October 29, 2008
Web exclusive footage with NAACP Chair Julian Bond
Filed by IN THE LIFE | October 29, 2008 | 8:00 PM |iPhone users: Click to watch In this exclusive footage, NAACP Chair Julian Bond and Washington Post writer Jonathan Capehart discuss the common ties of The Civil Rights and LGBT Civil Rights movements. Bond speaks of the divisive tactics used in...Read More
Armageddon in California
Filed by Sara Whitman | October 29, 2008 | 7:00 PM |I have a question for all those religious groups are pouring money into California to try and make a constitutional amendment to limit access to legal contracts - and that is what marriage is, a legal contract, first and foremost...Read More
CNN moves Indiana to "tossup"
Filed by Bil Browning | October 29, 2008 | 7:00 PM |While a source inside CNN told me to expect this sometime today, I still can't believe my eyes. CNN has moved Indiana from the "Leans McCain" column to "Tossup." The new Research 2000 poll showing Obama up by 1% tipped...Read More
Labor Support For No on 8 Goes Beyond $$$
Filed by Jeremy Bishop | October 29, 2008 | 6:00 PM |At this point in the No on 8 campaign, labor unions have donated close to $3 million dollars to defeat this unjust and unfair proposition that is a smack in the face to all working people. From a labor perspective,...Read More
Write to Marry Day: My Marriage Story
Filed by Waymon Hudson | October 29, 2008 | 5:30 PM |Many of the readers on Bilerico know that my partner, Anthony Niedwiecki, and I were married in California this summer. I posted about the entire experience, from our initial decision to marry in California to the wedding day itself. I...Read More
DNC condemns Indiana anti-gay campaign mailing
Filed by Bil Browning | October 29, 2008 | 4:00 PM |On Tuesday I posted to Bilerico-Indiana about an anti-gay flier sent by the Indiana Democratic State Committee on behalf of State Representative candidate Andy Schemenaur. The mailing, paid for by the state party, called for "a constitutional amendment that defines...Read More
Gay robocallers do a bad impression of LGBT rights groups
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2008 | 3:00 PM |Oh, yeah, they're going there in South Carolina. State senate candidate Mick Mulvaney (R, no surprise) launched these calls against his opponent Mandy Powers Norrell. iPhone users: Click to watch They can't even muster a good parody - a gay...Read More
Trans-Activism Blossoms in Unlikely Environment
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 29, 2008 | 2:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Rhodes Perry is the field and policy manager for PFLAG. Before joining PFLAG, Rhodes worked for the US Office of Management and Budget, focusing on federal benefit programs and policies that provide assistance to low-income communities....Read More
GMHC: HIV/AIDS Update on 2008 Presidential Candidates
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | October 29, 2008 | 1:00 PM |Below, please find the updated 2008 Presidential Candidate Report from GMHC to help you understand the candidates positions on HIV/AIDS issues. There are several other significant issues that are not addressed in the update below- such as the call for...Read More
The Courage Campaign Goes to the Mormon Church
Filed by Karen Ocamb | October 29, 2008 | 12:30 PM |On Tuesday, angry over the extraordinary amount of money the Utah-based Mormon Church has given to Prop 8, the ballot initiative that would "eliminate right of same-sex couples to marry," Rick Jacobs, chair of the Courage Campaign Issues Committee, and...Read More
$700B for Wall Street, but $600K is too much for homeless queers
Filed by Alex Blaze | October 29, 2008 | 11:30 AM |Proving yet again (as if we needed to see it again) that butter and guns trade-off, a queer homeless shelter that caters to youth in NYC might get shut down: A leading provider of services for New York City's homeless...Read More
Fondue
Filed by Kate Clinton | October 29, 2008 | 11:00 AM |My friend Sally had a special request for her birthday party - fondue! Get your sticks out, that pot of cheese soup is making a comeback. During the party, I noticed some scary double dipping. It's the beginning of flu...Read More
Cabbies know best
Filed by Sara Whitman | October 29, 2008 | 10:00 AM |I was at a table of volunteers, all calling people. It's wild here right now. Calling for volunteers, calling for Election Day visibility. There is a volunteer coordinator who is a clone of my sister in law, Tonita who is...Read More
Will the Real Black Folk (& Real Americans) Please Stand Up?
Filed by Bishop Mahee | October 29, 2008 | 10:00 AM |I just got through reading comments detailing remarks made in support of Florida's hateful Amendment 2 by a niece of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Alveda King. Dr. King's niece has once again aligned herself (while invoking...Read More
We're giving away ten L Word Season 5 box sets!
Filed by Bil Browning | October 29, 2008 | 8:30 AM |Today we're giving away 10 copies of The L Word Season 5 courtesy of Showtime Networks. To win, just leave a comment on this post. Ten winners will be drawn at random, but you cannot enter more than once. Contest...Read More
Given what's at stake
Filed by Ed Team | October 29, 2008 | 7:30 AM |"One of the things I love about the ACLU is that it's an organization that understands we are all in this together. We recognize that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. "Given what's at stake in the outcome...Read More
I'm a human being douchebag
Filed by Bil Browning | October 29, 2008 | 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch While a lot of folks have complained about the actual No on 8 commercials, the YouTube videos submitted by ordinary folks have been spectacular. Take this one, for example. While it's a little confusing, the...Read More
