August 23, 2010
Homophobic counseling student loses case
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 23, 2010 7:00 PM |Jennifer Keeton, who filed suit a month ago to keep herself from being expelled from a graduate counseling program that required her to have some basic sensitivity towards LGBT people, lost her case: In his ruling, Judge Hall tried hard...Read More
Flat Tires IV
Filed by Sean Martin | August 23, 2010 6:00 PM |And just when you thought it was safe to get back on the interstate.......Read More
The problem with Gay Ink
Filed by Phil Reese | August 23, 2010 5:00 PM |What do gays working for the DNC and gays writing and producing for con-gLay-morate Regent Media have in common? Well a lot more than you think. Michael Musto, legendary Village Voice columnist and frequent commenter on VH1 I Love Whatever...Read More
Caption This: Ladies Love It
Filed by Bil Browning | August 23, 2010 4:00 PM |This dashing young buck is quite the lady's man. His self-effacing and modest demeanor hides an inner Lothario that women just can't resist. Why, notice they've covered his neck and cheek with kisses even! Got a good caption for this...Read More
North Korea is Gay for Facebook
Filed by Joe Mirabella | August 23, 2010 3:00 PM |North Korea is dipping it's toe into social media. First with a twitter account, and now with a Facebook account. From Mashable: Oddly enough, North Korea has chosen to create a Facebook profile, rather than a Fan Page -- which...Read More
On the Cordoba House, with pictures
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 23, 2010 2:00 PM |I'm surprised to see people still discussing Park51 in Manhattan - I thought I was late to the party on this tired issue when I posted about it two weeks ago. But then it's really not that surprising, when one...Read More
Celebrity, Role Models and the Sportswriter
Filed by Mercedes Allen | August 23, 2010 1:00 PM |LA Weekly has a very long, thorough and heartbreaking look at the story of Christine Daniels / Mike Penner that is worth reading. The article's not always comfortable to read. I'm not going to analyze all of it here, but...Read More
On Homeland Security
Filed by Don Davis | August 23, 2010 12:00 PM |They better not build that mosque down by Ground Zero, we’re being told, not just because it’s insensitive, but because we have no idea what they’ll be up to down there. I mean, where did the money come from? Who...Read More
Fun maps on marriage public opinion by state
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 23, 2010 11:00 AM |Columbia politics professors Gelman, Lax, and Phillips (whose statistical work I previously posted on Bilerico), have an analysis piece in the NY Times estimating state-level support for same-sex marriage. They use 2008 state-level projections, demographic information, and estimates of current...Read More
Loved Ones Serve In Silence Too
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 23, 2010 10:00 AM |Editors' Note: With the Pentagon's family survey now in the field, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), will release a letter each day this week from...Read More
Military Woman: antique photos
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 23, 2010 9:30 AM |I have no idea who these women are, but the uniform appears to be WWI era. Can any of the brilliant minds here can shed some light on this history mystery? I love these photos, and wish I knew more...Read More
Contest: The Square
Filed by Bil Browning | August 23, 2010 8:30 AM |Today's contest is brought to you by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Up for grabs is one DVD of The Square. A stylish, twist-filled film noir, THE SQUARE centers on an adulterous couple, Ray (DAVID ROBERTS) and Carla (CLAIRE VAN DER...Read More
The same insulting and derogatory assumptions
Filed by Bil Browning | August 23, 2010 7:30 AM |"This survey of military spouses contains many of the same insulting and derogatory assumptions and insinuations about gays and lesbians that ran throughout the last survey. Answer choices suggest things like the Defense Department possibly distributing flyers in military neighborhoods...Read More
Natural Woman: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Filed by Bil Browning | August 23, 2010 7:00 AM |Incredibly cute actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt takes the stage for a great rendition of "Natural Woman." I think he's performing at a benefit for his online cooperative production company hitRECord.org and he does a damn good job....Read More
