February 6, 2011
Comment of the Week: Rick Sutton
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | February 06, 2011 7:00 PM |From Bil's post about the passing of Betsie Gallardo: RIP: Betsie Gallardo 1983-2011. Projector Rick Sutton wrote movingly of his reaction to Betsie's passing, and of his feelings towards the State of Florida's 5-year sentence for battery with a "deadly...Read More
When Was the Last Time a Christian's House Was Burned Down?
Filed by D Gregory Smith | February 06, 2011 5:30 PM |I know. Provocative question. But I can't help asking it when I see stories of deliberate arson evicting LGBT's from the safety of their homes. I also ask the question (appropriately modified) when I see anti-queer graffiti, read about harassment...Read More
Revisiting the Reagan Nightmare
Filed by Terrance Heath | February 06, 2011 4:00 PM |"Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him," poet Carl Wendell Hines wrote of Martin Luther King Jr, after his assassination. Ronald Reagan has been "safely dead for just under seven years, but the economic impact of his...Read More
Documentary Films Featured at the 2011 Colorado Gold Rush Conference
Filed by Kelley Winters | February 06, 2011 2:30 PM |The 12th annual Colorado Gold Rush, the Rocky Mountain Region's premiere gender conference, will kick off with a screening and preview of two remarkable documentaries by Colorado producers on February 24 at the Denver Renaissance Hotel. Keynote speakers for the...Read More
Arrests Upheld in Palm Springs, but Who Won?
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 06, 2011 1:00 PM |The judge in Palm Springs has ruled that charges won't be dismissed against the men arrested in a gay cruising sting (the sting involved officers arranging a deal with prosecutors to ensure the men arrested would be put on a...Read More
Lesbian Lunch: Tabatha, Take Over My Life!
Filed by Mark S. King | February 06, 2011 11:30 AM |For my final Lesbian Lunch, I'd like to admit the truth, so brace yourself. I have a total gay guy crush on Tabatha Coffey. The snow-haired vixen hosts Bravo's Tabatha's Salon Takeover with an icy stare and the confidence of...Read More
SameSexSunday: Creating Change 2011
Filed by Joe Mirabella | February 06, 2011 10:00 AM |This week on SameSexSunday upon the launch of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's ground breaking joint study on the American transgender experience with The National Center for Transgender Equality, we speak with Jabriel Walthour, a transgender person of...Read More
Dennis Kucinich Asks about Bradley Manning
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 06, 2011 7:30 AM |"As you know, I am concerned about reports of his treatment while in custody that describe alarming abuses of his constitutional rights and his physical health," --Rep. Dennis Kucinich in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates Friday about Bradley...Read More
Josie Cotton - 'Johnny Are You Queer?'
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 06, 2011 7:00 AM |Leone Kraus forwarded me a pitch she got from Josie Cotton's PR person. You may remember Cotton from her hit in 1982, "Johnny, Are You Queer?" where she meant "queer" like "gay." Anyway, looking it up on YouTube this...Read More
