Living: September 2011
Will Unheard Voices Be Heard in Schools?
Filed by Dana Rudolph | September 30, 2011 2:00 PM |There's a great new resource for teaching LGBT history in middle and high schools - and it might even teach us adults something.Read More
Not-So-Heartwarming Video: Gay Soldier Comes Out to Mom
Filed by Bil Browning | September 30, 2011 11:30 AM |Remember the young soldier who came out to his father on a video from the war zone? A half hour later, the soldier came out to his mother and filmed it too. It didn't go as well.Read More
A Good Laugh: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 30, 2011 10:30 AM |A feel-good find from 1955, this vintage home photo is so human and real it feels completely alive to me.Read More
NY Medicaid May Cover Gender Reassignment Surgery
Filed by Bil Browning | September 30, 2011 9:30 AM |Encouraging news out of New York State this morning. The state is considering covering gender reassignment surgery under Medicaid.Read More
Shark Attack: Another Obnoxious PETA Ad
Filed by Bil Browning | September 29, 2011 1:00 PM |I know, shocker. Right?!? Surely PETA wouldn't put out an ad campaign mocking a tragedy and vaguely linking it to animal rights?Read More
Happy Trails to Them
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 29, 2011 11:00 AM |Sweet little find home photo of two well-tanned guys having fun in the sun together. The boots are purrrfect.Read More
How to Make an American Fundie's Head Explode
Filed by Bil Browning | September 29, 2011 10:00 AM |For all the American religious right calls to "Think of the children!", it seems that England actually is.Read More
Feds' HIV Budget Rescues ADAP - But at a Price
Filed by D Gregory Smith | September 28, 2011 2:00 PM |This is good news - increased funding is great, the places and populations with higher incidence rates should get more funding - but it comes with a price. Maybe a heavy price.Read More
Fellow Travelers: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 28, 2011 1:30 PM |The tall gent's shoes are amazing - and dig that fancy moustache. Ooh la la.Read More
Worst Employer Winner: Amazon Warehouse
Filed by Bil Browning | September 28, 2011 8:00 AM |After my experiences with Hewlett-Packard, I shouldn't be surprised at Amazon's business practices, but I'm still disgusted.Read More
Sir's Special Night Out: Gender Fluid Gem
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 27, 2011 4:30 PM |A rare, beautiful, turn-of-the-20th century image of a delighted maid watching the lovely transformation of her Sir to her Ma'am.Read More
The Next Troy Davis, Pt. 1
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 27, 2011 1:30 PM |While many questions remain about the case against Davis, even after his death, there's one I want to focus on here: Who will be the next Troy Davis? Because someone will be. Our system of justice guarantees it.Read More
Southwest Boots L Word Actress Off Plane
Filed by Bil Browning | September 27, 2011 12:30 PM |Southwest Airlines kicked L Word actress Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend off a flight to Los Angeles after the two kissed. A flight attendant told them that Southwest is "a family airline" and then ejected them from the plane.Read More
What Does a Bisexual Look Like?
Filed by Amy Andre | September 27, 2011 10:00 AM |My spouse and I were walking down the street the other day, when a man in a pick-up truck shouted a word from his vehicle. He shouted out the word "lesbians!"Read More
Spiritual Rage
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 26, 2011 5:00 PM |Guest blogger Chris Glaser reminds us that media preoccupation with clergy sexual abuse scandals and cover-ups overlook the far more pervasive spiritual abuse that virtually all LGBT people have endured.Read More
Beautiful Friendship: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 26, 2011 3:15 PM |Such an improbable duo, and lap-sitting in photos is rare for the period, but it's still impossible to draw any conclusions about these guys.Read More
Photo Essay: New WeHo Library Invites Cultural Renaissance
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 26, 2011 1:00 PM |I am a child of what conservatives in the dark and conformist 1950s called the Countercultural movement. Born of the outlaw and beatnik Howl against societal oppression, the 1960s flourished with color and celebration of individual creativity and artistic expression.Read More
New Standards of Care for the Health of Trans People
Filed by Kelley Winters | September 26, 2011 10:15 AM |Yesterday, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released it's 7th version of Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People (SOC) in Atlanta.Read More
Comment of (Last) Week: Don Sherfick on Pacifism
Filed by Bil Browning | September 26, 2011 9:15 AM |What are your thoughts, Projectors? Is war justified? Now that LGB people are allowed to serve openly, should they?Read More
Losing Weight: Moderation Is Fanatical
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | September 25, 2011 5:30 PM |I've pondered the subject of exercise and my effort to understand my motives or, more specifically, my need to tease apart the dreaded surrender to an "ideal" physical appearance from some kind of real or authentic (virtuous?) health consciousness.Read More
Atheism Continues Upswing in America
Filed by Michael Hamar | September 25, 2011 4:00 PM |Even as the Republican Party races to turn itself into a completely religious based party, the trend in the larger American public is away from religion.Read More
Fleshlight Freaks Sex Toys [Maybe NSFW]
Filed by Bil Browning | September 25, 2011 2:30 PM |Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes a sex toy distributor to disabuse you of that idea. Fleshlight - best known for their masturbation aid in a tube - has launched a new Halloween themed line called "Fleshlight Freaks."Read More
Getting the Call: Conversion
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 25, 2011 11:30 AM |Guest blogger Marc Anderson poignantly shares what it's like to get the call from the doctor that your HIV test results came back positive.Read More
Anti-Gay Meg Whitman Named New President & CEO of HP
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 24, 2011 12:00 PM |Meg Whitman has been named the new president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. The announcement comes a year after Whitman's unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in California, where her stance (or lackthereof) on LGBT issues was spotlighted.Read More
That's Just How We Scroll
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 24, 2011 10:00 AM |Apple released its new operating system, Mac OS X Lion, back in July, and I've had a question that's been bugging me ever since I upgraded: What's up with the scrolling? I now have an answer. Read More
One Year Anniversary of Asher Brown's Suicide
Filed by Bil Browning | September 23, 2011 1:00 PM |His parents are asking people to please take a moment to recognize Asher and the other victims of bullying at today at 9pm Eastern/8 Central.Read More
Melissa Etheridge & Tammy Lynn Michaels Divorce Drama
Filed by Bil Browning | September 23, 2011 11:00 AM |Looks like lesbian celebrity couple Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels break-up isn't going so well.Read More
Personae: Gender Fluid Gem
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 23, 2011 10:00 AM |I've had this in my files for a while and keep returning to it trying to puzzle it out. Read More
Does Bullying Rhetoric Miss The Mark?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 23, 2011 9:00 AM |This research suggests that the "bullying" narrative may be counterproductive for young adults caught up in the drama. Read More
One Year Ago: The End of Florida's Anti-Gay Adoption Ban
Filed by Nadine Smith | September 23, 2011 8:00 AM |September 22nd marked the one-year anniversary of the fall of Florida's anti-gay adoption ban.Read More
The Twilight of the Redhead
Filed by Mark S. King | September 22, 2011 4:00 PM |When I came bursting from the closet while in high school, I managed to finally celebrate my red hair along with my sexuality, and reveled in both. I discovered the men who loved redheads, and at last, I'd found the ideal purpose for the trait that once humiliated me.Read More
Taking Back The Vote
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 22, 2011 1:00 PM |When the tea party shouts their desire to take "their country" back, make no mistake the first thing they want to take back is the right to vote. They don't just want to take it back. They want to transform it, again.Read More
Three Executions: Compare & Contrast
Filed by Bil Browning | September 22, 2011 10:15 AM |Let's take a brief look at three recent executions that were scheduled within the past week. What do you think of the death penalty in general: justified or barbaric?Read More
Tyler Clementi One Year Later: An Interview with Jim Swimm
Filed by Leone Kraus | September 22, 2011 8:00 AM |Jim Swimm was the one who found Tyler Clementi floating face down in the Hudson. A year after his death, I asked Jim if it would be okay to interview him about it and how his life has changed because of it.Read More
Gay Former Staffer Sues Jesse Jackson
Filed by Bil Browning | September 21, 2011 3:00 PM |Tommy Bennett, a gay former employee of Jesse Jackson's PUSH Coalition, has filed a lawsuit alleging he was discriminated against based on his sexual orientation, sexually harassed by Jackson, and regularly forced to perform degrading chores for the popular African-American activist.Read More
MS Teen Indicted for Hate Crime Murder
Filed by Bil Browning | September 21, 2011 2:00 PM |White Mississippi teen Deryl Dedmon, 19, has been indicted on capital murder and hate crime charges for killing an African-American man by running over him with his truck. The victim was severely beaten before being killed.Read More
Rough Trade: Vintage Hunk
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 21, 2011 1:30 PM |This photo was a fascinating surprise. Found it in an estate sale on eBay with no history - just a mystery!Read More
Formspring.me Is Damaging Our LGBT Youth
Filed by Leone Kraus | September 21, 2011 12:30 PM |Buffalo, New York teenager Jamey Rodermeyer recently took his own life after enduring anti-gay bullying for months - especially online and specifically Formspring.me. It's important to know what tools are being used against our community if we plan on combatting it.Read More
Montana State Bar Elects First Openly Gay President
Filed by D Gregory Smith | September 20, 2011 6:00 PM |There's something important about this: Shane Vannatta's election is one more reason LGBTQ kids don't have to leave to lead safe and successful lives.Read More
Life Is a Beach: Vintage Hairy Hunks
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 20, 2011 4:00 PM |Sometimes simple photos like these are sexier to me than all the artificial poses put together. HOT! Or not? What do you say?Read More
Marriage Equality Panel Poses The Hard Questions
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 20, 2011 9:00 AM |I'm on a panel at Ramapo College on marriage equality, and they're going to ask me the hard questions. Read More
Countdown to Honesty: DC DADT Repeal Party
Filed by Bil Browning | September 20, 2011 8:00 AM |Includes video of the final minute before Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed and the start of the celebration as servicemembers reveled in their new freedom.Read More
Just a Leatherboy: Vintage Photo
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 19, 2011 6:00 PM |Do you understand the allure of leather? Does it turn you on or off?Read More
Begrudging Kudos for Denver Post
Filed by Bil Browning | September 19, 2011 4:00 PM |While I'd normally skip linking to the Denver Post or quoting anything they had to say thanks to their participation in the Righthaven lawsuits, the company just announced that they're abandoning the rightwing copyright infringement money-making scheme.Read More
Christian School Gives Lesbian the Boot
Filed by Bil Browning | September 19, 2011 1:00 PM |LGBT-affirming Christians always have such a hard time convincing our community that their god is a loving savior thanks to jackasses like the headmaster of The Master's School.Read More
Black Trans Respondents Fared Worse In Discrimination Survey
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 19, 2011 10:00 AM |A recent analysis of data from the newest large-scale survey of discrimination against transgender and transsexual people shows that Black trans respondents fared far worse than others in the survey. Read More
When a Prominent Marriage Activist Gets Divorced
Filed by Davina Kotulski | September 17, 2011 6:00 PM |What did you do this summer? You probably know what I did this summer. I filed for divorce.Read More
Cheers to the Freakin' Weekend...
Filed by Sara Whitman | September 17, 2011 2:00 PM |I can't get that song out of my head. I've been all about songs in the last week. Asking people what song stands out to them, why it has meaning, why it makes them happy or sad. it's been a fascinating exercise.Read More
For God's Sake, Put Your Shirt On
Filed by Mark S. King | September 17, 2011 10:00 AM |First, in the interest of full disclosure, I should reveal that I used to be, in my distant youth, kinda hot. Anyway, my biceps have withered and I've grown resentful, so allow me the tirade of an aging gay man.Read More
Video: Brandon McInerney Jurors Speak
Filed by Bil Browning | September 16, 2011 12:00 PM |Two of the jurors from Brandon McInerney's trial for killing Lawrence King talked about the deliberations with an LA Fox station. Fascinating.Read More
A Day at the Lake: 1920s Female Swimmers
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 16, 2011 11:00 AM |It's the tiny details - hand placements, hip positions, easy familiarity, and slight possessiveness from the girl on the right - that make me wonder how close these 1920s women really were.Read More
Trans Employees No Longer Under Threat from Social Security
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 16, 2011 9:00 AM |Transgender employees will no longer be outed to employers by the Social Security Administration. Read More
The Melting Pot of Love
Filed by Michele O'Mara | September 16, 2011 8:00 AM |When two people form a relationship it is a cross-cultural experience, even when you come from the same city, town, ethnicity, and religion. Read More
A Dream? A Lie? Or Something Worse?
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 15, 2011 5:00 PM |It doesn't come as a surprise to me that downward mobility is the trend that seems likely to dominate the next decade - especially if Washington continues its current trend.Read More
How the Denver Principles Changed AIDS & Health Care Forever
Filed by Mark S. King | September 15, 2011 3:00 PM |You must know this, because it matters. Because it has already changed your life and you may not even realize it.Read More
Help George Carlin Stick It To God
Filed by Don Davis | September 15, 2011 2:00 PM |A language warning: we'll be quoting George Carlin liberally, and that means there may be present today certain of the seven words with which he created one of his best known routines. You are now officially warned.Read More
A Day at the Beach: 1920s Male Swimmers
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 15, 2011 12:00 PM |When did American men become so afraid of displaying affection? This photo from the 1920s seems sexually ambiguous to us now because, back then, men were allowed to hug, embrace, hold hands, and otherwise show same-sex affection.Read More
Gay Activist Alliance Co-Founder Arthur Evans Dies
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 15, 2011 11:00 AM |Arthur Evans, born in York, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1942, died in San Francisco over the weekend. Evans co-founded the Gay Activists Alliance months after the Stonewall riots.Read More
The 32nd Day: Reader Opinion Thread
Filed by Bil Browning | September 15, 2011 10:00 AM |If you've been following along for the past month, you know I've been sharing a photo and then writing the backstory about it as preparation for writing a book of short autobiographical sketches. Now I need your help.Read More
31 Days: Bil-Eri (co)
Filed by Bil Browning | September 14, 2011 7:00 PM |This has been the hardest story to write of the entire series of 31 posts. Why? Because I feel compelled to do justice to the subject.Read More
Great Grease! Vintage Hunks in Trunks
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 14, 2011 1:00 PM |Had to google around to figure out why they were smearing themselves with grease.Read More
Five Years in Prison for McDonalds Attacker
Filed by Bil Browning | September 14, 2011 11:00 AM |So what do you think? Is five years in prison enough punishment? Or does she deserve more?Read More
Suing the Vatican for 'Crimes Against Humanity'
Filed by Bil Browning | September 14, 2011 8:00 AM |I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV. Can any of our legal beagles fill us in on whether or not this has a chance of happening?Read More
Hooters: We Love 9/11 Victims
Filed by Bil Browning | September 13, 2011 7:00 PM |Hang on to your chair when you watch this eye-popping 9/11 "tribute" produced by your friendly local breast and wings shack. Because, you know, without flagrant exploitation of a tragedy for marketing purposes, the terrorists win. Or something.Read More
31 Days: It's Amazing What You'll Find in the Basement
Filed by Bil Browning | September 13, 2011 5:00 PM |As we started scrounging through the mens' section at Filene's Basement, Jerame leaned over and whispered to me, "Isn't that Corey Monteith from Glee?"Read More
Our Own Private Disasters
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 13, 2011 1:00 PM |What's even scarier than natural disasters? The tea-party-conserva-tarian dystopia of the future - where there is no more public sector and there are no more public workers.Read More
The Securitization of Gender
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 13, 2011 9:00 AM |The highly-regarded political scientist, Dr. Paisley Currah, has an article in the upcoming edition of the venerable journal Social Research, discussing the TSA's use of gender in its security programs.Read More
Find Me a Find
Filed by Leslie Robinson | September 13, 2011 8:00 AM |The matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof would have a coronary over the kind of matchmaking being practiced these days. And by a rabbi, no less. The shmendrik.Read More
31 Days: Thirteen Years to Mt. Vernon
Filed by Bil Browning | September 12, 2011 7:00 PM |The fact that Jerame and I ever went on a first date is practically miraculous. I spent months trying to shake him and his advances; I actively discouraged him, in fact. I wanted nothing to do with him.Read More
31 Days: Is that a Hamster in Your Hat?
Filed by Bil Browning | September 12, 2011 1:00 PM |My parents got divorced when I was young; Dad walked out on Mom on my tenth birthday. Walter was an older man who lived across the country lane on land that used to be a soybean field.Read More
WeHo Remembers 9/11 Pop Luck Club Co-Founders
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 12, 2011 12:00 PM |On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, West Hollywood hosted a special remembrance for Daniel Brandhorst, Ronald Gamboa and their son, who died when United Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles flew into the second tower of the World Trade Center.Read More
LGBT Issues In Policing
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 12, 2011 11:00 AM |How do we introduce our aspiring young law enforcement officers to important issues of 21st century diversity, when all they know is CSI and Ghost in the Machine?Read More
Another DC Trans Shooting
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 12, 2011 8:30 AM |Another assault on a trans person in DC, and questions about reportingRead More
Comment of the Week: Jesse Monteagudo on Top 20 Queer Things
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 11, 2011 7:00 PM |Did we create the monster that wishes to destroy us?Read More
Nathan Carroll, On 9/11 I Salute You
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 11, 2011 5:30 PM |If 9/11 stands for anything, it stands for the proposition that we must stand together to overcome violence and attempts at bullying by evil people whose beliefs demonize us and cal l for our destruction.Read More
9/11: Ten Years After
Filed by Ricci Levy | September 11, 2011 4:00 PM |Today is a good time to renew our commitment to the ongoing battle to secure the values of liberty, freedom and democracy that have been crushed in the response to the tragedy of 9/11.Read More
Some Thoughts About 9/11
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | September 11, 2011 1:00 PM |On September 11, we were camped in a state park just outside Ithaca, New York. Probably because my life was falling apart, because what was happening in the camper and in my heart was so compelling, I barely had room for this other thing.Read More
9-11 Remembered: A Flight Attendant's Tale
Filed by Waymon Hudson | September 11, 2011 10:00 AM |It's important that we remember what happened and how we reacted as individuals and as a nation, especially in light of the recent abhorrent and repugnant bigotry, divisions, and fear that many have stoked in the name of scoring political points.Read More
31 Days: Big Man, Bigger Woman
Filed by Bil Browning | September 10, 2011 6:00 PM |Jerame's mom, Sherry, is a small wisp of a woman with a spine of steel and she didn't much care for me when we first met thirteen years ago.Read More
9/11: When We Were One
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 10, 2011 4:00 PM |Guest blogger Chris Glaser reminds us of when categories seemed to disappear; divisive walls came down. We were no longer Democrats or Republicans, no longer black or white, no longer gay or straight. We were humbled, but not by the terrorists.Read More
Harvard College Hires Queer Student Life Director
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 10, 2011 2:00 PM |This week Harvard College hired its first paid staff person dealing specifically with support for LGBT students and services. Read More
31 Days: The Squanto Baby
Filed by Bil Browning | September 09, 2011 3:00 PM |When I was a kid I loved to play with dolls. My favorite was a big stuffed Native American doll my grandmother made me. I named him Squanto.Read More
ADAP Crisis: How You Can Help
Filed by D Gregory Smith | September 09, 2011 1:00 PM |I'm working with Project Inform to help with HIV advocacy in the United States. Won't you take a minute and sign the petition?Read More
Massive Blackout Caused by Human Error
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 09, 2011 11:30 AM |Very scary prospect - on the cusp of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 - that one single person could cause such widespread trouble. Just how secure are we?Read More
NYC & DC Terrorism Threat 'Credible;' San Diego Loses Power
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 09, 2011 9:00 AM |No sooner had President Obama completed his 30-minute-plus address to Congress on his proposed jobs bill than Homeland Security reporters advised of a possible terrorist threat on the anniversary of 9/11.Read More
Top 20 Things That Owe Their Existence to Queers
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 09, 2011 8:00 AM |After reading the Bilerico Project's list of the Top 20 Most Important LGBT Figures in History by Adam Polaski, guest blogger Jeremy Redlien thought that it would be a good idea to create an entirely different sort of list.Read More
31 Days: Kittens in the Flowerpot
Filed by Bil Browning | September 08, 2011 5:15 PM |Today's story though is about the kittens and their untimely demise. If you're easily upset, you might want to skip this post.Read More
UK Lifts Lifetime Blood Ban for Gay Men
Filed by Bil Browning | September 08, 2011 1:00 PM |The UK has lifted its lifetime ban on gay men who want to donate blood. The new regulations say that a man who hasn't had oral or anal sex with another man in the past year is allowed to donate.Read More
31 Days: The Boyfriend Who Came Back from the Dead
Filed by Bil Browning | September 07, 2011 7:00 PM |My first relationship didn't end well. It didn't especially start that hot either, so I should have seen it coming.Read More
The Saint of 9/11
Filed by Father Tony | September 07, 2011 6:00 PM |Let's take a moment to remember the gay priest who was the first 9/11 victim.Read More
31 Days: My Chipmunk Friend
Filed by Bil Browning | September 06, 2011 5:00 PM |I was in middle school when I unexpectedly became a surrogate mother for a chipmunk.Read More
Everyone Knows Uncle!
Filed by Davina Kotulski | September 06, 2011 12:00 PM |What would you do? What would you do if your entire hometown found out you'd been keeping a secret?Read More
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Filed by Annette Gross | September 06, 2011 11:00 AM |Yesterday I was invited to my first commitment ceremony between two men. Did buildings fall down and did birds come dropping out of the sky? Did oceans flood the land and did volcanoes erupt? Did millions of happy marriages disintegrate? No!Read More
31 Days: When Organized Labor Came to Our Rescue
Filed by Bil Browning | September 05, 2011 2:15 PM |I'm not allowed to say the name of the business we're standing in front of for this photo. Read More
31 Days: Blood in the Shower
Filed by Bil Browning | September 04, 2011 4:00 PM |My book will be autobiographical with plenty of juicy scandalous made-up sections and outrageous quotes from famous people and nobodies alike. There will be romance and intrigue, adventure and comedy, and scads of horrific incidents throughout.Read More
31 Days: Meridian Hill Park
Filed by Bil Browning | September 02, 2011 3:00 PM |The history of the area surrounding Meridian Hill park is absolutely fascinating. The area was still rural when Mary Foote Henderson literally built a castle across the street and drew up plans to build a new Executive Mansion on the hill.Read More
NJ Anti-Bullying Law Goes Into Effect
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 02, 2011 12:00 PM |"The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights" went into effect this week in New Jersey. The comprehensive state-wide anti-bullying policy is one of the strictest anti-bullying measures in the country.Read More
Black Gay Men: Looking Forward & Backward
Filed by Antoine Craigwell | September 02, 2011 11:00 AM |While many black men are demonstrably strong against the usual suspects, which tend to want to oppress them and make them less than, they seem to be powerless against belonging to a gay community that is fragmented, divisive, unwelcoming, and untrustworthy.Read More
Feel Good: Chipotle Pulls a Fast (Food) One
Filed by Bil Browning | September 02, 2011 9:00 AM |A feel-good liberal ad touting the goodness of farm-fresh meat at Chipotle's. No factory pigs here, folks! Just worker exploitation, hypocrisy, and hidden meat ingredients...Read More
Hung Jury in Larry King Murder Trial
Filed by Bil Browning | September 01, 2011 5:45 PM |It looks like the gay panic defense has worked again.Read More
31 Days: Minneapolis' Cold Night Air
Filed by Bil Browning | September 01, 2011 5:00 PM |When I went to Minneapolis earlier this year for the Creating Change conference, I'll admit that I hated the city. By the second day I was ready to pack up and go home. It was just too damn cold.Read More
We Write Our History in the Present
Filed by Kyle Bella | September 01, 2011 3:30 PM |How can a single film inspire a series of community events targeted specifically toward empowering LGBTQ youth of color by encouraging them to write history?Read More
'You Are Loved'
Filed by D Gregory Smith | September 01, 2011 2:00 PM |I've written about the importance of Rural Pride Celebrations before - but if you want to see it firsthand, or if you ever wondered what the 2011 Montana Pride Celebration was like - well wonder no more.Read More
The Governor Who Wore a Dress
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 01, 2011 12:00 PM |One of the remarkable characters I discovered while doing some transgender history research for my book was Lord Cornbury. He was the British Governor of New York and New Jersey in the colonial era.Read More
K-Y to Launch National Lesbian Commercial
Filed by Bil Browning | September 01, 2011 8:00 AM |They also offered to send me a free sample for "any female friends or colleagues." Any takers? We're all amongst friends here, right? Read More
