July 15, 2011
Weekly Reader: Gay Pirates, Google+, & Fingering a Priest
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2011 5:00 PM |You weren't able to read every post on Bilerico Project last week? Don't worry! Every Friday I round up the best Bilerico posts from the past seven days to help you stay up to date on the latest queer news and analysis.Read More
Gingrich Nixes 'Marriage Vow' Proposal
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 15, 2011 4:00 PM |Gingrich may have opted out of the Iowa fundies marriage pledge, but draping your genitals in the flag doesn't excuse you.Read More
Why is MTV Promoting Ex-Gay Therapy?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2011 3:00 PM |MTV recently aired an episode of True Life that focused on ex-gay ministries. Instead of telling viewers about the dangers of these conversion therapies though, the network turned it into a puff piece that could have been produced by Focus on the Family.Read More
Google+ Offers a Safe Social Media Experience for the LGBT Community
Filed by Leone Kraus | July 15, 2011 2:00 PM |Google recently launched its new social networking product, Google+, which is going head-to-head with the Facebook platform. What are the benefits for our community?Read More
Not-Gay Priest Wants Pope to Finger His Butt
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2011 1:00 PM |After Spanish priest Andrés García Torres had his photo taken with a young seminarian, his Bishop is suspicious he's gay. Torres, however, has devised a solution that should make everyone happy.Read More
White House Blogs About National HIV/AIDS Strategy at One Year
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 15, 2011 12:00 PM |The White House posted a blog by Jeffrey Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Strategy, recognizing Wednesday, July 13, as the one year anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.Read More
TEDxTalk: Why LGBT Couples 'Refuse To Lie'
Filed by Nadine Smith | July 15, 2011 11:00 AM |They just released the video of a TEDx Talk I did in Tampa Bay to an almost exclusively straight audience on marriage equality and the RefuseToLie campaign.Read More
Cher on the Bachmanns
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2011 10:30 AM |Well, she's never been afraid to speak her mind. Why change now?Read More
Fabulous Muscle Man
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | July 15, 2011 10:00 AM |It's easy to look at photos of our male ancestors in their stuffy suits and forget that underneath, they were every bit as beautiful and virile as men of today.Read More
The Lavender Scare
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2011 9:15 AM |The new documentary, The Lavender Scare, takes us back to the 1950s and 60s when the US government went on a witch hunt to purge the ranks of civil servants of all "sexual deviants." Over 10,000 gays and lesbians...Read More
What Is Up With Don't Ask Don't Tell?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 15, 2011 9:00 AM |Confusing developments on DADT have wrong-footed some of the most astute pundits.Read More
Do I Have Too Many Gadgets?
Filed by Leone Kraus | July 15, 2011 8:00 AM |My partner and I spent a majority of the weekend cleaning out the apartment. Staring down at the pile of gadgets that lay before us, we could see technology evolving right before our eyes. This left me wondering whether it's possible to have too many.Read More
CA Gov. Brown On The Law Including LGBT Contributions In Textbooks
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 15, 2011 7:30 AM |"History should be honest." -- California Gov. Jerry Brown on the bill he signed requiring inclusion of LGBT contributions to history in school textbooks....Read More
