September 7, 2010
Toward Life
Filed by Betty Greene Salwak | September 07, 2010 7:00 PM |It is National Suicide Prevention Week. A terrible statistic reveals that a disproportionately high percentage of suicide attempts are by LGBT youth. More than 5 million people in the U.S. have been directly affected by suicide. An online friend of...Read More
Nation Building!
Filed by Sean Martin | September 07, 2010 6:00 PM |Even though resources may get tight, sometimes you just have to soldier on....Read More
The Cowardly Lions That Refuse To Roar
Filed by D Gregory Smith | September 07, 2010 5:00 PM |Wow. It's not even Halloween and Montana's political leaders are scared shitless. Our political leadership has been strangely silent on the subject of the recently discovered homophobic/murderous rants by a leader and members of the Montana Tea Party. Dennis Rehberg,...Read More
What about the queer kind of ladies' night?
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 07, 2010 4:00 PM |An appeals court rejected a case brought to close down ladies nights in New York: The Manhattan-based Second Court of Appeals rejected a claim by Den Hollander, a self-proclaimed "Men's Rights" lawyer, who insisted that "Ladies Night" promotions such as...Read More
Private Pictures: hanging with the homegirls
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 07, 2010 3:30 PM |Another vintage delight, this private photo was one of a series of images snapped at a relaxed, casual social gathering of women who love women, ca. 1950s. Love the haircuts and slacks!...Read More
Choice
Filed by Mercedes Allen | September 07, 2010 2:30 PM |We spend a lot of time fighting the "choice" meme. Which is understandable, given the fact that who we're attracted to and who we identify as are not things that we can switch on or off like a light. The...Read More
The good side of Gay Inc.
Filed by Phil Reese | September 07, 2010 1:30 PM |Say what you will about Gay Inc, I still send my dollars down to DC every year without fail. Should I be happy with the return on investment that I get out of my pet causes? Certainly not. With the...Read More
GOP, What Have you Done for me Lately?
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 07, 2010 12:30 PM |Editors' note: C.D. Kirven is a Lambda Literary nominated author of the book What Goes Around Comes Back Around, former Get Equal member and Co-founder of Get Equal Now. Is that homophobia in your pocket or a gay campaign contribution?...Read More
Focus on the Family goes to China
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 07, 2010 11:30 AM |America's still exporting something. The fact that it's not even a quality product, unable to perform its ostensible function, makes it all the more surprising that the Chinese are buying it from us: In Yunnan schools this year, teachers are...Read More
Nerd Masculinity
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 07, 2010 10:30 AM |I'm teaching a class this semester on Gender, Work and Family. My class of thirty-one bright-eyed bushy-tailed students and I talked about nerd masculinity, also the subject of the first article in the reader. It's called "Being the 'Go-To Guy':...Read More
Labor Day Weekend Five Years Ago - Katrina Aftermath
Filed by Michael Hamar | September 07, 2010 9:30 AM |The following is largely a repost of a post I did on my personal blog, Michael-in-Norfolk, over three years ago that described the efforts of my former partner and I in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation to...Read More
Philerico world commences
Filed by Phil Reese | September 07, 2010 8:30 AM |I've only been Philerico for a few moments, but just know I'm already drunk with power! There's going to be some changes around here. First of all, please refer to me as Supreme Leader for the rest of the week....Read More
That settles it!
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 07, 2010 7:30 AM |"I have gay friends, but I'm not gay.[...] Doesn't that feel strange, telling someone you don't know about your private life? My private life is for me and the people that know me." --Jeanette Jenkins, Queen Latifah's personal trainer...Read More
TheCall in Sacramento
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 07, 2010 7:00 AM |Lou Engle's rally against same-sex marriage, abortion, and pornography was this weekend in Sacramento. Here's some video....Read More
