January 20, 2011
Sex Conference Un-invites Keynote Speaker For Being Too Racy?
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | January 20, 2011 7:00 PM |Tristan Taormino was scheduled to keynote the upcoming Modern Sex conference hosted by Oregon State University, with a talk entitled "Claiming Your Sexual Power."This past Monday, January 17th, university administrators decided to refuse funding for her talk and the conference...Read More
Gay Cat Marriage in Manhattan
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 20, 2011 6:00 PM |I'm a dog person, not a cat person. And one thing we dog people can hold over cat people is that we generally don't get weird and assign personalities and backstories and emotional narratives to the animals we love (and...Read More
Big Brother Argentina Gets Trans Housemate
Filed by Bil Browning | January 20, 2011 5:00 PM |Big Brother Argentina has proven itself more liberal than the American version yet again. This year they've included trans man Alejandro Iglesias who came out to his fellow houseguests in the first episode. Contrary to expectations, he was not the...Read More
Gay Marriage Reality Check
Filed by Monica Roberts | January 20, 2011 4:00 PM |Now that the DADT repeal has been signed into law, there has been chatter in GL world and the Gayosphere about shifting the positive momentum gained from the historic win to renewing the push for gay marriage.That would be a...Read More
High School Bans Touching; A Student Fights Back
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 20, 2011 3:00 PM |A high school in New England has banned all touching other than handshakes in their school, and an anonymous student is speaking out: Dear Free-Range Kids: I am a senior at a a small New England high school. A few...Read More
Chicago Mayoral Candidate and LGBT Ally, Carol Moseley Braun
Filed by Phil Reese | January 20, 2011 2:00 PM |This past Friday evening I found myself staring at a burning log in a fireplace, shaking like a leaf. Not shaking from the temperatures, but shaking out of nerves. Here I was sitting in the living room of a woman...Read More
On The Rebecca Juro Show this Week: Dr. Dana Beyer
Filed by Rebecca Juro | January 20, 2011 1:00 PM |On The Rebecca Juro Show this week: Dr. Dana Beyer, former candidate for Maryland State Delegate, transgender activist, author of The Silent T an op-ed that appeared in Metro Weekly on why DADT and not ENDA was passed into law...Read More
Would You Date a Bisexual Man?
Filed by Bil Browning | January 20, 2011 12:00 PM |In yesterday's post about African-American LGBT people marching in LA's Martin Luther King Day parade, I clicked through to a site she referenced - NoMoreDownLow.tv. The site has some really professional, high quality videos aimed at black LGBT folks. As...Read More
Nude Prison Search: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | January 20, 2011 11:30 AM |Sometimes I stumble upon the strangest things. This photo was in a private estate auction selling on eBay. How did it end up there? Was this in some cop's private stash, saved for late-night viewing? In any case, just goes...Read More
Virginia's Bizarre "Tolerance" Ranking By the Daily Beast
Filed by Michael Hamar | January 20, 2011 10:30 AM |The Daily Beast has come up with a ranking of U.S. states in terms of alleged levels of tolerance. I'm not sure what mind altering drugs the reviewers were using at the time they ranked Virginia as #11 (higher than...Read More
Charges Dropped in Dallas Bathhouse Raid
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 20, 2011 9:30 AM |In October I posted on a bathhouse raid in Dallas that resulted in eleven arrests for "public lewdness," "indecent exposure," and one with "interfering with police." The county was going to argue that a bathhouse with membership and everything was,...Read More
Bilerico Project Nominated for GLAAD Media Award
Filed by Bil Browning | January 20, 2011 8:30 AM |We've been honored to be nominated for a 2011 GLAAD Media Award in the Outstanding Blog category. You can check out the nominees for all the other categories to see a star-studded list of media personalities and properties. By recognizing...Read More
Charles Barkley Says Martin Luther King Would Support Gay Rights
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 20, 2011 7:30 AM |"People try to make it about black and white. He talked about equality for every man, every woman. We have a thing going on now - people discriminating against homosexuals in this country. I love the people. God bless the...Read More
Protest for Bradley Manning
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 20, 2011 7:00 AM |Protestors show up to support Bradley Manning....Read More
