October 21, 2011
Weekly Reader: Straight Guys, a Gay Kiss, & Rick Perry
Filed by Bil Browning | October 21, 2011 7:00 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
Study: LGBT Inclusive Policies Good for Business
Filed by D Gregory Smith | October 21, 2011 5:00 PM |Business justifications may do more toward swaying the naysayers - or those on the fence - about LGBT inclusion policies. After all, money talks.Read More
Stop Fisting Censorship
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | October 21, 2011 4:00 PM |Today is International Fisting Day. Did you know that fisting is not allowed in almost all porn? Read More
Transgender Community Wins Some and Loses Some
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 21, 2011 3:00 PM |Recent events in the trans community show that we are beginning to form a unified opposition to the oppression that we face on a daily basis. Read More
Rachel Maddow on Getting Hate Mail
Filed by Bil Browning | October 21, 2011 2:00 PM |Rachel Maddow appeared on Ellen to talk about her new documentary and the topic turned to the hate mail Rachel gets regularly.Read More
Get a Job!? Get a Clue
Filed by Terrance Heath | October 21, 2011 1:00 PM |"Get a job!" It's the right-wing's favorite retort to protesters on the left. It goes back at least as far as the 1960?s and 1970?s, and implies that only "dirty hippies" who are too lazy to work have time to protest.Read More
Thoughts on the ICV Ad After Careful Consideration
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 21, 2011 12:00 PM |After considering the anti-trans ad that ran in the National Post and Toronto Sun for a bit, guest blogger Savannah Garmon realized that the ad tells her own story - but with the opposite conclusion.Read More
Insensitive LGBT Blog Headline for Clementi Post on SpiritDay
Filed by Viktor Kerney | October 21, 2011 11:00 AM |Many blogs posted their banners and tags in support of Spirit Day, but one blog basically crapped on that initiative.Read More
God: It Getteth Better
Filed by Bil Browning | October 21, 2011 10:00 AM |Great. Now even the Lord is turning the It Gets Better Project into a commercial enterprise! *grins*Read More
Deborah Sampson: American Revolutionary War Soldier
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 21, 2011 9:00 AM |Among the small number of women documented as experiencing military combat during the American Revolutionary War is Deborah Sampson, often said to be the first American woman to disguise herself as a man to join the ArmyRead More
Not a Positive Example for Teachers
Filed by Ed Team | October 21, 2011 8:38 AM |"I think that kind of example is not a positive one at all to be setting for folks who have such an important and influential position in our society. I'm really concerned about those kinds of statements being made." --...Read More
Ellen Honors Spirit Day
Filed by Ed Team | October 21, 2011 8:00 AM |video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Ellen Degeneres honored Spirit Day yesterday with a purple outfit and some words of wisdom (and wit)....Read More
