February 19, 2011
Weekly Reader: The Military, Allen West, & Indiana's Dirty Underbelly
Filed by Bil Browning | February 19, 2011 6:00 PM |Indiana politics has dominated Bilerico Project this week. My post asking readers to send in the dirt on hypocritical "family values" state legislators who voted for a marraige amendment resulted in a media firestorm and the state senate responded by...Read More
In a World of Phonies, It's Time for a Fake Candidate
Filed by Don Davis | February 19, 2011 4:00 PM |We have spent the past two years watching as insanity has gripped Congress, and even more so with Republicans now running the House. We have a wavering President, far too many feckless Democrats, and Republicans that have decided to dive...Read More
Better is Now
Filed by Anthony Carter | February 19, 2011 2:00 PM |Although I love the concept of the "It gets Better" campaign, I'm not sure that this is enough. While it is far more than the young gays of my generation received in terms of self esteem and a severe blow...Read More
Video: Forward, Not Backward!
Filed by Jake Weinraub | February 19, 2011 12:00 PM |Editors' Note: Intern Jake works behind the scenes here at Bilerico Project. He's a student at the University of Wisconsin and has been at the recent demonstrations at the Statehouse all week. He sent in this video from the capital...Read More
The Importance of Straight Allies Speaking Out
Filed by Michael Hamar | February 19, 2011 10:00 AM |The 2011 "Out in the Park" pride celebration in Hampton Roads is finally moving to a premier venue - Norfolk's Town Point Park on the downtown Norfolk waterfront - after years of being relegated to the off the beaten path...Read More
Transgender in Nepal
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 19, 2011 7:30 AM |"My family does not let me [leave] the house if I do not set off for [my] office in a boy's dress-up." --Bhawana Dhakal, a trans woman in Nepal who rents another room to change and put on make-up in...Read More
Video from Mormon Mother Back on YouTube
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 19, 2011 7:00 AM |This woman made a video denouncing Prop 8 but took it off YouTube when her standing in the LDS church was threatened. She now says she regrets that decision and put it back up....Read More
