December 1, 2011
Thank You, Congressman Barney Frank
Filed by Rebecca Juro | December 01, 2011 | 6:00 PM |For those who've read my work over the years, the title of this post will probably come as a surprise, but there's good reason for trans people and allies to be grateful to Barney Frank for his work in Congress.Read More
The Long Road Home from Relapse
Filed by Mark S. King | December 01, 2011 | 5:00 PM |The drug relapse came over me like a sickness, slowly, over weeks. My addiction had already begun rearranging my thoughts in a bid for dominance over the vigilant recovery I had practiced for nearly three years.Read More
Vintage 1994 Reflection: Mark Finch on 'Philadelphia'
Filed by Jenni Olson | December 01, 2011 | 4:00 PM |For most Americans, Hollywood is still the locus of all social signification. If it's not enacted by a major movie star, it doesn't exist. In the argument for equal time, Philadelphia takes us all one step further in the right direction.Read More
Wendy Williams: 'Ending HIV Is Not Magic'
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | December 01, 2011 | 3:30 PM |Like most gay men, I absolutely love it when our divas stand tall in their high heels and speak out to end HIV. I'm willing to put on high heels and stand up to end HIV along side Wendy Williams. Will you?Read More
Love in the Afternoon: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | December 01, 2011 | 3:00 PM |Two dapper, handsome men showing some love on a park bench, ca. 1920s-1930s.Read More
Bear Finds Homo Home
Filed by Paige Schilt | December 01, 2011 | 2:00 PM |Fellow Bilerico Project contributor Jeff Lutes has a new book called Okin the Panda Bear Finds His Family. It's a magical tale about feeling different and finding your peeps, a fable for all ages about deaf culture, adoption, and non-traditional families.Read More
Public Accommodations Law Misconceptions and Trans Rights
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | December 01, 2011 | 1:00 PM |How important is it to put "gender identity" into a state public accommodations law? What should we think about bills that do not include public accommodations protection? Read More
How Not to Prevent Child Molestation
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 01, 2011 | 12:00 PM |The fear of a teacher who performed in a gay sex flick seems to stem from a mistaken belief that there are certain sexual acts that are normal and others that are abnormal.Read More
Passing Trans Human Rights in Canada With a Conservative Majority
Filed by Mercedes Allen | December 01, 2011 | 11:00 AM |"It'll never pass," I often heard. "Not with a Harper government. They'd never support human rights inclusion for transsexual and transgender people." And then it passed.Read More
Do You Know Someone Who Died of AIDS? [Open Thread]
Filed by Bil Browning | December 01, 2011 | 10:00 AM |This post originally ran in late 2009. I'm reposting it for World AIDS Day since it resulted in one of the most beautiful comment threads in the site's history. I'm hopeful several of you will share your experiences and recreate the magic.Read More
Let's 'Investigate' Gotcha TV Reporter Mike Beaudet
Filed by Bil Browning | December 01, 2011 | 9:15 AM |"I'd never heard of this Mike "Investigative Reporter" Beaudet person before he filed this "story." Here's a picture of Beaudet. He looks likes a panty-sniffing perv to me. Maybe worse. Hey, does anybody out there got any dirt on Beaudet?...Read More
30 Years into HIV/AIDS
Filed by Ed Team | December 01, 2011 | 9:05 AM |New from In The Life is this powerful segment on where we are with HIV/AIDS 30 years into the epidemic....Read More
Let's Redouble Our Commitment to Cure AIDS
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | December 01, 2011 | 9:00 AM |The debate over the federal budget and deficit reduction gets more heated each year. But on this World AIDS Day, the benefits of federal investment in research are incontrovertible. As documented earlier this year, for the first time in history, a cure for AIDS is possible.Read More
