January 31, 2011
RIP: Betsie Gallardo 1983-2011
Filed by Bil Browning | January 31, 2011 8:30 PM |I knew it was coming, but that didn't stop the tears when I read this e-mail from Betsie Gallardo's mother, Jessica Bussert: This morning at about 10:00am, Betsie Gallardo Bussert passed away. She was surrounded by her parents and her...Read More
Hello! Can I Get a Movement Please!
Filed by Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz | January 31, 2011 7:00 PM |Workplace discrimination runs rampant in movement organizations at a local, state and national level. As movements become more professionalized over the past thirty years, the internal structures and policies of many organizations increasingly mirror the worst patterns of exclusion and...Read More
Gay-Accepting Christians Can Surprise You
Filed by Nadine Smith | January 31, 2011 5:00 PM |Below is a note from a friend who took a chance on his fellow church members. I found it fascinating and a reminder to engage in the daily activism of being ourselves everywhere we are. Well, it seems that 2011...Read More
Is It Wrong for a Bank to Call Gay Men Feminine?
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 31, 2011 5:00 PM |Some gays in Australia have complained about this ad, although the Ad Standards Board has said it's OK: I don't think that we can really just complain about every time a gay person is portrayed as feminine in an ad...Read More
Mosley Braun: Opponent Is 'Strung Out on Crack'
Filed by Bil Browning | January 31, 2011 4:00 PM |Holy shit. Why does Chicago always have the most interesting politics? Sometimes it reminds me of a third world country with all the corruption and scheming. While no one threw a shoe, I was waiting on it during this exchange...Read More
A Short History of Small Town Queer and Trans Youth Organizing in Central Maine
Filed by R Conrad | January 31, 2011 3:00 PM |For the last year Outright L/A, the oldest continuously running queer and trans youth program in the state that I volunteer, has been working with talented Lewiston video-maker Craig Saddlemire of Round Point Movies to create a video documenting the...Read More
Will MassEquality Support Sen Brown in 2012?
Filed by Guest Blogger | January 31, 2011 2:00 PM |Editors' note: Kara Suffredini is executive director of MassEquality. As Sen. Scott Brown embarks on his re-election bid - the latest news in that regard is that he's sitting on a $7 million war chest - I have been asked...Read More
Thai Airline Recruits Trans Women As Flight Attendants
Filed by Bil Browning | January 31, 2011 1:00 PM |A new Thai airline company, PC Air, has selected three transgender women to be flight attendants during their first round of hires. Before you start rejoicing though, the company will require the women to wear gold name badges that will...Read More
Lesbians Sue School for Homophobic Discrimination: How Is this 'Neutral'?
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 31, 2011 12:00 PM |Anoka-Hennepin school district made the news last year when Justin Aaberg committed suicide following bullying that the school is accused of refusing to have stopped. Teachers at the school claim that the district's conservative "neutrality policy" on homosexuality prevents them...Read More
Lesbian Filmmakers Offer DVD on Challenger 'Teacher in Space' Christa McAuliffe
Filed by Karen Ocamb | January 31, 2011 11:00 AM |Friday, January 28 marked the 25th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Among the crew killed in the unexpected explosion (see video inside) was schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe whose presence made the space trip an educational mission viewed live by...Read More
Designer Charles Nolan Dies of Cancer
Filed by Bil Browning | January 31, 2011 10:00 AM |Designer Charles Nolan, best known for his sportswear collections and work with Anne Klein, has died of cancer. His partner, Andrew Tobias, is the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. Both men are well-known and respected for their work for...Read More
Male Nude Studies by Igout, 1875: Photos
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | January 31, 2011 9:30 AM |Researching a show on body-builders and wrestlers for my private blog, I came across these fabulous French photoproofs, dated 1875: studies of the nude male form. The photographer is Louis Jean Baptiste Igout (1837-1881), and you can see another set...Read More
When Students Harass Gay Teachers
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 31, 2011 8:30 AM |An out middle school teacher in the LA area and his union brought up the harassment he's experiencing and the school's indifference at a board meeting last week: Although Collins and the union are making specific demands of the district,...Read More
Scrambled Eggs
Filed by Kate Clinton | January 31, 2011 8:00 AM |Thanks for stopping by! I watched the State of the Union address, but I think something is wrong with my satellite dish. Apparently I didn't see the same speech as everyone else!...Read More
Lady Gaga vs Britney Spears
Filed by Michael Buckley | January 31, 2011 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Do you mind hearing curses in songs? 2. Britney Spears or Lady Gaga or both? Why? Not who is better- who do you prefer and why? 3. Check out the Comedy Thunder vids...Read More
Primates of the Anglican Communion Respond to Kato Murder
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 31, 2011 7:30 AM |"We would like to express our support for the statement of The Archbishop of Canterbury in response to the horrific murder of David Kato in Mukono, Uganda. We join him in saying that no one should have to live in...Read More
Balls of Pride
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 31, 2011 7:00 AM |Toshio Meronek emailed in the link to this video: "It's a student-made video for GLAAD called "Balls of Pride" that pretty much just panders to straight guy machismo. The idea is to get straight guys' girlfriends to tag them...Read More
