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Karen Ocamb

Teenager on Prop 8 Ruling: 'My Family is Finally Normal'

Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 08, 2012 6:00 PM | 0 comments

With so much attention paid to the legal aspects of the Prop 8 decision, much of the eloquence of those most directly involved has been glossed over. It's also important to hear from the people who live, eat and sleep this case, if only briefly.Read More

Guest Blogger

Looking Back: The Gay General in the Wizard of Oz

Filed by Guest Blogger | February 08, 2012 4:00 PM | 0 comments

I'm currently reading Jane Lynch's autobiography and have discovered I have more in common with Jane than I might have first realized.Read More

Davina Kotulski

Keep Leaping Toward Equality!

Filed by Davina Kotulski | February 08, 2012 2:15 PM | 0 comments

Let's keep leaping toward equality and keep the fire for equality burning strong this month. This is a leap year, after all, and the year of the Dragon.Read More

Amy Andre

Cynthia Nixon's Choice & Komen's Anti-Choice

Filed by Amy Andre | February 08, 2012 1:00 PM | 5 comments

Her main thesis seemed to be that sexual orientation can be a choice for some, and is a choice for her. The "Born This Way" crowd gasped and berated her. I yawned. She was right.Read More

Daniel Villarreal

Have Things Worsened Since 'It Gets Better' Started?

Filed by Daniel Villarreal | February 07, 2012 6:30 PM | 10 comments

It Gets Better founder Dan Savage says that anti-gay bullying has actually worsened since his campaign began.Read More

Annette Gross

Counter Protesting Westboro at the Super Bowl

Filed by Annette Gross | February 07, 2012 5:30 PM | 9 comments

Westboro Baptist Church claimed they were picketing the Super Bowl because they feel that people spend too much time watching football when they should be in church instead.Read More

Bil Browning

BREAKING: Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional (Again)

Filed by Bil Browning | February 07, 2012 1:00 PM | 2 comments

The highly anticipated Proposition 8 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been released.Read More

Yasmin Nair

New Yorker Sheds More Light on the Clementi-Ravi Story

Filed by Yasmin Nair | February 07, 2012 12:00 PM | 8 comments

Can we grapple with the complexity of the truth instead of being seduced by the more palatable tale of good and evil?Read More

Bil Browning

What to Expect from Today's Prop 8 Ruling

Filed by Bil Browning | February 07, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 comments

What can folks expect from today's highly anticipated Proposition 8 decision by a federal appeals courtRead More

Terrance Heath

Poisonous Parenting: The Santorum Edition

Filed by Terrance Heath | February 06, 2012 4:15 PM | 3 comments

It was my work-related blogging that alerted me to a remark Santorum made, comparing gay parents to felons, which inspired me to return to this series.Read More

Bil Browning

Meet Betsie Gallardo's Mothers [Video]

Filed by Bil Browning | February 06, 2012 1:00 PM | 0 comments

One of the highlights of my career was starting the viral campaign to get Betsie Gallardo freed from a Florida prison days before she died; Gallardo was falsely imprisoned under an HIV criminalization law. Her mother, Jessica Bussart, is speaking out to the media about her ordeal.Read More

Jesse Monteagudo

New Orleans Inferno: The UpStairs Lounge Fire

Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | February 06, 2012 11:30 AM | 5 comments

On June 24, 1973 an arsonist started a fire that consumed the UpStairs Lounge, a second-floor gay bar in New Orleans's French Quarter. The UpStairs Lounge Fire was both the deadliest fire in the history of New Orleans and the largest mass-killing of gay people in the US.Read More

Bil Browning

Playing Hooky [Open Thread]

Filed by Bil Browning | February 05, 2012 12:00 PM | 4 comments

When was the last time you played hooky at work or school? What did you use as your excuse and what did you really do?Read More

Karen Ocamb

Meet the Anti-Gay Woman Who Shredded the Komen Brand

Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 04, 2012 6:00 PM | 8 comments

Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel is widely credited as being the mastermind behind the Susan G. Komen Foundations decision to cut off Planned Parenthood. Now a Senior Vice President at Komen, she has a history of extreme anti-gay positions.Read More

Kyle Bella

Akilah Oliver & the Legacy of Grief

Filed by Kyle Bella | February 04, 2012 4:00 PM | 3 comments

I explore the impact the queer, Black poet Akilah Oliver has had in shaping my politics, and how her legacy can influence the way we do politics in the future.Read More