Media: September 2011
No Such Thing as a Thousand Free Friends
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 30, 2011 12:30 PM |If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer. You're the product being sold.Read More
Uncovering America's LGBT History
Filed by Mark Segal | September 29, 2011 6:30 PM |Next week's Philadelphia Gay News, along with 30 newspapers across the country and The Bilerico Project, will begin to celebrate October as Gay History Month. This is the largest LGBT history project of any type, anywhere ever.Read More
David Badash: The Fate of Gay News Sites & Blogs
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 29, 2011 4:00 PM |The truth of the matter is that most of us in the LGBT media work our hearts out for love, not money. This is our contribution to the LGBT movement for liberation, justice and equal rights.Read More
Canadian Paper Runs Anti-Trans Advertisement
Filed by Bil Browning | September 29, 2011 3:00 PM |With California gearing up for the fight over the FAIR Education Act, how long do you think it'll be before the religious right starts trying to copy the campaign in California newspapers?Read More
Help Me Pick a Work of LGBT Graphic Nonfiction!
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 28, 2011 4:00 PM |By the end of the semester, we have to analyze a work of graphic nonfiction of our choice, and I want to use the opportunity to explore a book focused on an LGBT-themed story. Do you have any recommendations for LGBT-themed works of graphic nonfiction? Read More
Like! Facebook's New Profile Page
Filed by Bil Browning | September 27, 2011 5:00 PM |Have you seen what your new profile page will look like on Facebook starting in early October? I got a chance to set my new profile up early and thought y'all might like to take a sneak peek. I love it.Read More
7 Years: Happy Bilerico Birthday
Filed by Bil Browning | September 25, 2011 10:00 AM |Seven years ago today at 6:25am, I did Bilerico's first post.Read More
AfterElton: More Changes to LGBT Blogosphere
Filed by Bil Browning | September 24, 2011 4:00 PM |AfterElton Editor-In-Chief Michael Jensen announced yesterday that he was leaving the site he shepherded into one of the web's most popular LGBT blogs. The site is owned by Logo, the same parent company that shuttered 365gay.comRead More
OutServe Founder J.D. Smith Reveals True Identity
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 23, 2011 12:00 PM |The active duty servicemember who founded OutServe but was known in the shadows as "JD Smith" because of Don't Ask, Don't Tell - came out as Air Force First Lt. Joshua David Seefried on the Rachel Maddow Show Tuesday night.Read More
Free Speech Explained in Four Sentences
Filed by Bil Browning | September 20, 2011 5:00 PM |I ran across this story on the Christian Broadcasting Network today and it stunned me for the illogical tone it took with the article. Talk about preaching to the choir...Read More
Is Dan Savage Really This Naive & Uninformed?
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 20, 2011 12:00 PM |While appearing on the Lawrence O'Donnel Show on MSNBC, on the eve of the fresh demise of DADT last night and while answering questions about how he felt about the repeal, Dan Savage misstated the actual situation regarding DADT and transgender people in the military - on more than one occasion.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
Are All British Media Owners Jackasses?
Filed by Bil Browning | September 19, 2011 2:00 PM |What's the deal with owners of British newspapers acting like jackasses lately?Read More
Anti-gay Televangelist Pat Robertson Redefines Marriage Vows
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 18, 2011 10:00 AM |Watch as notoriously anti-gay televangelist Pat Robertson radically redefines marriage!Read More
Kink Academy: Get Wet With Me
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 17, 2011 4:00 PM |Thought my friends here might get a kick out of this little interview I gave to the lovely Princess Kali of Kink Academy during a trip to Washington DC last month.Read More
Rachel Maddow & New Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 16, 2011 1:00 PM |Respected consumer advocate and Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren announced on Wednesday that she is running against incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown for the seat that was once held by liberal lion Ted Kennedy.Read More
NLGJA: Why I've Joined the Board of a National Organization
Filed by Bil Browning | September 15, 2011 7:00 PM |While I wasn't able to attend the NLGJA convention this year, it's gratifying to not only be the first independent blogger to win the Excellence in Online Journalism Award, but to also be elected to serve on the organization's board of directors.Read More
GLAAD All Over
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | September 15, 2011 6:00 PM |There is still a place for GLAAD in the LGBT community, but it must choose its battles carefully.Read More
FOX News Anchor Decimates Anti-Trans Shrink
Filed by Bil Browning | September 15, 2011 1:00 PM |FOX contributor Dr. Ablow has made a splash lately for warning parents not to let their kids watch Chaz Bono on Dancing with the Stars and it seems most of the media and psychiatric circles are having none of it.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
LGBT Media Shrinks Further: 365gay to Close
Filed by Bil Browning | September 11, 2011 11:30 AM |As the LGBT online world continues to reorganize, longtime queer news site 365gay.com has become the latest casualty. With several sites shutting down recently, I'd be interested to hear Projectors' thoughts on why the trend is happening and where it'll end.Read More
Is It Okay to Disagree?
Filed by Viktor Kerney | September 08, 2011 10:00 AM |The one thing that bugs me about our community is how those having a difference of opinions are treated. For some reason, it when anyone has a different view about specific topics, they become the enemy of the state.Read More
Are Reports of Blogging's Demise Exaggerated?
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 07, 2011 4:00 PM |Every time I hear news of the "death" of one medium or another, I take it with an entire box of Morton's. But for the latest report on the death of blogging, I may need stock in a salt mine. Read More
NYT: Gays Discharged Under DADT Seek to Re-Enlist
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 06, 2011 3:00 PM |The New York Times has a good story out Monday about how some of the more than 13,000 LGBT servicemembers discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" want to re-enlist but face many obstacles to doing so. Read More
Primetime Sends Mixed Transgender Message
Filed by Nancy Polikoff | September 06, 2011 8:00 AM |Just a couple of years ago, Barbara Walters did an extraordinary job covering trans kids on a 20/20 special. ABC's Primetime Nightline is on the same network. I figured it would be just as good. Read More
