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Western Pennsylvania LGBTQ Bloggers Team Up
Filed by Sue Kerr | May 24, 2012 4:30 PM |I have my own ideas where I would like to start but I'm also very open to hearing what others have to say and determining how I can fit in to support their work. Read More
Richard Noble Nearing End of His Walk Across America
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 23, 2012 3:30 PM |Activist Richard Noble is almost finished with his walk across America for LGBT rights. This beautiful video tribute of his time on the road shows the people he's met, the proclamations of support he's elicited, the joys and troubles he's overcome.Read More
Mainstreamed in the Press
Filed by Leslie Robinson | May 22, 2012 10:00 AM |Being the old-fashioned type, I have a newspaper delivered to my door every morning. Being part of modern American society, I rarely have time to read it.Read More
NAACP's Evolution on Marriage Equality Began Decades Ago
Filed by Nadine Smith | May 21, 2012 1:30 PM |This isn't the first time the NAACP has stepped out on principle for an issue that affects the lives of LGBT people. Nor is it the first time they will experience a predictable, orchestrated backlash. Read More
John Aravosis on Boycotts [Comment of the Week]
Filed by Bil Browning | May 20, 2012 6:00 PM |In yesterday's open thread I asked the question, "Do boycotts work?" I posited that the time for using a boycott as a serious tool of grassroots organizing has come and gone. John Aravosis weighed in on the thread and makes some good points.Read More
How Should We Respond When Our Enemies Come Around?
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | May 20, 2012 3:00 PM |Whether Beenie Man's evolution, to use a term that's come into vogue, is the product of honest soul searching or results from colder, financially driven calculous, he isn't the first and won't be the last of our enemies to make a public about-face. When these about-faces happen, how are we as a community to respond? Read More
The NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality
Filed by Viktor Kerney | May 20, 2012 12:30 PM |Yesterday, the NAACP made history. During a meeting in Miami, the board of directors passed a resolution that will wholeheartedly endorse marriage equality.Read More
Freedom to Marry Founder Evan Wolfson Honored
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 16, 2012 3:30 PM |Yesterday, Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson was honored with the Medal of Distinction by Barnard College, along with President Barack Obama.Read More
America Is 'Evolving' Towards Justice
Filed by Terrance Heath | May 16, 2012 2:00 PM |President Obama nearly cost me five bucks. In the build-up to his historic interview, a co-worker announced that he would bet $5 that Obama would end of his evolution on same-sex marriage and announce his support of marriage equality.Read More
DC LGBT Orgs Evacuated After Bomb Threat
Filed by Bil Browning | May 15, 2012 2:30 PM |The offices of several LGBT organizations were evacuated today after Los Angeles police recieved a bomb threat targeting a "national gay rights organization."Read More
Indiana Equality Declares Bankruptcy
Filed by Bil Browning | May 14, 2012 1:30 PM |Indiana's only statewide LGBT advocacy organization, Indiana Equality, has filed for bankruptcy. The organization has been plagued for years with a poor reputation for financial mismanagement and inefficiency.Read More
Pittsburgh Pirates Released 'It Gets Better' Video: Now What?
Filed by Sue Kerr | May 14, 2012 12:30 PM |I must admit I was disappointed that the local media ignored the Pittsburgh Pirates "It Gets Better" video. It would appear that no one really cares. Read More
Are Porn Stars Gay Men's Idolized Rock Stars?
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | May 14, 2012 10:00 AM |We may agree that, to some extent, gay adult film stars serve our community as role models as well as objects of desire. But are they good role models? Read More
Are Log Cabin Republicans Influencing the GOP?
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 13, 2012 4:00 PM |A memo to GOP insiders and operatives warns that if Republicans continue their rhetoric and attacks on gay people after President Obama announced his support for marriage equality - they could well render the party irrelevant.Read More
Marriage, Indiana, & High School Prom [Weekly Reader]
Filed by Bil Browning | May 12, 2012 11:30 AM |You weren't able to read every post on Bilerico Project last week? Don't worry! Every weekend I round up the best Bilerico posts from the past seven days to help you stay up to date on the latest queer news and analysis.Read More
