December 12, 2010
Comment of the Week: Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Filed by Bil Browning | December 12, 2010 7:00 PM |From my post this week about Dr. Laura Schlessinger's recent rant calling Don't Ask Don't Tell "absurd discrimination." The radio host is known for her screeds against gay people instead of supporting them. One of the commenters suggested that we...Read More
Life is Not a True/False Exam
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | December 12, 2010 5:30 PM |This blog post (which Andrew Sullivan linked to this morning) says succinctly what I've been thinking, what I've been trying to put in words, regarding the billboard that some atheist group put up near the Lincoln Tunnel ("You Know It's...Read More
Come Out for the Holidays!
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | December 12, 2010 2:30 PM |As the Christmas holiday season draws closer by the day, I can't help but reflect back 18 years ago to the winter of 1992 when I had little to give. I went from living in a studio-styled guest house on...Read More
It's not racist! It's just 'controversial!'
Filed by Bil Browning | December 12, 2010 1:00 PM |Back in February, I did a post about the U-Washee laundromat in Richmond, Indiana. The business features signs showing a 1940's-style stereotypical Chinese man doing laundry with lettering written in what Margaret Cho calls "feng shui hong kong fooey font."...Read More
Why Tom Brokaw Is Wrong on Covering Antigay Viewpoints
Filed by Michael Hamar | December 12, 2010 11:30 AM |I bookmarked an article in the Advocate earlier this week wherein former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw basically said it was fine to continue to air the views of hate groups like American Family Association and Family Research Council....Read More
#SSS: The DADT Repeal Vote and Prop 8 Hearing
Filed by Joe Mirabella | December 12, 2010 10:00 AM |Phil Reese and I put together a team of experts to unravel this week's historic vote on the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to help explain what happened and where we go from here. We also analyzed Monday's hearing...Read More
Joint Statement from Gay Inc about DADT
Filed by Bil Browning | December 12, 2010 7:30 AM |"Despite the unfortunate result of the Senate's cloture vote on the defense authorization bill, there are other viable legislative options to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" before Congress adjourns , and a solid 60-vote Senate majority still in favor of...Read More
Endangered language: Polari
Filed by Bil Browning | December 12, 2010 7:00 AM |Polari, a language used mostly by gay men, sailors, and actors, has been listed as endangered. Kudos to Joe Jervis for the video clip about Polari. He has another one on his site too if you'd like to hear...Read More
