May 3, 2010
Times Square Bombing: 100% Homegrown American?
Filed by Sara Whitman | May 03, 2010 8:00 PM |An attempt at a car bombing was made Saturday night, in Times Square. Quickly, there have already been claims whispered of the Taliban sneaking about in our midst by the New York Times: "No motive had been determined in the...Read More
An Open Letter to My Senators
Filed by Gloria Nieto | May 03, 2010 7:00 PM |Dear Senators Boxer and Feinstein: My last unemployment check came the first week of April. Yesterday I went out to talk to someone about some work and I could not find her. I almost ran out of gas trying to...Read More
Oil slicks?
Filed by Sean Martin | May 03, 2010 6:00 PM |Man, for all the whining and whimpering about a little oil slick, we seem to forget all the really great stuff that it provides us......Read More
The Soldiers' "Telephone" Parody: Harmless Fun or Gender Violence?
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | May 03, 2010 5:00 PM |Chances are you've seen the YouTube parody of Lady Gaga and Beyonce's "Telephone" video made by a group of American soldiers in Afghanistan. The story is that they made the video for fun, posted it to share with family and...Read More
Repeal of DADT Solidarity Rally in Phoenix Arizona
Filed by Bobby Parker | May 03, 2010 4:00 PM |While six brave activists were chaining themselves to the White House Fence and getting arrested yesterday, simultaneously Petty Officer Lonnie Allen Howard-Stidham and supporters from more than a dozen LGBT organizations in Phoenix marched in solidarity on Senator John McCain's...Read More
Video: White House Correspondents' Dinner
Filed by Bil Browning | May 03, 2010 3:00 PM |Jay Leno hosted this year's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner and his jokes matched his usual television schtick. Leno's known for being one of the least edgy comics in the business; he goes for the chuckle instead of the jugular....Read More
A Tale of Two Phone Calls: A Call To Action
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 03, 2010 2:00 PM |Editors' Note: Babs Siperstein is a member of the Democratic National Committee, co-chair of the National Stonewall Democrats' Federal PAC Board and Political Director of the Gender Rights Advocacy Association of New Jersey. Last Thursday evening about 6:15 PM ET...Read More
American Evangelical Lou Engle Promotes "Kill the Gays" Bill at Sunday's Rally in Uganda
Filed by Waymon Hudson | May 03, 2010 1:00 PM |Over 1,300 people gathered at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday to hear American Evangelical Lou Engle preach at a rally and prayer service against "homosexuality, witchcraft, and corruption." Engle's involvement in organizing TheCall Uganda was mired in controversy...Read More
Actor goes shirtless, becomes gay icon?
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 03, 2010 12:00 PM |I just got back from an exhausting vacation, and just now an even more exhausting first day back at work after spring break, so it's shirtless boys. I have no qualms about posting pics since it's clear to me that...Read More
Looking at Sissies: Cinema History
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | May 03, 2010 11:30 AM |Was digging around the Net, hunting for the proverbial "neato stuff" to share on Bilerico when I found an intriguing photo. Didn't know where it was from but I posted it on my personal blog, and a reader quickly identified...Read More
The Fresh Bile And Sex Life Of Larry Kramer
Filed by Father Tony | May 03, 2010 10:30 AM |Out today in The South Florida Gay News An hour into my conversation with iconic HIV activist and author Larry Kramer, he paused and said "Darling, you're getting an interview out of me that no one else has ever had....Read More
Washington Blade: There IS a Path to 60 in the Senate (Pt. 2)
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 03, 2010 9:30 AM |This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. We counted to 49 with the help of the Washington Blade in Part 1 of this series last Friday. Can you count to 60?...Read More
They locked me in a feces-filled dog kennel
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 03, 2010 8:30 AM |Editors' Note: "Stories from the Frontlines: Letters to President Barack Obama" is a new media campaign launched to underscore the urgent need for congressional action and presidential leadership at this critical point in the fight to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't...Read More
Howard Dean at DADT rally
Filed by Ed Team | May 03, 2010 7:30 AM |Howard Dean speaks at DADT rally in DC....Read More
Elton John wants to ban religions?
Filed by Ed Team | May 03, 2010 7:00 AM |"How do we allow a gay, who wants to ban religions, claimed that the prophet Eissa (Jesus) was gay and calls for Middle Eastern countries to allow gays to have sexual freedom." --Mounir al-Wasimi, head of the Egyptian Musician Union,...Read More
