October 29, 2010
Queer music Friday - Tori Fixx
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2010 5:00 PM |Tori Fixx has been a mainstay on the queer hip hop scene for over a decade. He's released seven studio albums and toured the country in 2006 with the HomoRevolution Tour. Here's the video for "Not Perfect" from his album...Read More
Apple pulls PeekABooTranny app
Filed by Bil Browning | October 29, 2010 4:00 PM |Sometimes there's not an app for everything. It appears transphobia is once again an App Store taboo. Thanks to GLAAD and everyone who called Apple's public relations number yesterday, the technology behemoth has yanked PeekABooTranny from its online store. It...Read More
Gay Shame's "Emergency Kuarantine"
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 29, 2010 3:00 PM |Editors' note: Toshio Meronek is a writer and aspiring voiceover artist living in San Francisco. He blogs on disability news and pop culture at Where's Lulu. On October 15, the queer radicals of Gay Shame turned their lens on the...Read More
4 days and counting
Filed by Michael Crawford | October 29, 2010 2:00 PM |Who was it that said the Tea Party doesn't care about social issues such LGBT equality? Whoever it was got it so wrong. Witness Republican senate candidate Sharon Angle's recent comments about marriage: I confess that we are a nation...Read More
Again, the South shall lead us
Filed by Susan Raffo | October 29, 2010 1:00 PM |There I was, sitting in a hotel lobby in Dallas, TX in 1994. A new friend, just met, was sitting next to me on the fake leather couch. This new friend, Pam McMichael, was telling me about the work of...Read More
Homophobic schools don't have to exist
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2010 12:00 PM |This is as close to a policy statement as there's been in Europe on the subject of discrimination against gay teachers. Now we'll have to wait for a test case: The European Commission has said that Roman Catholic schools in...Read More
The Thought of A Republican Future Makes Me Feel Sick
Filed by Joe Mirabella | October 29, 2010 11:00 AM |My stomach hurts. I can't sleep at night. I'm having a hard time concentrating, and I've been described as "grouchy" by my partner. It is election time and with just a few days left before the Republicans could take over...Read More
Time Magazine, 1979: Gay history memorabilia
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | October 29, 2010 10:30 AM |Does anyone remember this piece or cover? It's stunningly sad that the same cover could probably still run today, 31 years later, and some people would think the question is fresh and want to debate the point. But is there...Read More
Vote For Health Care
Filed by Terrance Heath | October 29, 2010 9:30 AM |Still looking for a reason to vote? Here’s a three word answer: health care reform. I’m not sure why Democrats aren’t running on it, but it’s a big step towards "change we can believe in" — the kind that some...Read More
The Path Forward
Filed by Jarrod Chlapowski | October 29, 2010 8:30 AM |I know, I know, everyone is worried about the elections on Tuesday. We have a ton of work to do, however, and a very small timeframe in which to do it. We need to be ready to start on Wednesday....Read More
Michelle Obama on Ellen
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2010 7:30 AM |Michelle Obama went on Ellen, and they talked school bullying....Read More
Barack Obama's attitude will fully evolve once he's out of office
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2010 7:30 AM |"I have been to this point unwilling to sign on to same-sex marriage primarily because of my understandings of the traditional definitions of marriage. But I also think you're right that attitudes evolve, including mine. And I think that it...Read More
Missouri Republicans on hardcore gay pornography
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2010 7:01 AM |A robocall from Missouri Republicans on hardcore gay pornography, showing they're as classy as ever....Read More
Lame duck DADT repeal
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2010 7:00 AM |Servicemember's United's XD talks on DADT repeal during the lame duck session....Read More
