February 25, 2011
Queer Music Friday: Natalia Zukerman
Filed by Leone Kraus | February 25, 2011 6:00 PM |Last summer, I had the pleasure of interviewing folk singer, Natalia Zukerman on how she uses social media to stay connected with her fans while on the road. A lot has gone down since we last spoke. Earlier this year,...Read More
Mitchell Out As Stonewall Dems Chief?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | February 25, 2011 5:00 PM |The Washington Blade is reporting that there are questions about whether Michael Mitchell will continue as the Executive Director of the National Stonewall Democrats, the organization created in 1999 by, among others, Rep. Barney Frank. The group describes itself as...Read More
Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist's Sites
Filed by Bil Browning | February 25, 2011 4:00 PM |There's nothing that Westboro Baptist fundies like better than seeing their names in lights. Eariler, the fake church put out a fake statement claiming that the hacker consortium "Anonymous" had threatened to take down their websites. Anonymous responded by saying...Read More
Why Didn't the Holder Memo Happen Sooner?
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 25, 2011 3:00 PM |To get an idea of how sudden an about-face the Holder Memo earlier this week was, here's a judge who just heard Justice Department lawyers arguing that DOMA is perfectly constitutional in December, who doesn't know what's up with the...Read More
EQCA History Part 2: MECLA, Alice and the DNC
Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 25, 2011 2:00 PM |It may be hard to understand now, but until the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, most LGBT people didn't identify as "a people," a "minority" or even as "a community" with a shared history, dreams and common problems. There had...Read More
Maryland Senate Passes Marriage Equality Bill
Filed by Bil Browning | February 25, 2011 1:00 PM |Yesterday afternoon the Maryland Senate passed a marriage equality bill which now goes on to the House of Delegates for approval. The bill's fate in the House isn't as certain as it was in the Senate. One sponsor has dropped...Read More
High School Column Calls for Death Penalty for Gays
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 25, 2011 12:00 PM |A high school column in Kansas that seems to call for the death penalty for gay people has a school under fire and has started a debate on the limits of free speech in high school publications. Here are the...Read More
Should Cruising Be Considered an Unacceptable Risk?
Filed by Anthony Carter | February 25, 2011 11:00 AM |I was 36 the first time I had sex in public. I had no idea this was an option. I kept hearing Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in my head, "How long has this been going on". I truly thought...Read More
As She Was: Mystery Celebrity Photos
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | February 25, 2011 10:30 AM |When an icon releases private family photos...well, how could I resist? See if you can guess who this adorable tot is: Maybe this photo of her in her teens will help:...Read More
Indiana LGBT People Stand With Labor Protestors
Filed by Bil Browning | February 25, 2011 9:30 AM |Frequent commenter (and all around nice guy) Rick Sutton is the head of the Indiana Equality Action. Yesterday, he stood at the podium in the Indiana statehouse to address the gathered throng of union members protesting the Republican attempt to...Read More
Senator Patty Murray Announces her Support for the Repeal of DOMA
Filed by Joe Mirabella | February 25, 2011 8:30 AM |I was at the Greater Seattle Business Association Business (the GSBA) and Humanitarian awards dinner on Thursday night. I am on the board, and this is one of our annual dinners where we recognize business and community leaders for their...Read More
Hyderabad Gays Protest Anti-Gay Sting
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 25, 2011 7:30 AM |"We are calling for a boycott of the news channel after they telecast a program 'exposing' gays in Hyderabad. They logged into a gay dating site after creating a profile and shared a few profiles on television, in what they...Read More
NOM Releases Video on Chicago Church Protest
Filed by Alex Blaze | February 25, 2011 7:00 AM |NOM releases a boo-hoo video over the gay protest of the Catholic Church in Chicago....Read More
