April 12, 2011
Wait: The Anti-gay Illinois Legislation Is a Democrat Bill?
Filed by Phil Reese | April 12, 2011 7:00 PM |They say "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer," but maybe we should go back and work on that friends thing. The anti-gay bill being hammered through Illinois in record time - the bill that will allow adoption agencies...Read More
The J. Crew Transgender Plot to Destroy America
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 12, 2011 6:00 PM |It looks like not only do the wingnuts know that trans people exist now, but they're learning how to make everything about trans people in the same way they've been making everything about gay people for four decades. Here's a...Read More
No Comfort Zone
Filed by Sara Whitman | April 12, 2011 5:00 PM |A friend went to the Chihuly exhibit this weekend and sent me a photo with the caption, "Don't touch." Indeed. No touching the Chihuly. I have always loved modern and abstract art. It comes from having been raised around my...Read More
Sweet Affections: Vintage Hunks in Trunks
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | April 12, 2011 4:30 PM |Those old-style 2-piece bathing suits for men were pretty hot. On the other hand, the men wearing them in this adorable image also add a whole lot to the sizzle. I'm not sure of the date on this, but guessing...Read More
If Congress Actually Represented America
Filed by Bil Browning | April 12, 2011 3:30 PM |Fascinating and sad. Check out this graphic from Think Progress's photo stream showing what Congress would look like if it was actually representative of the American people. Clickety to embiggen....Read More
Gays Win 'Most Frequently Challenged Book' List Again
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 12, 2011 2:30 PM |The American Library Association has its list of most frequently challenged books of 2010 out, and And Tango Makes Three topped the list. Tango topped the list from 2006 to 2008, dropping to number two in 2009 (knocked off by...Read More
I Am Tired of Being in Pain
Filed by Terrance Heath | April 12, 2011 1:30 PM |Be kind to your knees. You’ll miss them when they’re gone. - Mary Schmich I used to wonder what the phrase above -- from Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich’s now famous column meant. I no longer have to wonder....Read More
Leadership I Can Believe In
Filed by Bil Browning | April 12, 2011 12:30 PM |A lot of my grassroots activism stems from leading or participating in direct action zaps and activities. We've talked quite a bit on Bilerico about the different styles of activism - whether it's protesting or working from within - but...Read More
Chests Out, Slogans On
Filed by Leslie Robinson | April 12, 2011 11:30 AM |In my last column I discussed the role T-shirts with slogans play in the battle over gay rights. It occurred to me, aside from the T-shirts I've read about that have caused ruckuses in schools and elsewhere, I don't know...Read More
CPAC Leader Calls GOProud Too 'Aggressive'
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 12, 2011 10:30 AM |The new chair of the America Conservative Union, which runs the CPAC, says that GOProud is too "aggressive" for his tastes, specifically referring to when GOProud's Chris Barron called ACU board member Cleta Mitchell a "nasty bigot" for being a...Read More
Illinois Right Wing Is Forcing through an Anti-LGBT Bill
Filed by Phil Reese | April 12, 2011 8:30 AM |I've seen the face of evil, and it is the cunning Illinois Right Wing. Hidden carefully by Sen David Koehler in SB 1123, a bill to assist the blind - like an arsenic pill hidden in a crême brulé -...Read More
Social Notworking
Filed by Kate Clinton | April 12, 2011 8:00 AM |White guys seem to own social media! Where are we, girls?...Read More
On the Ali Forney Center
Filed by Jake Weinraub | April 12, 2011 7:30 AM |"As Ali's story makes starkly clear, the ability of homeless LGBT youth to access safe shelter and housing is a matter of life and death. Of the tens of thousands of LGBT youth who suffer homelessness in our county, fewer...Read More
The Ali Forney Story
Filed by Jake Weinraub | April 12, 2011 7:00 AM |Today, Tuesday, April 12th, the Ali Forney Center - New York City's largest shelter for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) homeless youth - marks what would have been the 36th birthday of its namesake, Ali Forney....Read More
