August 26, 2010
Activist & Philanthropist Joseph F. Miller Dies
Filed by Bil Browning | August 26, 2010 | 7:00 PM |If you're a Hoosier LGBT person, you've probably heard of longtime activist and philanthropist Joseph F. Miller. He was a large donor to the Democratic Party and HIV/AIDS organizations. He supported and encouraged almost every Indiana state-level organization. He was...Read More
Islamists and Christians and Sumerians -- oh my!
Filed by Sean Martin | August 26, 2010 | 6:00 PM |Dont you know... some Very Important People are also talking about that Mosque-That-Really-Isnt-a-Mosque......Read More
Earth shattering news
Filed by Bil Browning | August 26, 2010 | 5:00 PM |You'd better sit down for this one. It's so earth shattering that it might rock you back in your seat. Smelling salts might have to get involved. Not only does Palin-baby-daddy Levi Johnston starring in a TV reality show about...Read More
Three Questions, Pt. 1: Can we?
Filed by Terrance Heath | August 26, 2010 | 4:00 PM |When caught at something, it’s best to come clean. I was recently caught by the Crow, who -- in a response to my earlier post about power outages and our politics of powerlessness -- saw and asked outright the obvious...Read More
Fear leads to violence
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 26, 2010 | 3:00 PM |A Democrat discharged from the US military under DADT is running for state house in Kansas and received this note this weekend: Obviously whoever sent this didn't get the memo. The homophobes are the real victims of violence, according to...Read More
Monsoon Day
Filed by Sara Whitman | August 26, 2010 | 2:00 PM |I talked to a friend in Provincetown yesterday afternoon and she told me they were having a huge rainstorm down there. All day, pouring rain, whipping wind... same here today. So along with the entire vacationing population, we went to...Read More
Questions for the candidates
Filed by Bil Browning | August 26, 2010 | 1:00 PM |Projector Todd sent in these proposed questions that he thinks all the state groups and national orgs should be putting to Congressional candidates. It's a good list of well-rounded LGBT issue inquiries and I'd be fascinated to see the responses....Read More
Ken Mehlman comes out, and nothing will change
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 26, 2010 | 12:00 PM |As I posted this morning, Ken Mehlman, the former chair of the RNC, came out. He helped run the 2004 presidential campaign, which Mike Rogers called "the most homophobic national campaign in history." That year saw the approval of eleven...Read More
Noel McKay: vintage (vinyl) album cover
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 26, 2010 | 11:30 AM |Stumbled upon this album, not knowing the performer but knowing I'd want to share this on Bilerico in case some of you remember him. Turns out it was pretty easy to find a little information on Mr. McKay's work at...Read More
She Prayed for Love, and Guess What?
Filed by Father Tony | August 26, 2010 | 10:30 AM |Dear Father Tony, My name is Karen. I am writing because you were recommended to me by a friend of mine. I have hit a spiritual crisis. I'll be brief. I am Catholic. I am bi-sexual. I am marrying...Read More
How the 'Rent Boy' Scandal Brought Down a Far-Right Favorite
Filed by Nadine Smith | August 26, 2010 | 9:30 AM |Bill McCollum is still paying for George Rekers. In a stunning defeat, Bill McCollum lost the 2010 Florida Republican Primary by 3% despite having the full support of the Christian Family Council, Florida's Republican party establishment and prominent national Republican...Read More
A blue collar American with a son
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 26, 2010 | 8:30 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
Ken Mehlman comes out
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 26, 2010 | 7:30 AM |"It's taken me 43 years to get comfortable with this part of my life. Everybody has their own path to travel, their own journey, and for me, over the past few months, I've told my family, friends, former colleagues, and...Read More
Bill Maher outed Ken Mehlman
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 26, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Remember when Bill Maher outed Ken Mehlman on Larry King Live and then CNN later censored it? That's zen....Read More
