June 9, 2011
End of an Era: Thanks for the Good Times
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 09, 2011 8:00 PM |I am stepping down as Managing Editor of the Bilerico Project. I can't justify the time I'm spending on the site without financial stability - no matter how proud I am of what we have built here.Read More
Is He Stupid? Yep!
Filed by Mike Rogers | June 09, 2011 7:00 PM |Is Anthony Weiner stupid? Yep. Did he blow his chances to be mayor of the nation's largest city? Yep. Should he resign? I am not in a position to say.Read More
AIDS Memorial Quilt on Display in DC 2000: AIDS at 30
Filed by Karen Ocamb | June 09, 2011 6:00 PM |Renee Sotile covered the unfolding of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt in DC as part of the March on Washington in 2000. She and her wife have edited that footage to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first CDC report on AIDS.Read More
I Won't Be Shopping at AutoZone Any More
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | June 09, 2011 5:30 PM |In case you missed it, the Huffington Post just ran a story about HRC's list of The Worst Companies For LGBT Workers, including two retailers to especially avoid: AutoZone and Cracker Barrel. Read More
IL: Catholic Charities Sues for Right to Discriminate
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 09, 2011 4:30 PM |Catholic Charities in Illinois continues to make news in the wake of the state's passage of the state's civil unions bill. They've made good on their threat to pull out of foster and adoption services in three dioceses.Read More
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders Endorses Lesbian Replacement
Filed by Jake Weinraub | June 09, 2011 4:00 PM |Sanders says that he trusts District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, claiming that she is the only candidate with "experience as a chief executive of a public agency."Read More
Creepy Anti-Choice Movie Trailer
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 09, 2011 3:00 PM |In case you had any doubt where the anti-choice extremists were coming from, one of them made a movie. The trailer looks like something a radical feminist would have made ten years ago to make the anti-choicers look bad, but it's apparently legit.Read More
Poem: Walking for Samantha
Filed by Austen Crowder | June 09, 2011 2:00 PM |In honor of all the bathroom bill scares out there. Read More
Target: We're Undecided About You, But Come Shop Here
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 09, 2011 1:00 PM |Confused much, Target?Read More
Anderson Cooper 360 Airs Investigation on Ex-Gay Therapy This Week
Filed by Jake Weinraub | June 09, 2011 12:15 PM |The three-part series, "The Sissy Boy Experiment: The Consequences Of Ex-Gay Therapy," traces the effects of gender-normalizing treatment on a 5-year-old boy in 1970, who took his own life at 38.Read More
Horrible Media: Indy Cops Will March In Pride Parade
Filed by Bil Browning | June 09, 2011 12:00 PM |The Indianapolis Police Department will officially participate in this year's pride parade and local media is trying to drum up controversy that doesn't exist.Read More
Maine Rejects Anti-Trans Bill
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 09, 2011 11:00 AM |Maine rejected a bill to prevent trans people from filing complaints.Read More
Will Rob McKenna's Anti-Gay Past Come Back To Haunt Him?
Filed by Joe Mirabella | June 09, 2011 10:00 AM |Attorney General Rob McKenna (R) announced his candidacy for Governor of Washington State on Wednesday, but will his past anti-gay slurs come back to haunt him?Read More
Poll: Huge Public Support for LGBT Rights
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 09, 2011 9:00 AM |The Center for American Progress's poll results are surprising because they don't agree with past polling data in one important respect.Read More
Barney Frank Testifies for Trans Rights
Filed by Bil Browning | June 09, 2011 8:45 AM |"I very much hope that the Commonwealth will once again show its aversion to prejudice and its compassion for people who have been its victims, and extend to people who are transgender the same legal rights that the rest of...Read More
Bob Barker: Don't Go to Sea World
Filed by Bil Browning | June 09, 2011 7:00 AM |Former The Price Is Right host, Bob Barker, has made a PSA with PETA to tell folks about the sad reality that is Sea World. The popular tourist destination is fairly criticized for their treatment of captive sea animals...Read More
