Living: June 2008
So let me understand this...
Filed by Mike Rogers | June 30, 2008 5:30 PM |...the guy who uses a prostitute and puts his wife at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease thinks we should discriminate against people with HIV? Is David Vitter trying to go further to the right or what? First, he...Read More
Let's spend an hour or two together
Filed by Bil Browning | June 30, 2008 3:30 PM |Got some time to kill while you're twiddling away your work day? Need some company while you're filling out all those reports in triplicate? Today's your lucky day! I mentioned in an earlier post that the first half of an...Read More
Everybody wants our money and time!
Filed by Juan and Ken Ahonen-Jover | June 30, 2008 12:30 PM |Like most of you, we are often asked to give money and volunteer our time for "the election of our lifetime." Since we have an organization dedicated to give strategically, we spend lots of time thinking about what are the...Read More
Fetish, the Other F Word
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 30, 2008 11:30 AM |The most important things I ever learned about dating and relationships came from the leather community. So it bothers me when I see people and lifestyles trashed as "disgusting" or "a tarnish on our community." Or when the medical community...Read More
John Hagee's Big Mouth
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | June 30, 2008 9:30 AM |John Hagee is at it again - the super-big preacher guy is shooting off his super-big mouth. Having declared the Catholic Church as the "great whore," "homosexual rallies" as the cause of Katrina, and Hitler as "God's will" for the...Read More
Let's get inside the mind of a conservative and imagine a world without homosexuals
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 30, 2008 8:30 AM |Editor's Note: Guest blogger Robert Rouse is an anti-war activist, musician and blogger who has spent time in Crawford, TX and Washington, DC on behalf of the peace movement. He resides in Fort Wayne, IN with his wife Sheri and...Read More
Why Gay? ...female strategy for fecundity?
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 29, 2008 7:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Dr. Helen Fisher is the founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to Chemistry.com. Dr. Fisher has been posting every Sunday evening for the past month, so I hope someone fixed her a plate. I was fascinated with...Read More
Like any proud (blog) mama...
Filed by Bil Browning | June 29, 2008 12:00 PM |Everyone knows we consider ourselves the Bilerico family around here. I guess that makes me the Blog Mama since no one who knows Jerame and I would argue that I'm the butch one. *grins* One of the other ways you...Read More
I Want to Talk to My Friends!
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 29, 2008 9:00 AM |Dear Eric: About five years ago I came out to three good friends of mine. Ever since then we haven't really talked about me being gay or homosexuality in general. I think that they are uncomfortable about discussing it...Read More
Don't Make Pride "Benign" on Behalf of My Family
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 28, 2008 1:30 PM |I live in Austin, Texas, where Pride tends to be a little more laid back than other cities. Let's face it, when it's 97 degrees outside with 30% humidity, your eye shadow will melt, your leather pants will feel like...Read More
Gay Murderer of Curious George Co-author Sentenced to Life in Prison
Filed by Robert Ganshorn | June 28, 2008 12:00 PM |Editors' Note: Robert Ganshorn was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front at Purdue University before creating one of the first Public Television documentaries on gay lifestyles broadcast during his graduate studies at Indiana University. Failing to become the...Read More
SF Pride Open Thread
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | June 28, 2008 9:00 AM |This weekend is not only San Francisco Pride, it's Pride all over the damn place! I kicked off the season in April with Phoenix Pride (which was lame), and then partied my little ass off at Long Beach Pride in...Read More
Waymon is married!
Filed by Lane Hudson | June 27, 2008 10:00 PM |Ran into him at a bar in Castro - groom and marriage license in hand!...Read More
Ten Money Questions for Sabrina Matthews
Filed by Nina Smith | June 27, 2008 6:00 PM |Sabrina Matthews wears comfortable shoes and lives "amidst the doughnut shops and dude-speak" of Los Angeles. All this makes great fodder for her comedy routine while providing a healthy perspective on money, the housing market and getting paid to do...Read More
Observations on Trans Sexuality!
Filed by Fannie Fierce | June 27, 2008 3:00 PM |Hey Fannie, I'm a 27 year old gay man, and I've been getting more involved with activism, especially trans-activism. I've noticed that a lot of lesbians date trans-men, but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Why don't...Read More
Update: Bolthouse Farms and the Bolthouse Foundation are connected
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 27, 2008 11:00 AM |Bil and I were talking a couple weeks ago about the former owner of Bolthouse Farms giving $100,000 to support the anti-gay ballot initiative in California. Bolthouse Farms makes a popular line of organic fruit drinks. I told Bil that...Read More
Corporate Accountability: An Uptick? Some Reasons?
Filed by Dustin Kight | June 26, 2008 6:30 PM |Yesterday afternoon Family Equality Council released a statement from Executive Director Jennifer Chrisler on the state of our talks with TiVo, Inc. For the past three weeks, we have encouraged our supporters, their families and friends to contact TiVo and...Read More
When secrecy becomes habit
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 26, 2008 2:30 PM |Editors' note: Rob Barton is a happily married father of five who works as a musician and owns a private music school in a small town in Mass. He also teaches martial arts. He is active with numerous LGBT organizations...Read More
This will send the right wing over the edge
Filed by Bil Browning | June 26, 2008 10:00 AM |There's nothing as American as Budweiser. We know from the commercials that it's made in "St. Louis, Missouri;" the red, white and blue labeled brew is the most popular beer in the nation. Our extremely patriotic President, however, has let...Read More
Burning Obama -- and His Family -- at the Stake
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | June 25, 2008 11:30 AM |As the U.S. heads into the last frenzied months of Presidential campaigning, attacks on the belief history of Obama's family grow ever fiercer. Right-wing commentators aren't content to question Obama's positioning on his former pastor and former church. They keep...Read More
Praying for compassion compassion compassion, dammit
Filed by Gina de Vries | June 25, 2008 10:30 AM |I work part-time at a queer non-profit that does activism and outreach around issues of spirituality, religion, ministry, and LGBTQ communities. I'm the receptionist/secretary/office monkey, so the work is not super-glam, but it's a groovy job. I love the people...Read More
Praying for compassion compassion compassion, dammit
Filed by Gina de Vries | June 25, 2008 10:30 AM |I work part-time at a queer non-profit that does activism and outreach around issues of spirituality, religion, ministry, and LGBTQ communities. I'm the receptionist/secretary/office monkey, so the work is not super-glam, but it's a groovy job. I love the people...Read More
In Search of Pride
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 25, 2008 8:30 AM |I had an experience on the NYC subway last week that reminded me that no matter how out I am, no matter how many books I've written, speeches I've given, or how much advice I've offered, that being out and...Read More
I Will Go With You
Filed by Eric Leven | June 24, 2008 6:30 PM |It was 30 seconds. Ok, maybe 45 seconds but 45 seconds at the most! That's how long Rob's cock was in my ass without a condom. I really hadn't thought much about it until 3 weeks later when Rob called...Read More
I Will Go With You
Filed by Eric Leven | June 24, 2008 6:30 PM |It was 30 seconds. Ok, maybe 45 seconds but 45 seconds at the most! That's how long Rob's cock was in my ass without a condom. I really hadn't thought much about it until 3 weeks later when Rob called...Read More
Dolce & Gabbana sells gang rape
Filed by Bil Browning | June 24, 2008 11:30 AM |Dolce & Gabanna have come under fire recently for an advertisement that some have said promoted/glorified gang rape. (That ad is after the jump.) The company's most recent ad has not been scrutinized for violent connections even though one model...Read More
Massage with Benefits, Girlfriend Without
Filed by Michele O'Mara | June 24, 2008 10:30 AM |My girlfriend is the first woman I have dated. We seem to be getting serious but nothing physical has happened yet and I am a little concerned because she is a massage therapist. I know she has done things...Read More
All that sheltering emptiness
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | June 24, 2008 9:30 AM |I always liked hotel lobbies, the chandeliers and so much ceiling I'd yawn like I was oblivious, really I was trying not to go in the wrong direction. If I made a mistake then the key was to act like...Read More
Flying Marriages Under the Radar
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 23, 2008 2:30 PM |I recently had the pleasure of attending and helping out with the wedding of some close friends in the trans community (or at least until I threw my back out and hit a bout of dehydration and shock that messed...Read More
New Military Data "Tells" Only Part of the Story
Filed by Steve Ralls | June 23, 2008 1:30 PM |The New York Times is reporting that the United States military dismissed 627 service members, in 2007, under the federal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that bars openly lesbian, gay and bisexual Americans from the armed forces. The data reflects...Read More
Get a damn haircut
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 23, 2008 10:30 AM |Here's an item that rolls gender anxiety and cultural superiority all into one. Needville Elementary School in Texas is saying that Adrian Arocha, a 5-year-old Native boy, can't attend school this fall because his hair is too long. The school...Read More
Why gay? Fa'afines of Samoa solve the puzzle
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 22, 2008 7:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Dr. Helen Fisher is the founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to Chemistry.com. Dr. Fisher will be posting every Sunday evening for the next month, so someone fix her a plate. I am a public speaker by...Read More
Why gay? Fa'afines of Samoa solve the puzzle
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 22, 2008 7:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Dr. Helen Fisher is the founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to Chemistry.com. Dr. Fisher will be posting every Sunday evening for the next month, so someone fix her a plate. I am a public speaker by...Read More
Talking About Gay Marriage In High School
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 22, 2008 1:30 PM |On several occasions I've heard from high school students who have wanted advice on how to give a persuasive speech on gay issues and/or how to deal with the potential fallout from a teacher and classmates. The back-and-forth that follows...Read More
Not quite a delegate...
Filed by Jerame Davis | June 22, 2008 11:30 AM |...but I'm going to the Democratic National Committee Convention in Denver as part of the Indiana delegation anyway. I'll be a member of the Rules Committee representing LGBT Hoosiers with pride. I was running for At-Large Delegate, so getting on...Read More
Teenage Girls Make Pregnancy Pact
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | June 22, 2008 10:30 AM |When I heard this story yesterday morning, I just couldn't believe my ears. A group of teenage girls in Gloucester, Mass. has formed a new kind of club. And this time it's not like the Mean Girls. It's a pregnancy...Read More
Teenage Girls Make Pregnancy Pact
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | June 22, 2008 10:30 AM |When I heard this story yesterday morning, I just couldn't believe my ears. A group of teenage girls in Gloucester, Mass. has formed a new kind of club. And this time it's not like the Mean Girls. It's a pregnancy...Read More
Sometimes the Law Works in Mysterious Ways
Filed by Dustin Kight | June 21, 2008 3:00 PM |Just when you thought DOMA made it impossible for same-sex couples to enjoy any of the rights, privileges and responsibilities of marriage, the Department of Justice releases a legal opinion stating that nothing in the infamous 1996 federal law bars...Read More
"That's so gay" open thread
Filed by Jerame Davis | June 21, 2008 12:00 PM |EDITOR'S NOTE: Since Jerame's post keeps getting comments regularly even though it was originally published May 23rd, I thought I'd bring it back to the front page for more discussion. Does the phrase "That's so gay" bother you as much...Read More
Stop Trying to "Fix" Trans People
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 21, 2008 10:30 AM |Editors' note: Matt Kailey is the author of Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide the Transsexual Experience, the editor of Focus on the Fabulous: Colorado GLBT Voices, and the managing editor of Out Front Colorado, Colorado's oldest and largest GLBT...Read More
Stop Trying to "Fix" Trans People
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 21, 2008 10:30 AM |Editors' note: Matt Kailey is the author of Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide the Transsexual Experience, the editor of Focus on the Fabulous: Colorado GLBT Voices, and the managing editor of Out Front Colorado, Colorado's oldest and largest GLBT...Read More
IssueLab focuses on LGBTQ Youth
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 21, 2008 9:00 AM |IssueLab, a website whose goal is to bring nonprofit research into focus, has a new June round-up-- an online collection of nongovernmental research on LGBTQ youth. The research touches on issues like how to build safe school environments for LGBTQ...Read More
Mrs. Cowen-Whitman
Filed by Sara Whitman | June 20, 2008 4:00 PM |For the first time today, I was called Mrs. Cowen-Whitman. More than once. It was the last day of school and the kids all wanted to go to Tom's Pizza. We went and as I stood in line to order,...Read More
Renewal for Abstinence Only Programs Likely
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 20, 2008 3:00 PM |In spite of the ever-mounting research showing that it is completely ineffectual, it appears as though the Bush administration's abstinence-only, wait-until-marriage programs for schools will be renewed. According to 365gay.com: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,...Read More
10 Tips for GLBT folks in Dealing with Family and Friends
Filed by Michele O'Mara | June 20, 2008 2:00 PM |With all of the wonderful attention resurfacing around same-sex marriages, I thought I'd pull together a list of tips for dealing with friends and family around the issue of sexual orientation. What issue? Nothing like a big ole gay wedding...Read More
Lesbian Couple Lectured at Doctors office
Filed by Sean Kosofsky | June 19, 2008 2:00 PM |West Michigan is a very conservative place, but two local lesbians were still shocked to be lectured by their doctor about their "lifestyle" when they went in for a simple issue. It is a shame that in an era of...Read More
Just saw a great gay play...
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 19, 2008 10:00 AM |Last weekend, I went down to the Festival Autrement Gay here in St. Etienne, France, to go see a play written, directed, and starred in by Alberto Lombardo (my boyfriend), Quand mon coeur bat je veux que tu l'entend (When...Read More
Marriage Equality and the Memory of Tammy Faye
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 19, 2008 9:00 AM |Yesterday my partner, Katy, and I were legally married by our friend Jay Bakker, the Pastor of Revolution NYC. During the ceremony, Jay spoke of his late mother, Tammy Faye Messner, and how happy she would have been to see...Read More
Marriage Equality and the Memory of Tammy Faye
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 19, 2008 9:00 AM |Yesterday my partner, Katy, and I were legally married by our friend Jay Bakker, the Pastor of Revolution NYC. During the ceremony, Jay spoke of his late mother, Tammy Faye Messner, and how happy she would have been to see...Read More
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then...
Filed by Terrance Heath | June 18, 2008 4:00 PM |Trigger Warning: I've never used a "trigger warning" before but there are some descriptions of severe abuse after the jump. I wanted to warn anyone whose memories of past trauma might be triggered by the descriptions. As I write this,...Read More
Good News from the AMA
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 18, 2008 3:00 PM |Good news from the American Medical Association regarding the care and treatment of transgender people. Resolution 122, called "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients," was approved by the Reference Committee and subsequently by the entire House of Delegates....Read More
Good News from the AMA
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 18, 2008 3:00 PM |Good news from the American Medical Association regarding the care and treatment of transgender people. Resolution 122, called "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients," was approved by the Reference Committee and subsequently by the entire House of Delegates....Read More
In Memory Of
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | June 18, 2008 2:00 PM |On Father's Day I received a piece of very sad news. My good friend Daviel Wright had passed away from complications with his diabetes. The news came as quite a shock to me. Daniel was a young man and I...Read More
In Memory Of
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | June 18, 2008 2:00 PM |On Father's Day I received a piece of very sad news. My good friend Daviel Wright had passed away from complications with his diabetes. The news came as quite a shock to me. Daniel was a young man and I...Read More
Middle School Picnic
Filed by Sara Whitman | June 18, 2008 9:00 AM |I was allowed- and yes, I do mean allowed- to go to Ben's middle school picnic today for his "team" at school. The 6th grade is divided into three teams- Yellow, Orange and Red. Ben is on Orange and today...Read More
Bad Chicago news for The Peter
Filed by Pam Spaulding | June 17, 2008 6:00 PM |The Peter is probably having a cow right now since this is in his backyard. An openly gay Chicago alderman is proposing changes to the city's domestic partner benefits plan to ensure that the partners of city workers remain insured...Read More
Anything was possible
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | June 17, 2008 11:30 AM |Sometimes you have a dream and that dream infuses everything, your relationships are part of that dream and the dream is part of your relationships and everything is hard but it's the dream that means you'll be okay. And then...Read More
Lawyer in Lawrence King Case Promises not to "Gay Bash"
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 17, 2008 10:30 AM |Even in the midst of our joy on this historic day, we cannot forget how far we have to go... The Defense Lawyer for Brandon McInerney, the 14 year old shooter of Lawrence King, has promised to be "sensitive" in...Read More
I Do! California Performs Same-Sex Marriage
Filed by Karen Ocamb | June 17, 2008 8:30 AM |Truthfully, it felt more like an event than a marriage, as a huge swarm of media - me included - descended on Robin Tyler and Diane Olson after they got out of their white stretch limo in front of the...Read More
My Marriage Decision
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 16, 2008 3:00 PM |This is an exciting day for our community. Marriage Equality is a reality in California. It's a day for celebration and reflection. Here on Bilerico, there has been much discussion about the importance of "marriage" and the fight for equality....Read More
Gay Marriage: What's the fuss about?
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 15, 2008 7:30 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger, Dr. Helen Fisher, is the founder and Chief Scientific Advisor to Chemistry.com. Dr. Fisher will be posting every Sunday evening for the next month, so someone fix her a plate. I am so delighted to be...Read More
Pride and Fatherhood
Filed by Nancy Polikoff | June 15, 2008 6:00 PM |It's Gay Pride and Father's Day in many cities. And so some words about gay fathers.... A "fatherhood movement" started in this country in the mid-1990's. Its main stated goal: Convince everyone that father absence had devastating consequences for children...Read More
Excerpt from my Letter of Resignation
Filed by Ellen Andersen | June 15, 2008 3:00 PM |After living for more than a decade in Indiana, my partner and I are pulling up stakes and moving to Vermont this summer. We're both taking positions on the faculty at the University of Vermont. We hadn't been planning to...Read More
Reflections from a PFLAG mom
Filed by Annette Gross | June 15, 2008 2:30 PM |I told myself I would be good this year. I told myself I wouldn't look. Okay, I admit, I did peek a little bit - but I couldn't help it. I was marching with PFLAG in the Parade, and as...Read More
Out In Middle School. I'm Lonely. Help! Part 3
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 15, 2008 12:00 PM |There is one question that I'm asked by young teens more often than any other and that's the question "Miserable in Middle School" asked me in the third and final part of our e-mail conversation. Here's the question: hi! i...Read More
Sex and the City Star Hopes to Save the Ta Tas
Filed by Serena Freewomyn | June 15, 2008 11:00 AM |"Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon is on a crusade - and it's all in support of the gals. Nixon recently joined Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer advocacy organization, as an Ambassador. In...Read More
Congratulations on your upcoming marriage!
Filed by Juan and Ken Ahonen-Jover | June 15, 2008 9:00 AM |First, heartfelt congratulations! This is amazing and historic because couples from any state can get married in California. Take this one-question poll if you plan to marry in California. But now a reminder of the work ahead and important information...Read More
Indianapolis IN Pride 08 parade and festival
Filed by Bil Browning | June 14, 2008 4:30 PM |I've been hanging out at the Indy Pride festival today. I took pictures of the parade and some of the booths before I came home for a breather. I think this year's Pride is bigger than any other year; the...Read More
Open Thread- What's your Guilty Pleasure?
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 14, 2008 1:30 PM |We all have them. Those things we like to do to unwind when no one is around. Those little pleasures that we would NEVER tell anyone about because it seems so silly. So spill it, Projectors: What is your guilty...Read More
Two Birds with One Column!
Filed by Fannie Fierce | June 13, 2008 1:00 PM |Dear Fannie, Now you see, i have two kinda different dilemmas. Numero Uno, Premature Ejaculation. I'm currently sleeping with this guy who shoots before we can really even get things going. Making out, touching and poof! He's done. I...Read More
Hello again....
Filed by Brynn Craffey | June 13, 2008 10:00 AM |I haven't had a chance to post here in what seems like ages! The kind editors, however, (thank you!!) have kept my name "on the masthead" in the hope I'd once again surface and be able to contribute. A number...Read More
How to get ahead in conservative circles without even trying
Filed by Bil Browning | June 12, 2008 3:00 PM |While I'm sure the Manhunt Indianapolis area was booming this week, herpes isn't the only gift the Southern Baptist Convention gave us. What's better than yet another blatant example of their hypocrisy? This would be comedy gold if it weren't...Read More
What can I say? I get around.
Filed by Bil Browning | June 12, 2008 2:30 PM |Quiet in the peanut gallery out there... *grins* Just a quick note to say that I'll be appearing on Abdul in the Morning (1430AM) tomorrow morning during the 7am hour to talk about being a gay dad. Apparently there will...Read More
Search for a "True Christian VP"?
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 12, 2008 2:00 PM |Why do all the fundie nut-jobs live in Florida? Sigh... Gary Cass, former head of the Center For Reclaiming America at the late Rev James Kennedy's Coral Ridge Ministries, has launched an online petition drive to get an evangelical Christian...Read More
HIVBigDeal.Org Goes Live
Filed by Eric Leven | June 12, 2008 12:00 PM |After working for New York City's Public Health Department from 1986 to1999 and teaching a course in the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS at Columbia University it became clear to Mary-Ann Chiasson that something more must be done. It was during this...Read More
Obama on Midwest flooding
Filed by Bil Browning | June 12, 2008 11:30 AM |The Obama campaign released a statement today on the Midwest flooding. "My heart goes out to the families in Illinois and across the Midwest, who have been forced to flee their own homes, and leave their businesses and communities behind....Read More
The Dads Focus on the Family Doesn't Want You to Know About
Filed by Dustin Kight | June 12, 2008 10:00 AM |As of 6:57pm Wednesday afternoon, 751 people have signed our petition telling TiVo to apologize to LGBTQ families and their supporters and to sever their ties with hate group Focus on the Family. And to think we only found out...Read More
Are you going to Indy Pride?
Filed by Bil Browning | June 11, 2008 6:15 PM |Indy Pride is this weekend. I'll be floating around the different booths and exhibits, so be sure to say hi if you see me. Indiana Fairness Network will have a booth where they'll be raffling off a Roadmaster 27" 18...Read More
Do You Have to Go?
Filed by Kate Clinton | June 11, 2008 1:00 PM |This is the first Tuesday after the Democratic primaries and it is blistering hot in New York. For days it had been rainy and cool and then suddenly, perhaps because it's the last days of school, and god is a...Read More
The Mongol horde
Filed by Bil Browning | June 10, 2008 6:15 PM |While Mayor Ballard is clamoring to build a new Chinatown, my neighborhood has apparently been overrun by the Mongol horde. Someone please build a big wall soon! Not only did I get a gun stuck in my face on Thursday...Read More
Bishop Robinson says "I do!"
Filed by Rev Irene Monroe | June 10, 2008 6:00 PM |The Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson is the most dangerous bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion. But witnessing this man of quiet dignity and humble beginnings join in civil union with his partner, Mark Andrew, you must ask yourself: why?...Read More
One Mighty (PFLAG) Party
Filed by Steve Ralls | June 10, 2008 12:00 PM |On Saturday morning, I had the great privilege of joining 30 PFLAG parents, and PFLAG executive director Jody Huckaby in Orlando for an early morning demonstration at the First Presbyterian Church. "Love Won Out" was staging its latest (and 50th)...Read More
Thank you, St. Gregory
Filed by Gina de Vries | June 10, 2008 9:00 AM |St. Gregory of Nyssa is one of the most crazy and beautiful churches I've ever been in. They're a progressive, very queer-friendly Episcopal church, but all of the art inside is very Russian and Greek Orthodox-influenced -- extremely ornate, and...Read More
Saltines
Filed by Sara Whitman | June 09, 2008 6:00 PM |It is funny what evokes a long ago image. An instant of flavor, or smell or the way the sun is setting in the sky. It's never expected, and as I have learned in the last few years, sometimes welcomed,...Read More
Congratulations to Bishop Gene Robinson!
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 09, 2008 1:00 PM |Bishop Gene Robinson, the openly gay Episcopal Bishop, entered into a civil union with his long time partner, Mark Andrews, this Saturday! According to PageOneQ: About 120 guests gathered at St. Paul's Church in New Hampshire for Saturday's ceremony for...Read More
Congratulations to Bishop Gene Robinson!
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 09, 2008 1:00 PM |Bishop Gene Robinson, the openly gay Episcopal Bishop, entered into a civil union with his long time partner, Mark Andrews, this Saturday! According to PageOneQ: About 120 guests gathered at St. Paul's Church in New Hampshire for Saturday's ceremony for...Read More
Free SRS a todos!
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 09, 2008 12:00 PM |From Cuba: New horizons opened up for transsexuals in Cuba with the approval of a Public Health Ministry resolution that establishes guidelines for their health care, including free gender reassignment operations. "It was just approved. The operations will begin to...Read More
Funny encounters with priests, and why I keep St. Lucy around
Filed by Gina de Vries | June 09, 2008 11:00 AM |I've always adored Russian and Greek Orthodox art. I have a little Russian Orthodox carving of the Blessed Mother, the Christ child, and (grown up) Jesus on my altar; the portrait of Saint Lucy on my altar is Greek Orthodox....Read More
Monday morning question of the day
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 09, 2008 9:00 AM |I asked this question some time ago and we had quite a conversation. With so many new people on the site this past year, it seems like we should go for it again: Has being queer affected your religion or...Read More
Water, water, everywhere
Filed by Bil Browning | June 08, 2008 5:00 PM |Thanks to several of you have written to ask if those of us from Indiana are doing okay after this weekend's massive flooding. Personally, we got a bit of water in the basement but that's about it. When we bought...Read More
Out In Middle School! Part 2
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 08, 2008 11:00 AM |Last week I posted an e-mail from a bisexual middle school student who is out and has been having problems with people teasing and harassing her. She asked for advice on what she could do and I responded to her...Read More
Out In Middle School! Part 2
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 08, 2008 11:00 AM |Last week I posted an e-mail from a bisexual middle school student who is out and has been having problems with people teasing and harassing her. She asked for advice on what she could do and I responded to her...Read More
Open Thread- What was the last good book you read?
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 07, 2008 12:00 PM |I'll admit it. I have an addiction. I read constantly. I love nothing more than curling up with a good book and tuning out of the world for awhile. Heck, I'll read just about anything- from historical biographies to trashy...Read More
Late night fright
Filed by Bil Browning | June 06, 2008 11:30 AM |What happened to Mayor Ballard making the streets safer? I'm watching the administration tout the decreasing crime rate, but I have my doubts. Take last night, for example... I went outside on our front porch for a smoke before bed...Read More
50 Ways to Keep Your Lover: # 49-50
Filed by Michele O'Mara | June 06, 2008 11:00 AM |In my book, Love Tips and Trips for Gay and Lesbian Relationships, I have identified 50 Ways to Keep Your Lover. My post last Friday offered strategies 47-48, this week I am sharing strategies 49-50....Read More
Something Ain't Right With My TiVo!
Filed by Dustin Kight | June 06, 2008 10:00 AM |Shame on you, TiVo. First you partner with James Dobson and Focus on the Family -- a partnership that has created a "SuperDad Essay Contest" we all know isn't looking for any GBTQ dads -- then you deny that the...Read More
Some Birthday Reflections
Filed by Bruce Parker | June 05, 2008 7:00 PM |I don't like my birthday. I have never enjoyed them much and probably never will. My family birthday's when I was younger were never very fun and celebrations and holidays were always hard times for my mother and I. As...Read More
Gays and lesbians should wed with their wallets.
Filed by Nina Smith | June 05, 2008 6:00 PM |"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution." - Mae West Recently, many of us in California had reason to celebrate as the State's Supreme Court ruled the ban here on gay marriage is unconstitutional. Since...Read More
Marriage Equality means Big Money for California
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 05, 2008 12:30 PM |In an interesting article in the San Francisco Chronicle (which I did a brief interview and quote for), another reason why the California Marriage Decision is good for the state was brought forward: money. In the article, "State sees economic...Read More
Marriage Equality means Big Money for California
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 05, 2008 12:30 PM |In an interesting article in the San Francisco Chronicle (which I did a brief interview and quote for), another reason why the California Marriage Decision is good for the state was brought forward: money. In the article, "State sees economic...Read More
A Thank You Note to Senator Hillary Clinton
Filed by Bruce Parker | June 05, 2008 11:30 AM |Hillary, When I was twelve, I spent a lot of time telling anyone who would listen that you were ranked as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America before even marrying Bill. You had a career before becoming...Read More
Surprise: Texas prosecutors don't like homeless poz man
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 04, 2008 5:00 PM |Even a court of law in 2008 can get caught up in AIDS panic (via BTB): Prosecutors convinced a Dallas County jury this week that HIV-positive saliva should be considered a deadly weapon. But the Centers for Disease Control and...Read More
Breaking News: No Stay for California Marriages!
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 04, 2008 4:00 PM |The California Supreme Court denied a request today to put a hold on its ruling allowing same-sex marriages after the November election. Opponents of the court's May 15 ruling had asked the justices to stay the decision until Californians vote...Read More
Share your Pride plans question of the day
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 04, 2008 10:00 AM |It's Pride month, so... Are you going to a Pride celebration in your area? Did you already go to one of the early ones?...Read More
Get Busy. Get Equal.
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 03, 2008 5:00 PM |The ACLU LGBT Project recently launched Get Busy, Get Equal , an online toolkit for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists. Get Busy, Get Equal is designed to equip activists who don't necessarily have much experience organizing with the tools...Read More
PFLAG Parents Greet the "Ex-Gays"
Filed by Steve Ralls | June 03, 2008 3:00 PM |This weekend, Orlando will be hopping with the annual Gay Days at Disney World. Thousands of LGBT people from across the country will gather in the Sunshine State to party, celebrate and tan. But it may well be early on...Read More
A shift in the texture of the air
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | June 03, 2008 2:00 PM |Sometimes I wish I could let go of sex, maybe desire would become something else like lying in the grass and holding the sky. I've been trying to regain a sense of liberation in my own sexuality, but I find...Read More
A shift in the texture of the air
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | June 03, 2008 2:00 PM |Sometimes I wish I could let go of sex, maybe desire would become something else like lying in the grass and holding the sky. I've been trying to regain a sense of liberation in my own sexuality, but I find...Read More
Just a thought about health care and John McCain
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 03, 2008 1:00 PM |John McCain is in good enough health to run for president: Republican John McCain was deemed by his doctors on Friday to be in sufficient good health to serve as president even as they reported a long history of skin...Read More
LGBT Families Day: Rights or No Rights, We're Still Parents
Filed by Sara Whitman | June 02, 2008 9:00 PM |Fall soccer forms due August 8th, doctor's appointments for summer camp forms and dinner cooked- but not yet eaten- by 4PM today. There is a little league baseball game and Zachary is pitching. By the time we get home, the...Read More
A Father By Any Other Name
Filed by Donna Rose | June 02, 2008 7:00 PM |Every year just before Father's Day I get a call from a news agency wanting to interview me about how transsexual parents celebrate this annual celebration of dads. I certainly can't answer for all transsexuals - I can only answer...Read More
Harry Jackson Home Movies
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 02, 2008 4:00 PM |This weekend Soulforce posted video of Bishop Harry Jackson's closing remarks at a dinner meeting with LGBT families at his Beltsville, Maryland church on May 24, 2008. The meeting was part of the American Family Outing, which is visiting six...Read More
Harry Jackson Home Movies
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 02, 2008 4:00 PM |This weekend Soulforce posted video of Bishop Harry Jackson's closing remarks at a dinner meeting with LGBT families at his Beltsville, Maryland church on May 24, 2008. The meeting was part of the American Family Outing, which is visiting six...Read More
Ode to a toddler
Filed by Cathy Renna | June 02, 2008 3:00 PM |I admit it - I have learned more about patience, kindness, fun and sheer joy from the "almost three" year old my wife and I share our life with, our daughter Rosemary. If you know me or have had the...Read More
Save Rent Control in California (No on Prop 98!)
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | June 02, 2008 2:00 PM |Hey, California! I know it can be hard to get out and vote on local elections--either they seem insignificant, or you're pretty convinced electoral politics will never bring real social change, let alone justice. I hear you. The thing is,...Read More
Family is what you make it
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 02, 2008 12:00 PM |In honor of the third annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, I wanted to share a little bit about my own family. Many of you know about my partner and me- we have been together for 6 years, have our...Read More
Beautiful Day in This Neighborhood
Filed by Michele O'Mara | June 02, 2008 10:00 AM |In honor of Blogging for LGBT Families Day I'm going to share one of my favorite true stories about a day in the life in our neighborhood. My partner and I live in a suburb of Indy where our little...Read More
Congratulations to Steph and Stephanie
Filed by Bil Browning | June 02, 2008 9:05 AM |Two good friends got married yesterday, Steph Mineart and Stephanie Kouteck. While the marriage, of course, isn't recognized here in Indiana, the duo are off to Canada to make it official. Both women looked absolutely stunning. I'm so happy for...Read More
Out In Middle School. Help!
Filed by Eric Marcus | June 01, 2008 9:00 AM |I often hear from middle school and high school students who are out (so brave!), but under siege. They have no interest in hiding, but often have to pay a high price for being themselves. The girl who sent me...Read More
