March 16, 2011
Like Black Church, St. Patrick's Day Parades Are Anti-gay
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | March 16, 2011 7:00 PM |Irish and African-American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) communities share a lot in common when it comes to being excluded from iconic institutions in their communities. For LGBTQ African-Americans, it's the black church, and for LGBTQ Irish, it's...Read More
The Book with a Promise: It Gets Better
Filed by Mark S. King | March 16, 2011 6:00 PM |There were moments while reading It Gets Better, the new book inspired by the YouTube video project to help bullied youth, when my heart leapt to my throat and hovered there. It happened a few times, quite unexpectedly, usually while...Read More
Congress: DOMA Repeal Introduced, Obama Condemned, Developmental Aide Threatened
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 16, 2011 5:00 PM |A bill to repeal DOMA was just introduced in the House of Representatives today. Lead cosponsors include all the gay and lesbian members of Congress, Jerry Nadler, and John Conyers; there are 69 cosponsors total. Senate Democrats are expected to...Read More
Reminder: Comment Moderation Policy
Filed by Bil Browning | March 16, 2011 4:00 PM |We've had more moderated comments than usual lately, so it seems like a good time to remind everyone how they can avoid waiting for their comment to be published. If you don't have an account with us or include more...Read More
What Happened at the Journalist's 'Secret' Meeting in San Fran
Filed by Phil Reese | March 16, 2011 3:00 PM |Except it wasn't so secret. Along with other Bilerico contributors Bil Browning, Jerame Davis, Adam Bink, Joe Mirabella, and Karen Ocamb; I attended an LGBTQ journalist, editor and blogger summit in San Francisco sponsored by the Haas Jr. Fund, an...Read More
Fashion Forward: 1920s Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | March 16, 2011 2:30 PM |From the 1920s, a photo of three of the most interesting looking people one could ever meet. They and their surroundings look pretty swanky, too. I wish I knew who they were and the stories of these elegant individuals' lives....Read More
Activism Chic
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 16, 2011 1:30 PM |The Shophound found something interesting at Barney's in Chelsea: ACT-UP T-shirts at the chic retailer go for $50 a pop, which is totally a reasonable mark-up for a T-shirt that they probably paid 15 cents to an Indonesian sweatshop worker...Read More
Broward Public Schools add Protections for Transgender Students and Teachers
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | March 16, 2011 12:30 PM |More than a year ago, as an openly gay appointee to the School Board of Broward County's Diversity Committee, I visited a high school to witness their inaugural Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) meeting. I held back the tears when a transgender...Read More
Equality Is My Dream
Filed by Bil Browning | March 16, 2011 11:30 AM |Yesterday I showed you the complete "Rally for Equality" on the Indiana Statehouse steps to oppose HJR-6, the state's proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships. One of the speakers on stage was teen Dorothy...Read More
Sean Chapin Homage to Gaga: Target, Are You Anti-Gay?
Filed by Phil Reese | March 16, 2011 10:30 AM |This weekend I was in San Francisco at the Haas Jr. Fund summit for LGBTQ journalists, writers, bloggers and editors (more on that in my next post) and while I was there I had the good fortune to meet gay...Read More
America Loves Mitch and Cam More than Murphy Brown
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 16, 2011 9:30 AM |Pew found that Americans are more supportive of gay parents than single parents (as if they're mutually exclusive categories...): The survey found that when it comes to opinions overall on non-traditional families, such as those with gay and lesbian parents,...Read More
Refugee from Uganda
Filed by Davina Kotulski | March 16, 2011 8:30 AM |"Gay Sex Pervert Can't Boink Wife" in big black typeface took up more than a third of the tabloid newspaper Moses held up for everyone in the audience to see. These words were next to a large photo of him...Read More
The Church Will Repent of How It Treated LGBT People
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 16, 2011 7:30 AM |"I know the church is responsible for most of the pain in the lives of gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. We just have to admit that. And at some point we will repent of it the way we...Read More
Hate Crime Victim Speaks Out on YouTube
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 16, 2011 7:00 AM |A 23-year-old in Detroit was attacked by someone calling him a "faggot" and a "homo." The clerk encouraged the attacker to kill him and people standing around egged on the attacker....Read More
