March 12, 2009
Out, Proud, and in Elected Office
Filed by Waymon Hudson | March 12, 2009 | 5:30 PM |The past few days have been a whirlwind here in sunny South Florida for my husband Anthony Niedwiecki and me. Hopefully you've heard by now that Anthony was elected to the City Commission in Oakland Park, a part of the...Read More
Freedom to Serve Rally Friday, March 13th at Noon
Filed by Michael Crawford | March 12, 2009 | 5:00 PM |Nothing makes the case for the repeal of the anti-gay Don't Ask Don't Tell better than this article from the San Francisco Chronicle: The Army fired 11 soldiers in January for violating the military's policy that gay service members must...Read More
What We Can Learn From Rush Limbaugh
Filed by Rebecca Juro | March 12, 2009 | 4:30 PM |There's been a lot of talk lately about Rush Limbaugh's level of power and influence in the Republican Party and the conservative movement, but there's another aspect to Limbaugh's rather sudden rise from radio star to bonafide political player that...Read More
Sex talk
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 12, 2009 | 4:00 PM |The AP had a very interesting article this morning about a small-town Alabama preacher (with big-city megachurch preacher dreams) who's talking about sex for a whole month's worth of sermons and the controversy it's raising in that town. What's interesting...Read More
Drawing the line: girls wearing pants
Filed by Bil Browning | March 12, 2009 | 3:00 PM |A lesbian student from has sued Lebanon Schools after her principal told her she couldn't wear a tuxedo to prom. The Indianapolis Star includes this explanation of the lawsuit: The Lebanon High School senior, whose name is not revealed in...Read More
Like HE said
Filed by Terrance Heath | March 12, 2009 | 3:00 PM |Oh, boy. It's gonna be a fun eight years if president Obama keeps giving interview answers like these. First, he confuses and confounds conservatives by doing pretty much what he said he would do when he was just candidate Obama....Read More
Ted Haggard Attends "This Beautiful City," Watches Own Demise On Stage
Filed by Jason Tseng | March 12, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Tedd Haggard, the now infamous fallen pastor from New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO, evidently built up the courage to go see This Beautiful City playing at the Vineyard Theatre in New York City (read my recent review of...Read More
General Outcry Expected
Filed by Guest Blogger | March 12, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Editor's Note: This guest post comes via The New Gay. Alex Blaze also wrote a post for the Bilerico main site which you can read here. Something deeply upsetting happened outside of Fab Lounge last week and we all need...Read More
Judge throws out confession in Angie Zapata case
Filed by Alex Blaze | March 12, 2009 | 1:30 PM |The judge has thrown out the confession of Allen Ray Andrade, who's accused of beating Angie Zapata to death when he found out she was a transwoman. In the taped confession, he allegedly told investigators that he grabbed Zapata's crotch...Read More
Michael Crawford becomes a cover model
Filed by Bil Browning | March 12, 2009 | 12:30 PM |What's better than an issue of DC's MetroWeekly? An issue of MetroWeekly with Bilerico-DC Managing Editor Michael Crawford on the cover! While most of you know Michael as a long-time Bilerico Project blogger and member of the Ed Team, you...Read More
Dr. Susan Love Recruiting an Army of Women
Filed by Dana Rudolph | March 12, 2009 | 11:30 AM |It's LGBT Health Awareness Week. I therefore thought I'd post a piece I wrote (with slight variation) for Bay Windows as advance coverage for Dr. Susan Love's appearance at Fenway Health here in Boston this coming weekend. Dr. Love is...Read More
Is Mayor Fenty more cautious on marriage equality than was Mayoral Candidate Fenty?
Filed by Sean Bugg | March 12, 2009 | 11:00 AM |Earlier this week, D.C. Councilmember Phil Mendelson (At Large) released a letter (PDF after the jump) to Mayor Adrian Fenty urging him to move more expeditiously in applying the District's law on recognizing as domestic partnerships any legally formed relationships...Read More
Summer Fashion Rx for the Geritol boys
Filed by Father Tony | March 12, 2009 | 10:30 AM |Dear Father T, I'm feeling old and out of date. No one looks at me. What should I do? Model T...Read More
The Amber that furry built
Filed by Austen Crowder | March 12, 2009 | 9:45 AM |Okay. So before we go any further with this topic, let's get the Big Three Questions out of the way. Yes, I own a fursuit. No, I don't have sex in it. And no, I don't believe I'm an animal...Read More
Pole Chicken
Filed by Nathan Strang | March 12, 2009 | 9:30 AM |I don't hate twinks... just don't have much use for them. Its not secret that I love the bears; a beefier stock of man with a scruffy face and a furry belly is all I need to be happy. And...Read More
Commie homo-loving saints
Filed by Kate Clinton | March 12, 2009 | 8:00 AM |I'm celebrating Ash Wednesday. Or is it Slumdog Millionaire's win at the Oscars?...Read More
Michael Steele on the gays... again!
Filed by Ed Team | March 12, 2009 | 7:30 AM |"Well, my position is, hey, look, I have been, um, supportive of a lot of my friends who are gay in some of the core things that they believe are important to them. You know, the ability to be able...Read More
Lisa Lampenelli and Simon Cowell on Leno
Filed by Bil Browning | March 12, 2009 | 7:00 AM |Comedienne Lisa Lampenelli was on Leno the same night as Simon Cowell. She's an insult comic, but she's an equal opportunity offender. The beginning where she professes her love lust for Simon is hilarious. NSFW - language....Read More
