April 4, 2011
Lawrence O'Donnell, Let's Talk About DADT
Filed by Don Davis | April 04, 2011 7:00 PM |I had MSNBC on last Thursday night, and Lawrence O'Donnell was talking to Ari Berman of The Nation about the new Obama Campaign Chief of Staff, Jim "Not Part Of Loggins &" Messina. In the course of that conversation O'Donnell...Read More
Texas Wants Colleges to Promote Heterosexuality
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 04, 2011 6:00 PM |Texas's house passed an amendment, 110-24, that sounds like it was written by the guy Karen just posted on: While many members in the chamber cracked jokes and guffawed, the amendment's author, Rep. Wayne Christian, said the University of Texas,...Read More
The Advocate: Prop 8 Plaintiffs Received Hate Messages During Trial
Filed by Karen Ocamb | April 04, 2011 5:00 PM |Andrew Harmon at The Advocate just posted an important exclusive on how one of the couples in the federal Prop. 8 trial - plaintiffs Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier - "were subjected to more than a dozen antigay voice mails...Read More
Her Goal: Ending 'Trans' Bias at Work
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | April 04, 2011 4:00 PM |Last week the Minneapolis Star Tribune published a piece on the work of Vanessa Sheridan, a consultant who provides diversity training for companies on transgender diversity issues. I've read Ms. Sheridan's book, The Complete Guide to Transgender in the Workplace,...Read More
Obama to Run for Reelection in 2012
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 04, 2011 3:00 PM |Bil posted the news you've been sitting at the edge of your seat for: Barack Obama's going to run for reelection in 2012. He kicked off his campaign with a Real Americans Telling It Like It Is video; Katherine from...Read More
Lesbian and Gay Parents Jumping Through Hoops
Filed by Dana Rudolph | April 04, 2011 2:00 PM |The New York Times ran an article last week on "The Extra Hoops Gay Parents Must Jump Through" to gain legal and financial protections. Three experts - a lawyer, a financial planner, and an accountant (which sounds like the start...Read More
VIDEO: Sean Chapin's 'Go Go Get It' Will Rock You!
Filed by Phil Reese | April 04, 2011 1:00 PM |Quickly becoming the "LGBT Equality Movement's" official minstrel, Sean Chapin, has rocked us with his adorable and poignant videos spoofing Lady Gaga songs, Rebecca Black, and other stars, his pop-life parodies, and some moving original pieces. Sean became a sort...Read More
California Considers Queering History
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 04, 2011 12:00 PM |Karen posted about this bill a while back but it looks like it's gaining speed: If implemented, the measure, which would revise social science textbooks, could have effects beyond California. The state is a major purchaser of educational texts, and...Read More
Vote for The Old Guys in the Muppet Balcony
Filed by Jessica Max Stein | April 04, 2011 12:00 PM |One of gay Muppeteer Richard Hunt's most popular characters is struggling to secure victory in the final hours of a Muppet fan contest that's a little too close for comfort. Statler and Waldorf, everyone's favorite balcony hecklers, are up against...Read More
Obama Announces Reelection Campaign
Filed by Bil Browning | April 04, 2011 10:00 AM |President Obama announced his reelection campaign this morning in an e-mail to supporters. The announcement was expected to happen soon; President Bush also announced his reelection campaign around the same time. The text of the e-mail is after the jump....Read More
A Handsome Kiss: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | April 04, 2011 9:30 AM |At first I thought this was a photobooth shot, but the quality looks too good. In fact, it looks like they were posing for the shot in a studio. I'm guessing it is ca. 1940s-1950s, by the haircuts and shirts....Read More
LGBT Social Media Ethics: Please Don't Post That!
Filed by Leone Kraus | April 04, 2011 8:30 AM |Try to follow me if you can. In 2003, I opened a Friendster account. In 2007, a MySpace account. In 2008, a Facebook account. In 2009, a LinkedIn account. In 2010, a Twitter account and a dot429 account. Most recently,...Read More
Forced Gay Adoptions
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 04, 2011 7:30 AM |"Rep. Anthony Weiner may have joked about 'mandatory gay marriage,' at the WH Correspondents dinner, but amazingly, Virginia's Dept. of Social Services is proposing new regulations that would require all adoption and foster-care agencies to do gay adoptions." --Maggie Gallagher...Read More
Hating Gays Doesn't Make a Hate Group
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 04, 2011 7:00 AM |Hate groups like the Family Research Council respond to being labeled hate groups. CBN reports. That's also an epic part on Peter Sprigg's head. I didn't know that was possible outside comic books....Read More
