September 16, 2010
H.E.R.O., GetEQUAL Disrupt Senate Armed Services Hearing
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 16, 2010 6:00 PM |Today, GetEQUAL and H.E.R.O. - an Arizona-based grassroots group of community organizers - interrupted a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Members of the LGBT civil rights organizations stood up in the middle of the hearing in room SD-106 of the...Read More
NMAC's joyful HIV/AIDS Awareness video
Filed by Mark S. King | September 16, 2010 5:00 PM |In a new segment last week, Oprah Winfrey revisited a town that shunned an HIV positive man for using the public pool in 1987. The episode haunts me to this day. Thank goodness for the healing balm of the National...Read More
Scott campaign: Feds should shut down Twitter & Facebook
Filed by Bil Browning | September 16, 2010 4:00 PM |My original story about Indiana Republican congressional candidate Marvin Scott's campaign manager grew legs and was reported all over the country and resulted in his termination from the campaign. The manager, Stan Solomon, repeatedly made anti-gay, xenophobic, and racist comments...Read More
No one's homophobic
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 16, 2010 3:00 PM |If it wasn't obvious before, we're now fully in the era where we just can't assume that an action is homophobic no matter what its effects or intentions are unless the people performing it say the word "faggot." But this...Read More
Realizing The Dream
Filed by Steve Ralls | September 16, 2010 2:00 PM |Next week, the Senate is expected to cast a long-awaited vote on the Department of Defense Authorization bill. As almost everyone now knows, the bill holds a special significance for our community this year because of its potential to repeal...Read More
Will Tea Party climate repeal "Don't ask, don't tell"?
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | September 16, 2010 1:00 PM |With the global kerfuffle about an Islamophobic minister, Rev. Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, threatening to burn the Koran on the ninth anniversary of 9/11, little attention last week was given to a federal district court judge's ruling that the...Read More
Australia allows transgender people to serve in the military
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 16, 2010 12:00 PM |It's really, really hard not to make a comparison to the US here: Chief of the Defence Force Angus Houston issued an instruction Monday revoking the policy that effectively banned transgender service members. The ADF is believed to be the...Read More
Don't Read This if You Have Hang-Ups: vintage magazine
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 16, 2010 11:30 AM |Published barely 13 months after the Stonewall riots, this magazine for the exclusive Fire Island crowd makes it clear that the tide had shifted to a spirit of self-acceptance and gay pride. A really fabulous little piece of gay history....Read More
Catholics For Equality Makes A Smart Start
Filed by Father Tony | September 16, 2010 10:30 AM |On Tuesday, September 14th, Catholics For Equality was launched after nine months of preparation. As one of the founders, I am satisfied with the initial reactions. I'd like to tell you what to expect from this fledgling organization and I'd...Read More
IHOP sues fundie group for copyright violation
Filed by Bil Browning | September 16, 2010 9:30 AM |IHOP - the International House of Pancakes is suing fundie Lou Engle's International House of Prayer. The restaurant is claiming copyright violation. The church's tagline is "Preparing the way of the Lord through night and day prayer." Pshaw, not even...Read More
They Meant Well: Microsoft
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 16, 2010 8:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Leslie Robinson's brother-in-law works for Microsoft, and his attempts to educate her are downright noble. Check out more of Leslie's humor columns at generalgayety.com We've reached a point in America where many companies seek to do...Read More
Zestra Fiesta!
Filed by Kate Clinton | September 16, 2010 8:00 AM |Yes, it's true. It's time for me to pull up stakes from Provincetown and head back to New York City (or as we call it, the office)....Read More
Blame it on Obama
Filed by Bil Browning | September 16, 2010 7:30 AM |"Once again, we see the intersection of national security and social policy when it comes to the recent effort by the Obama administration to overturn the historic ban on homosexuality in the military. Yesterday's ruling by a federal judge in...Read More
Adam Lambert & Jake Shears make out
Filed by Bil Browning | September 16, 2010 7:00 AM |In the latest installment of the Scissor Sisters webisodes, Adam Lambert joins the gang for a makeout session with lead singer Jake Shears....Read More
