August 28, 2011
31 Days: Phil & the Stonewall Inn
Filed by Bil Browning | August 28, 2011 7:00 PM |When Phil and I jumped out of Jill's Jeep in front of the Stonewall we both had our picture taken in front of the neon sign. It may not have been the Himalayas, but Phil and I had survived the storm.Read More
Human Rights Court Hears First Sexual Orientation Case
Filed by Adam Polaski | August 28, 2011 5:30 PM |The Inter-American Court of Human Rights heard the case of Karen Atala, a lesbian mother from Chile who lost the custody of her three children in 2003 because of her sexual orientation. This is their first case ever dealing with sexual orientation. Read More
Comment of the Week: Capitalist Piggy On Socarides' Marriage Equality
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 28, 2011 4:00 PM |Projector Capitalistpiggy says Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters, is wrong when he says marriage equality will help trans rights.Read More
Closing Arguments in McInerney Murder Trial
Filed by Karen Ocamb | August 28, 2011 2:30 PM |One issue the LGBT community is watching closely is whether the jury accepts what many perceive was Wippert's use of the "gay panic defense."Read More
HRC's Solmonese Resigns: Staffers Angry at News Timing
Filed by Bil Browning | August 28, 2011 1:00 PM |Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend reported that the Human Rights Campaign's Executive Director, Joe Solmonese, would be leaving the organization late on Friday night and Washington insiders and HRC staffers are understandably upset at the timing of the report.Read More
Who Am I?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 28, 2011 11:30 AM |Being trans means complicated, abstruse debates, and I'm sometimes left wondering who I am. Read More
My NLGJA Acceptance Speech
Filed by Bil Browning | August 28, 2011 10:30 AM |I was unable to attend the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association award ceremony yesterday. Metroweekly's Chris Geidner also won an award and he gracefully offered to read my short acceptance speech and pick up the trophy on my behalf.Read More
NYT On Glittering As Protest: Fabulous, Maybe
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 28, 2011 7:30 AM |"I think the whole thing is a wonderfully fabulous way to protest. It's peaceful and it doesn't hurt anybody. But it does get a really important point across in a fun way." --Diane Anderson-Minshall, Executive Editor of The Advocate, in...Read More
The Gay Barbarians Flashmob
Filed by Bil Browning | August 28, 2011 7:00 AM |On Thursday a group of "gay barbarians" organized a flashmob outside of presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann's "therapy" clinic she owns with her husband Marcus. He's infamous for calling gays and lesbians "barbarians" and offering ex-gay therapy at his clinic....Read More
