accounts, it...Read More
LGBT organizing WIN
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 09, 2009 2:30 PM |The other day Dr. Kelley Winters posted an action item about the KRXQ radio hosts who attacked trans youth on a segment on their morning radio show. Check out her post for the description of what they said if you...Read More
Money Matters
Filed by Michele O'Mara | June 09, 2009 1:30 PM |After my husband and I got married we combined all of our money, accounts, etc. My husband left me in charge of our finances, which was fine by me. Recently he has started to criticize the way I do...Read More
Join Our Inclusive ENDA Campaign on Facebook
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 09, 2009 12:00 PM |Last week, Rep. Barney Frank stated in a Washington Blade interview that he is going to re-introduce ENDA this month in the House and the vote will take place in the fall. I experienced a vivid flashback to November 2007:...Read More
LGBT Pride organizer attacked in San Diego
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 09, 2009 11:30 AM |Didn't this guy get the memo? It's gays who intimidate and use violence to make their point, not the other way around. Duh. I was waiting for the Equality Torch Relay to come by Main and Broadway and standing in...Read More
I'm Done Asking. It's Time to Tell. No, make that "Demand."
Filed by John Shields | June 09, 2009 10:30 AM |I'm sick and tired of "asking" for our civil rights. I am appalled at LGBTQ kids getting murdered or committing suicide because they are "queer" to their classmates. I am more than disgusted at having the "voters" decide who I...Read More
Jesse's Journal: Sodomy and the British Raj
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | June 09, 2009 10:00 AM |In 1860, the British rulers of India criminalized homosexual activity in the subcontinent. Originally drafted by the historian Lord Macaulay, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code decreed that "whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with...Read More
Getting Married? Consider This Proposal
Filed by Dana Rudolph | June 09, 2009 9:30 AM |It should be a happy time for LGBT folks in New Hampshire, with a marriage equality victory making the springtime a little brighter. For the LGBTQ youth organization Seacoast Outright, however, things are looking bleak. The organization, which provides educational,...Read More
Responding to a Facebook homophobe
Filed by Annette Gross | June 09, 2009 9:30 AM |Facebook is an interesting phenomenon. By using it, you can reach people automatically and get feed-back right away. Though geographically diverse, it has enabled my extended family of cousins to stay in close contact. Last week, one of my cousins...Read More
Don't Take a Gay Guy to Prom!! I love you Beth Cooper!
Filed by Michael Buckley | June 09, 2009 8:00 AM |What is your Beth Cooper Moment of Truth? Do you have a secret that even your best friends don't know? -Profess your love to a secret crush -Declare something wild about yourself -Come clean with a hot confession -Tell...Read More
Cars and Sex
Filed by Ed Team | June 09, 2009 7:30 AM |"Good driving has nothing to do with sex. It's all above the collar." --Alice Huyler Ramsey, the first woman to drive across the United States from coast to coast. She set out on her journey on this date in 1909....Read More
Operation Flip Flop
Filed by Bil Browning | June 09, 2009 7:00 AM |Presidents have the option refusing to defend a law they view as unconstitutional on its face. President Obama himself has called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) "abhorrent" and he's a constitutional law professor. Given these premises, President Obama...Read More
