April 2, 2010
Queer music Friday - Ricky Martin
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 02, 2010 5:00 PM |I joked the other day on twitter that Perez Hilton is no longer America's most famous latino gay man now that Ricky Martin came out. Ricky Martin's fame outside the US dwarfed his fame inside the US, making his coming...Read More
White House: Steve Hildebrand is crazy
Filed by Bil Browning | April 02, 2010 4:00 PM |This has me so sputtering with anger that I can't even begin to describe it. I've sat here all day trying to write out a response that was insightful and meaningful, but I've been unsuccessful. In a Washington Post story...Read More
What do you see?
Filed by Antonia D'orsay | April 02, 2010 3:00 PM |(Trigger warning: Yeah, from me. So it's bad.) I take in a fair amount of information in a given day. It ranges from the absurdist to the terrifying, and all manner of points on a three dimensional grid around them....Read More
Coming out to get out
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 02, 2010 2:30 PM |One woman who got a civil unioned another woman won't be kicked out of the military: Lt. Robin R. Chaurasiya wasn't exactly asked, but she told anyway: She is a lesbian, and in a civil union with another woman. Her...Read More
Plaintiff in Florida Adoption Lawsuit Heading to White House
Filed by Nadine Smith | April 02, 2010 2:00 PM |Even as they await a ruling on the constitutionality of Florida's law banning gay people from adopting, Frank Gill and his recentlyThe Gill boys at home preparing for Easter before they head for the White Houseadopted sons have reason to...Read More
Glimpses of Equality: Why I Queered the Census
Filed by Waymon Hudson | April 02, 2010 1:00 PM |Many of the readers on Bilerico know that my partner, Anthony Niedwiecki, and I were married in California before Prop 8 passed and became one of the 18,000 limited edition gay couples grandfathered in to marriage equality. I posted about...Read More
Moore v. Virginia Museum of Natural History - Oral Argument Update
Filed by Michael Hamar | April 02, 2010 12:00 PM |Thankfully, I survived oral argument before the Virginia Supreme Court on the afternoon of March 31st, and, according to the boyfriend, my client, his father and a friend of his, all of whom were all in attendance, I did a...Read More
Mr. Teazie Weasie: vintage ad
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | April 02, 2010 11:30 AM |Who wants to bet that Raymond had to deal with lots of teazie-weasie from his friendie-wendies over this endorsement?...Read More
The Pope's Pedophilic Church
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | April 02, 2010 10:30 AM |Who among us would not flinch at the thought of a "holy man" preying on children instead of praying with them? And what faith can anyone have in a Church that says it stands on the teachings of Jesus yet...Read More
Beautiful Darling: A Positive Transgender Media Portrayal
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | April 02, 2010 9:30 AM |With all the talk about negative portrayals of transgender people in movies lately (and by the way, did you hear they're changing the trailer on the trashy one?), it's heartening to hear that some directors have class. From Wednesday's New...Read More
If at first you dont succeed...
Filed by Sean Martin | April 02, 2010 8:30 AM |You must try, try, try again... Click here for a larger version....Read More
Code Pink & my last lesbian vlog
Filed by Kate Clinton | April 02, 2010 8:00 AM |I'm wearing pink in honor of Code Pink's attempted citizens' arrest of Karl Rove. But the sunglasses are because I have a secret I need to share but makes it hard to look you in the eye. This is...Read More
Blame the victim: It's a big gay conspiracy
Filed by Ed Team | April 02, 2010 7:30 AM |"Despite their efforts to make every violent crime look like a hate crime against their lifestyle, the number of hate crimes committed against individuals based upon "sexual orientation" remains minuscule. In fact, the amount of violence we see from self-identified...Read More
Cleve Jones: Bring ENDA to a vote so we can see who our friends are
Filed by Bil Browning | April 02, 2010 7:00 AM |During his acceptance speech for the Stonewall Democratic Club's Lifetime Achievement Award, Cleve Jones had sharp words for Rep Barney Frank and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi....Read More
