February 3, 2011
Social Security: Where's Our Tahrir Square?
Filed by Don Davis | February 03, 2011 6:30 PM |We have seen some amazing days in Egypt, and it has provided a better lesson than anyone could have expected for how taking action, against long odds, can really get something done. A secret police mechanism has been pushed aside,...Read More
Advocate Columnist Supports Hosni Mubarak
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 03, 2011 5:30 PM |Foreign policy expert Michael Lucas has a column up talking about how much he loves Hosni Mubarak. You see, dictators are bad and anyone who supports them is "brainless," but sometimes a pro-America dictator is needed to keep dirty, stinkin',...Read More
The Hilarious Idiocy of Anonymous Gay Sex
Filed by Mark S. King | February 03, 2011 4:30 PM |These horny robots are about to get it on after hooking up through a gay chat site. Except the horned up bareback bottom forgot to ask about the top's HIV status. Hilarious stupidity follows. Now allow me to share some...Read More
Jane's Story: One of Challenge and Resilience
Filed by Cathy Renna | February 03, 2011 3:30 PM |As I hit the road for this year's annual Creating Change conference, I go with no plans for moderating a panel or doing a training. Instead, Renna Communications has an even greater responsibility and challenge. We will be helping with...Read More
Book: Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Filed by Yasmin Nair | February 03, 2011 3:00 PM |For some time now, the LGBTQ community has been involved in various internal disputes and conversations about its relationship to law and order. With Lawrence v. Texas in 2003 and the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...Read More
Disability Justice Collective at Creating Change
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | February 03, 2011 2:30 PM |I'm not at Creating Change, but if I were, I would sure be attending some of these sessions put on by Disability Justice Collective (DJC) members Sebastian Margaret, Mia Mingus, and Eli Clare. (Info below via Mia Mingus.) If you...Read More
This Week on The Rebecca Juro Show: NCTE Executive Director Mara Keisling
Filed by Rebecca Juro | February 03, 2011 2:00 PM |With the Republicans now in control of the House and the introduction and passage of LGBT-protective federal legislation a pipe dream for the next couple of years at minimum, where do we go from here? We'll explore that with National...Read More
Mubarek's Bloody AIDS Legacy
Filed by Mark S. King | February 03, 2011 1:00 PM |If you need further reasons to feel queasy about U.S. support for Egypt's "he wasn't all that bad" dictator, Housing Works has posted a heartbreaking article about the treatment of people living with HIV. The piece describes a country with...Read More
Thoughts on Chick-fil-A
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 03, 2011 12:00 PM |Chick-fil-A has been in the LGBT news the past month after a franchisee sponsored a Pennsylvania Family Institute event, Jeremy Hooper dug around and found that they also have a nonprofit that sponsors fundamentalist politics, have worked with NOM, and...Read More
Beautiful in Love: Vintage Lesbian Erotica
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 03, 2011 11:30 AM |Simple, sweet, and incredibly sensual: these two beautiful, beautiful women sharing a romantic hug, ca. 1920s-1930s....Read More
Murder of Prominent Ugandan Activist Demands Action
Filed by Guest Blogger | February 03, 2011 10:30 AM |Editors' note: Paul LeGendre is the Director of the Fighting Discrimination program at Human Rights First. Paul has worked extensively with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on human rights issues and particularly hate crime laws and enforcement....Read More
The Miami Fashion Week Kickoff Event
Filed by Mark S. King | February 03, 2011 9:30 AM |Father Tony and I were set loose with a video camera at the exclusive kick-off party for Miami International Fashion Week, and for two guys who don't know much about fashion, we had a blast. We told models they looked...Read More
Is an Executive Order Version of ENDA Possible?
Filed by Michael Hamar | February 03, 2011 8:30 AM |Here in Virginia, LGBT citizens can be fired at will from their jobs simply for being a sexual minority - it happened to me personally in the private sector in a law firm setting. And, as my client Michael Ware...Read More
Obama Shouldn't Attend The Family's Breakfast
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 03, 2011 7:30 AM |"It is a combination of the intolerance of the organization's views, and the secrecy surrounding the organization. It doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to hold their breakfast; of course they should. The question is, Should American officials be lending...Read More
Anderson Cooper Attacked in Egypt
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 03, 2011 7:00 AM |CNN released video of Anderson Cooper being attacked by anti-democracy protestors in Egypt....Read More
