July 21, 2010
Interview: Derrick Martin talks Prom, Being Kicked Out, & Helping Other LGBT Youth
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 21, 2010 8:00 PM |I recently wrote about Derrick Martin, the gay teenager from Georgia who sparked a media firestorm when he asked his school if he could bring another boy to prom, has turned his experience into a project to help other LGBT...Read More
Lee Surrenders To Grant, Obama Retains Slavery
Filed by Don Davis | July 21, 2010 7:00 PM |WASHINGTON, DC, April 10, 1865 (FNS)--The Civil War ended yesterday with the surrender of General Lee's Confederate Forces to Ulysses S. Grant, the Union Commander, at Appomattox. Although most observers are generally happy with the surrender, many of President Obama's...Read More
Tea Party on the Nature of Liberty!
Filed by Sean Martin | July 21, 2010 6:00 PM |It's always good to know that their priorities are so well thought out and consistent......Read More
Trailer for New Uganda "Kill the Gays" Bill Documentary: Killing in the Name
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 21, 2010 5:00 PM |A trailer has just been released for a new documentary about Uganda's odious "Anti-Homosexality Bill" that prescribes the death penalty and other harsh punishments for LGBT people and their allies. The film is by Dominique Mesmin and if the trailer...Read More
The ex-gay agenda
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 21, 2010 4:00 PM |Look what Wayne Besen turned up (trigger warning): I disagree - honest perversion is a whole lot better than what they're describing in that interview. There's nothing wrong with getting some kink on - where this crosses the line is...Read More
How Much Stuff Can You Sneak Inside Your Man Hole?
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | July 21, 2010 3:00 PM |Sometimes these posts really just write themselves. So I'm just going to cut and paste this Associated Press report: Jail Officers Astonished by Inmate's Contraband WENATCHEE, Wash. - Police in Wenatchee are surprised at the amount of contraband an inmate...Read More
Paul Mayen: Fallingwater's Lesser-Known Architect
Filed by Michael Hamar | July 21, 2010 2:00 PM |Almost a year ago the boyfriend and I visited Fallingwater, one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous residential projects, while in southwestern Pennsylvania for the boyfriend's family reunion. As I noted in a post last August on my personal blog,...Read More
Lonely Sailor Days: vintage photos
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | July 21, 2010 1:30 PM |Sweet early 20th century image of French sailors dancing away some of their boredom while at sea....Read More
Dan Choi Now Officially Discharged Under DADT
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 21, 2010 12:30 PM |Lieutenant Dan Choi's National Guard unit has notified him by mail and phone he has been fully disachrged and is no longer serving as an American solider. According to Gay City News: Choi lost his battle with the Pentagon on...Read More
Hate Is Hate But Love Is The Answer!
Filed by Davina Kotulski | July 21, 2010 11:30 AM |Hate is hate no matter whose side it's coming from. In fact, I can not see the love from "our side" from this NOM video as their t-shirts ask. Here is a video that the anti-gay group NOM produced. Here's...Read More
School settles with Constance
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 21, 2010 10:30 AM |This seems to be the best result from the whole prom fake-out: "The agreement ends a precedent-setting lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 18-year-old Constance McMillen, who suffered humiliation and harassment after parents, students and...Read More
What It Means to Be Out In the World of Sports
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 21, 2010 9:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Alexia Krause is a lifelong fan of sports and fitness. She is a passionate writer of issues close to her, including mixed martial arts. It can be extremely difficult for anyone to announce their sexuality in...Read More
Protest NOM's "Summer of Marriage" At A Town Near You
Filed by Michelle Marzullo | July 21, 2010 8:30 AM |The National Organization for Marriage known as NOM is conducting a "Summer for Marriage" tour starting in July and culminating with a rally in Washington, DC on August 15, 2010. Click here to find out about the counter-protest to NOM's...Read More
First Vancouver Trans Pride March
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 21, 2010 7:30 AM |""We're here, we're trans, and some of us are queer." Kate Lamothe, an organizer of the first Vancouver Trans-Pride March, to be held July 25, 2010...Read More
Four mimes demonstrate safe sex
Filed by Bil Browning | July 21, 2010 7:00 AM |Who better to demonstrate safe sex techniques than four mimes? Oh, if only they'd had these guys teaching health class in middle school!...Read More
