April 30, 2009
The Miss California/NOM craziness continues
Filed by Bil Browning | April 30, 2009 | 6:00 PM |Alex posted this morning about Miss California Carrie Prejean appearing in an anti-gay marriage commercial for the National Organization for Marriage. The ad is out now and also features HRC President Joe Solmonese and blogger Perez Hilton. But have you...Read More
George Will, war crimes apologist
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 30, 2009 | 5:00 PM |It's no secret that I just plain don't like George Will. Unless he tackles LGBT issues again, this will probably be the last post I write about him here on Bilerico. He crossed a line today that no man of...Read More
Talbott Street jumps the shark, but it's a tiny one...
Filed by Jerame Davis | April 30, 2009 | 4:23 PM |Yesterday I got an invitation via Facebook from Talbott Street for an upcoming event they're promoting. I first saw the invitation in my email notifications from Facebook, which are text only. Here's what it said: On Thursday May 7th, Talbott...Read More
Specter
Filed by Terrance Heath | April 30, 2009 | 4:00 PM |I just want to point out what specter -- the word, not the party-switching Senator -- means. spec·ter (spĕk' tər) n. 1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom. 2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect: the terrible specter of nuclear...Read More
Theatre Review: "Caitlin and the Swan"
Filed by Jason Tseng | April 30, 2009 | 3:00 PM |The story of Zeus, in the guise of a swan, seducing the young and beautiful Aetolian princess, Leda, is a relatively familiar story for any classicist buff. The myth sets the stage for some of the most earth-shattering and epic...Read More
Go cruising in Amsterdam
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 30, 2009 | 2:30 PM |Speaking of cruising.... A PARK near Amsterdam has unveiled information signs pointing out spots where officials say gay men are known to have sex - so no visitors are taken by surprise. The signs "clearly indicate what is happening in...Read More
HRC Releases "Introduction to Welcoming Schools" Guide
Filed by Dana Rudolph | April 30, 2009 | 1:30 PM |The recent suicides of two young boys after repeated bullying at school have made many of us, myself included, wonder what we could do. One of the ways the HRC Foundation Family Project has responded is to push up the...Read More
Overheard at the grocery store
Filed by Bil Browning | April 30, 2009 | 1:00 PM |As I was checking out at the Kroger, a female clerk walked up to the lady ringing me up. Clerk 1: Can you work over today? Clerk 2: It's my birthday! Clerk 1: Really? Clerk 2: You forgot my birthday?...Read More
Hussel hussel hussel, grind grind grind
Filed by Alex Blaze | April 30, 2009 | 12:00 PM |I'll be the first to say that the whole Carrie Prejean marriage drama won't affect legislation all that much. Perez probably didn't convince any one to switch teams, and Prejean seems to be speaking only to people who are already...Read More
Circumcision: A cut above the rest, or the cruelest cut of all?
Filed by Father Tony | April 30, 2009 | 11:00 AM |Dear Father Tony, I read where you were at a dinner party where circumcision was discussed. I just had to tell you that my parents, my brother, his pregnant wife and me had a big knock down last night...Read More
Rep Andre Carson guest post on hate crimes & gay rights
Filed by Guest Blogger | April 30, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Editors' Note: This guest post comes to us from Congressman Andre Carson (D-IN). Representative Carson is Bil & Jerame's Congressman and was a co-sponsor of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act (H.R. 1913). Our constitutional rights to freedom...Read More
Frank Talk on Hate Crimes
Filed by Ed Team | April 30, 2009 | 7:30 AM |"Saying that it's wrong to assault someone who is trans may mean that you have to show some respect for that person." --Rep. Barney Frank, during his House floor speech on the Hate Crimes Bill...Read More
How can you avoid Swine Flu?
Filed by Bil Browning | April 30, 2009 | 7:00 AM |How can you avoid Swine Flu? Don't use the copier! Wait. Was that the message? *scratches head* (Hat tip to Twitter follower calvinfleming for the link to the video.)...Read More
