October 8, 2010
Queer music Friday - Tiziano Ferro
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 08, 2010 5:00 PM |Italian pop singer Tiziano Ferro came out this week as gay. Good for Italy - Here's "Breathe Gentle" with Kelly Rowland:...Read More
The Long Dark Night of Eddie Long, Pt 2.
Filed by Terrance Heath | October 08, 2010 4:00 PM |The sex scandal swirling around Eddie Long is the kind of story that the media and consumers of media (in other words, nearly everybody) tend to find irresistible. As Joshua Alston wrote in Newsweek, it’s got everything: secrets, money, sex,...Read More
Constance, the movie
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 08, 2010 3:00 PM |ABC is considering making a movie about Constance McMillen: ABC Family is developing a TV movie about the lesbian teenager who made national news after her high school banned her from the prom, network reps say.[...] Craig Zadan and Neil...Read More
DC Starbucks bathrooms go gender free
Filed by Bil Browning | October 08, 2010 2:00 PM |I noticed this yesterday when I went into a Starbucks to grab my venti mocha with light whip and while it stuck out that there was something different, it didn't really register what the difference was. The DC Starbucks have...Read More
Campus Pride: Expel Two Rutgers Students for Invasion of Privacy Related to Tyler Clementi's Suicide
Filed by Karen Ocamb | October 08, 2010 1:00 PM |Campus Pride, the nation's leading organization of LGBT and ally college and university students, is calling for Rutgers University to "act decisively to expel both Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei for invasion of privacy of fellow student Tyler Clementi." On...Read More
Indianapolis is back in the gay news
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 08, 2010 12:00 PM |Yesterday Bil posted that the city of homophobic cupcake/cookie artisans is finding itself with another gay scandal, although this one is a lot more banal. According to an arrest report from Indianapolis Metro Police, the arrest took place at 110...Read More
Stalked UofM student talks to Anderson Cooper
Filed by Bil Browning | October 08, 2010 11:00 AM |The gay University of Michigan student council president who's being stalked by Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell has broken his silence and spoke with Anderson Cooper about the experience. Cooper, who brought Shirvell to national attention with an interview in...Read More
Beach Blanket Lesbian Bingo: Pulp cover
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 08, 2010 10:30 AM |OK, here's my question: why would anyone want to escape? Looks like fun in the sun to me....Read More
Mark Kirk is gay-blind
Filed by Phil Reese | October 08, 2010 9:30 AM |Representative Mark Kirk had better get his Gaydar tuned. On two recent occasions, Kirk has severely underestimated the number of gays in his life. Like estimated zero. It may just be a "see-no/hear-no" approach to things that bring him discomfort,...Read More
A little known legacy in the LGBT community
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 08, 2010 8:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Andy Szekeres is a political consultant from Denver who specializes on LGBT ballot measures and progressive candidates and causes. Americans for Democratic Action has been one of the most powerful forces in all liberal politics. For...Read More
What's normal?
Filed by Bil Browning | October 08, 2010 7:30 AM |"Practically, we shouldn't be teaching children to accept homosexuality as normal, we should be teaching them to accept people who are not normal." -- Bilerico contributor Yasmin Nair in an interview with Time Out Chicago about the Against Equality book...Read More
Chaz Bono says it gets better
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 08, 2010 7:00 AM |Chaz Bono says it gets better....Read More
