February 22, 2010
Bilerico WIN: LA Stonewall Democratic Club Bob Craig Media Award
Filed by Bil Browning | February 22, 2010 6:00 PM |The Los Angeles Stonewall Democratic Club has announced the Stoney Award winners and I'm humbled to join fellow honorees Congressman Jared Polis and longtime activist Cleve Jones as one of this year's honorees. John Cleary, the club's President, writes: The...Read More
Fighting against same-sex marriage just isn't the ticket to popularity it once was
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 22, 2010 5:00 PM |It's not surprising that marriage ranked lower than it normally does at this year's CPAC straw poll. It's been banned in the constitutions of a majority of states and there aren't any ballot initiatives on it coming up, while the...Read More
Caption This: Real Men Marry Women
Filed by Bil Browning | February 22, 2010 4:00 PM |Time for another round of Caption This! This time, we have a picture from CPAC to enliven our days and titillate our nights. Or something like that. My caption? "Because no self-respecting lesbian would ever hit this" (Hat tip to...Read More
War is inherently anti-gay, but....
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 22, 2010 3:00 PM |Homocon James Kirchick was justifiably excited to score the interview with Joe Lieberman in which the Senator confirmed that he plans to cosponsor DADT repeal legislation (go him), but keep that rocket in your pocket, Kirchick! It's unbecoming. Adam Serwer...Read More
Brian McNaught Knows The Song He Was Taught
Filed by Father Tony | February 22, 2010 2:00 PM |The soft trickle of water fountains, the scent of a pungent simmering stew, the glow of oil paintings in the Cape Cod style and the warm embrace of two handsome men of a certain age will envelop you upon entering...Read More
Kai (part 1)
Filed by Sean Martin | February 22, 2010 1:00 PM |Sometimes waiting for them to come home can be harder than seeing them off. Just as a reminder to those who weren't regular readers of my blog before we started here: Mik and Kai were married in Canada shortly before...Read More
Winter Olympics Report exclusive: PRIDE House
Filed by Jeff Sheng | February 22, 2010 12:00 PM |One of my favorite quotes is from Nelson Mandela and I have it printed out above my desk: "Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to unite in a way that little else does. It...Read More
Get To DC on 3/16 to Lobby for ENDA: Scholarships Available
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | February 22, 2010 11:00 AM |The long-stalled Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is going to roll out shortly. Exactly when, and with what changes are uncertain. But it's coming, and Representative Frank has promised a vote by the end of March. If you value the need...Read More
Kentucky might OK the Bible being taught in public schools
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 22, 2010 10:00 AM |The Kentucky Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to put the Bible in schools: The proposal would allow schools the option to offer Bible classes as a social studies credit, according to the Associated Press. Democratic Sen. David Boswell, the chief...Read More
Freudian slip knot: vintage carnival cut-out
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 22, 2010 9:30 AM |Friends, I wouldn't even know where to begin.......Read More
RuPaul + Barney Frank = intellectually curious?
Filed by Ed Team | February 22, 2010 7:30 AM |"[A]t the University of Michigan, students can take a class on Native American Feminism. There is also Cyber Feminism at Cornell University. And, uh, maybe my all-time favorite, the class at Occidental College which deconstructs what it means to be...Read More
Ewan McGregor isn't laughing at George Stephanopoulos
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 22, 2010 7:00 AM |Ewan McGregor is not amused by ABC's most vapid Washington correspondent's casual homophobia. Starts at around 2:15....Read More
