April 13, 2011
Putting Away Childish, Damaging Things
Filed by Mark S. King | April 13, 2011 7:00 PM |Sex with an underage person is a serious offense. This story does not seek to endorse or excuse such activity. For help, please contact the Adult Survivors of Child Abuse. We're on a dirt road in the cotton fields, looking...Read More
Dr. Phil on Those 'Confusing' Girly Toys
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 13, 2011 6:00 PM |A couple months ago an item appeared on Dr. Phil McGraw's website where he told a mother to take away girl toys from her son because they're "confusing" him. The Advocate interviewed McGraw about that advice: You know, it's interesting...Read More
Gays, PTSD, and the White House's New Military Family Initiative
Filed by Karen Ocamb | April 13, 2011 5:00 PM |The LGBT press has done a good job of addressing how lesbians, gays and bisexuals were officially excluded from the White House's announcement about a new initiative to help military families. (Here's The Advocate, the Washington Blade and MetroWeekly) The...Read More
Is Matthew Morrison Tiny Tim & Clay Aiken's Love Child?
Filed by Bil Browning | April 13, 2011 4:00 PM |Jerame and I cracked up laughing during the episode of Glee where Mr. Schuester whips out a ukelele to accompany the teen singers in a rollicking song. Nothing says high school glee club teacher like a ukelele, right? I mean,...Read More
Victory: Illinois Kills Anti-Adoption Bill
Filed by Phil Reese | April 13, 2011 2:30 PM |When you put your mind to it, you can achieve just about anything! [UPDATE: Find out who voted how after the jump.] Thanks to hundreds of calls being made by people all over Illinois and all over the nation, the...Read More
Stop the Don't Say "Gay" Bill
Filed by Joe Mirabella | April 13, 2011 1:30 PM |The right wing is so threatened by the existence of gay people that they are trying to make it illegal to mention us in school in Tennessee. According to Change.org On Wednesday, April 13, State Senator Stacey Campfield will introduce...Read More
Religion Is Like a Penis
Filed by Sara Whitman | April 13, 2011 12:30 PM |So true. (Thanks, Pete.) crossposted at Suburban Lesbian Housewife...Read More
How to Disparage Gays Effectively
Filed by Bil Browning | April 13, 2011 11:30 AM |Now that gays have started being treated like human beings, far right fundies are in a tizzy and desperate to get the upper back hand. So what's a Christian bigot to do? Why, rebrand with new buzz words, of course!...Read More
The Bathroom Issue Gets a Bill in Maine
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 13, 2011 10:30 AM |Maine rep. Kenneth Fredette has proposed a bill would "allow the operator of a restroom or shower facility to decide who can use which gender's restroom," basically to reduce legal protections for transgender people (although it does sound like a...Read More
Contest: Win Rabbit Hole on DVD
Filed by Bil Browning | April 13, 2011 9:30 AM |This week's contest comes to us courtesy of Lionsgate Home Entertainment. You can win one of 5 copies of Rabbit Hole before they land in stores. Named one of Time magazine's Top Ten Movies of 2010, Rabbit Hole premieres on...Read More
This Thursday: Stand with Shirley & Jay
Filed by Steve Ralls | April 13, 2011 8:30 AM |On Thursday afternoon, Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York will reintroduce the Uniting American Families Act in the House of Representatives. The bill, which would finally allow lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans to sponsor their foreign-born partners for residency...Read More
Weight Loss Means HIV
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 13, 2011 7:30 AM |"Not being bad, but if Ricky Gervais was homosexual, you'd be wondering if he was, you know, ill. His dramatic weight loss has left him looking like a dying man." --Joe Mott of the UK's Daily Star on Ricky Gervais's...Read More
Alan Simpson Calls Out Republicans
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 13, 2011 7:00 AM |Former Senator Alan Simpson rips the GOP for "getting off" on homophobia and controlling women while "diddling your secretary."...Read More
