July 10, 2009
D.C. Queer Fringe
Filed by Brett Abrams | July 10, 2009 9:00 PM |It's show time! DC has a riches of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer shows coming up for the next two weeks as Capital Fringe runs from July 9 through July 26. Most of the shows appear four or five...Read More
Indiana Sup of Public Instruction Tony Bennett doesn't believe in dinosaurs?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 10, 2009 5:30 PM |Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the "Creation Evidence Expo?" The Expo thinks that our public school books are "inaccurate" and the Superintendent of Public Instruction is the featured guest? WTF?!...Read More
Queer music Friday - Billie Holiday
Filed by Yasmin Nair | July 10, 2009 5:00 PM |In honour of Billie Holiday. Who was, as one website puts it: "rather openly bisexual". Here's Holiday singing "Strange Fruit":...Read More
"Fruit Fly" Buzzes and Sings [Outfest 2009]
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 10, 2009 4:00 PM |Southern California residents and visitors planning to attend screenings at Outfest 2009 - the 27th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, running July 9 to 19, 2009 - have most likely flipped through the film guide to figure out...Read More
Providing the Best Health Care in the World For EVERY American
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 10, 2009 3:08 PM |Editor's Note: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz represents Florida's 20th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She is also Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations' Legislative Branch Subcommittee and Vice Chair of the House LGBT Equality Caucus. The...Read More
Didn't you hear? Kissing has been banned!
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 10, 2009 3:00 PM |In El Paso, a gay couple was kicked out of a restaurant for kissing. If that wasn't bad enough, the police who showed up apparently didn't know the law: The officer informed the group it was illegal for two men...Read More
Vote Batwoman: Because We Need a Crime-fighting Lesbian Jewish Mayor
Filed by Michael Crawford | July 10, 2009 2:00 PM |Today is election day in our campaign to elect Batwoman the first crime-fighting lesbian Jewish mayor of DC! Vote Batwoman for DC Mayor Voting is today until 6pm EDT. You can vote from anywhere in the world. Batwoman on why...Read More
How is this lawsuit not like the others?
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 10, 2009 1:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Sue Hyde is a Massachusetts resident and Director of the the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. Attorney General Martha Coakley, the top lawyer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,...Read More
Looking for male love
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 10, 2009 12:00 PM |If you all haven't been following, there's been a completely fucked up story developing in Lansing over the city's use of undercover cops to crack down on cruising and the abuse of power going on there. I don't believe for...Read More
The Final Exit
Filed by Sara Whitman | July 10, 2009 10:30 AM |Editors' Note: Sara's story started with "Manfriend, Mania and the Dead Puppy" and continued with "A Surprise and Getaway Plan." You'll want to read them too to catch up before this episode begins. This is the hard part. On Tuesday...Read More
O'Malley, Favorable Opinion May Pave Way for Civil Marriage
Filed by Keri Renault | July 10, 2009 9:30 AM |Legislation in support of same-sex marriage in Maryland has hit political roadblocks time and again. Apathetic sub-committees have proven a common dead-end. The road ahead, however, may be clearing. In June, Maryland State Senator Rich Madaleno (D-Montgomery County), sponsor of...Read More
The Questions About Michael Jackson and Lupus
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | July 10, 2009 9:30 AM |The news media are mentioning lupus in an update on Jackson's medical investigation. It came in connection with information from an unnamed source, that Jackson's body was found to be in poor condition -- emaciated, no hair on his scalp,...Read More
Trans People Deserve Better
Filed by Father Tony | July 10, 2009 9:00 AM |Editor's Note: Today's Guest Contributor is the Reverend Donna Tara Lee, a Gainesville Florida out and proud M2F transgender activist. A Miami report tells us of the arrest of a Donnie Hendrix. Ms. Hendrix is a male-to-female transgender woman who...Read More
Kevin Jonas is Engaged To ME!!! "This is Me"
Filed by Michael Buckley | July 10, 2009 8:00 AM |Comment Question of the Day- for Kevin: Why her and not me? Everyone else just tell Danielle Deleasa - DD - to suck it! SHA!...Read More
States' Rights Hurt, Not Helped, by DOMA
Filed by Ed Team | July 10, 2009 7:30 AM |"It is unconstitutional for the federal government to discriminate, as it does because of DOMA's restrictive definition of marriage. It is also unconstitutional for the federal government to decide who is married and to create a system of first- and...Read More
Now I want some messy meat too
Filed by Bil Browning | July 10, 2009 7:00 AM |I'm telling you what, apparently instead of hooking up online or going to the bars or baths, we just need to eat at Carl Jr's (or Hardees as it's called here!). Maybe it's just the one guy's way of...Read More
