June 16, 2010
Why We Must Tell America the Truth About the Prop 8 Trial
Filed by Cleve Jones | June 16, 2010 8:00 PM |In his most famous speech, my good friend Harvey Milk urged LGBT people to come out of the closet. "For invisible, we remain in limbo," he said. Harvey knew that full equality would not become reality as long as the...Read More
Don't question the Democrats' commitment to ENDA
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 16, 2010 7:00 PM |Kerry Eleveld has an article up with anonymous Congressional sources blaming the Senate for ENDA falling behind. The DADT deal has to pass the Senate before ENDA can be considered in the House (it's in the Constitution, somewhere in one...Read More
Undercover Hillary Part Five
Filed by Sean Martin | June 16, 2010 6:00 PM |The nefarious plan REVEALED!!!... ... after the jump....Read More
Reader Request: Topless lesbians with big breasts (and music!)
Filed by Bil Browning | June 16, 2010 5:00 PM |After I posted about the half naked bloody Dutch men competing in beauty pageant and video of English goalie Joe Hart dancing in tight white undies, a few female readers have asked for more sexy lesbian posts. I, however, am...Read More
Bilerico, Freedom to Marry Announce Blog 4 Equality Finalists
Filed by Michael Crawford | June 16, 2010 4:00 PM |Alex Blaze was gracious enough to be a judge in Blog 4 Equality Netroots Nation Scholarship Contest sponsored by Freedom to Marry and co-sponsored by Bilerico, Americablog, Courage Campaign, Daily Kos, Open Left, and Rod 2.0. Three winners of the...Read More
Polls consistently overestimate voter support for marriage equality
Filed by Nan Hunter | June 16, 2010 3:00 PM |NYU Political Science Professor Patrick Egan has studied 10 years worth of public opinion polling conducted during election campaigns involving same-sex marriage ballot questions, and has found in a new poll on same-sex marriage ballot measures [pdf] that such polls...Read More
White House plans closeted Pride reception
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 16, 2010 2:00 PM |It's secret after the Pride reception (cocktails with senior staff to remember a riot!) caused controversy last year, but Kerry Eleveld has the anonymous sources: Anonymous sources have confirmed that a reception to commemorate Gay Pride Month will be held...Read More
Beautiful Cytherea: Classic lesbian art
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | June 16, 2010 1:30 PM |Found this lovely Victorian engraving of a Greek myth, depicting the goddess "Cythere" (in French) embracing a girl. According to Wiki, "the goddess Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, from which she emerged on a sea...Read More
Prop 8 Trial Live Twitter Feed
Filed by Bil Browning | June 16, 2010 12:30 PM |The federal Prop 8 trial will resume for closing arguments shortly. Attorney Ted Olson will deliver the closing for our side starting at 10am Pacific (1pm Eastern). With the Supreme Court ruling that cameras will not be allowed at all...Read More
A Pride Event Not to Be Proud of
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | June 16, 2010 11:30 AM |Pride parades will take place all over the country this month. As we all rev up for this year's festivities, so, too, the fault lines of race, gender identity, and class will emerge. In addition to Gay Pride events, there...Read More
Covenant House Humiliates Homeless Youth, Again
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 16, 2010 10:30 AM |Several years ago, Covenant House in New York was in the news because of its rejection of transgender homeless youth. As noted in the Village Voice article, workers at Covenant House genuinely want to help homeless youth, but often bring...Read More
GOProud crosses the picket line
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 16, 2010 9:30 AM |The boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego has been underway for almost two years, has caused quite a few non-LGBT associations to relocate their conferences to other hotels, is estimated to have cost the hotel $18 million,...Read More
Video: English goalie Joe Hart dances in white undies
Filed by Bil Browning | June 16, 2010 8:30 AM |By now, it's become painfully obvious how I choose my sports teams. Now that I've seen this video of English goalie Joe Hart dancing in tight white underwear, have I found a team to cheer for in the World Cup?...Read More
Roy Ashburn: "I was so in terror"
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 16, 2010 7:30 AM |"The best I can do is to say that I was hiding. I was so in terror I could not allow any attention to come my way. So any measure that had to do with the subject of sexual orientation...Read More
DC Cowboys go Gaga for Pride
Filed by Bil Browning | June 16, 2010 7:00 AM |You know, the DC Cowboys tagline is "Brokeback meets Broadway," but this seems more like Gaga meets country line dancing. Oh, Pride. What have you wrought?...Read More
