May 17, 2009
Michael Steele, I'm unimpressed
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2009 | 5:30 PM |Michael Steele thinks he's going to blow us away with a new argument against same-sex marriage that pretty much amounts to "Equal pay for equal work is too expensive, so we have to preserve a two-tier system of benefits distribution."...Read More
Five Years Later: Proof Positive
Filed by Dana Rudolph | May 17, 2009 | 4:00 PM |May 17, 2004: The first legal marriages of same-sex couples in Massachusetts. Still locust-free here in the Bay State....Read More
Full speech: Obama addresses Notre Dame graduation
Filed by Bil Browning | May 17, 2009 | 3:36 PM |President Obama used his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame to stress the importance of diversity and dialogue. The speech seemed a direct challenge to those rightwing nutjobs who've been protesting his honorary degree since Obama supports a...Read More
Non-travelogue: Cork and Killarney, Ireland
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2009 | 2:30 PM |I'm finally buckling under the pressure to write about the vacations I take. We'll try it this time and see how it goes. I've hesitated to write about this because I don't think it's all that interesting and feels like...Read More
White House Poetry Slam
Filed by Terrance Heath | May 17, 2009 | 1:00 PM |The more I hear or read about Michelle Obama, the more I like her. The latest news about poetry night at the White House, and her reasons for holding it, are just one more reason. First lady Michelle Obama says...Read More
Meanwhile in Moscow
Filed by Father Tony | May 17, 2009 | 12:00 PM |While states topple like dominos in favor of gay marriage and polls show a waxing of public acceptance of gay rights, in other lands, demonstrators get carted away in paddy wagons, just like the Stonewall rioters of forty years ago....Read More
Mindful Living
Filed by Sara Whitman | May 17, 2009 | 11:30 AM |It is hard to let go. To be totally present in the moment, not look forward, not look back, just be. Buddhists call it mindful living. Being aware of the present, all of the present. For me it's like listening...Read More
Protesters call for Reform of Gender Disorders at American Psychiatric Association Convention
Filed by Kelley Winters | May 17, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Thanks to Danielle Askini for this media advisory: What: A coalition of transgender community advocates and mental health providers will gather in San Francisco May 18 to protest how the American Psychiatric Association (APA) is handling revisions to "gender identity...Read More
PFLAG Pride
Filed by Annette Gross | May 17, 2009 | 10:00 AM |On Saturday, June 13th, Indianapolis will once again celebrate the 2009 InPride Parade and Festival. The Parade begins at 10:00 a.m. on Massachusetts Avenue near College, and the Festival follows the Parade. This will be the 5th year that I...Read More
Two New Bilerico Voices
Filed by Father Tony | May 17, 2009 | 9:00 AM |As much as I am sure you all love a daily dose (or two or three) of exclusively me, what could be better than expanding our Bilerico-Florida family with the addition of two delightful new contributors? Please join me in...Read More
Voting for Equality Doesn't Lose Elections
Filed by Ed Team | May 17, 2009 | 7:30 AM |"[In Vermont, Maine and Connecticut] I think a concern was, will I lose my job if I vote for marriage equality? And that goes part and parcel with public opinion. . . . What we've done is show that we're...Read More
He must be an emo kid
Filed by Bil Browning | May 17, 2009 | 7:00 AM |This is a cute song that makes fun of the emo kids. There are some really good lines in it: "I'm an emo kid. As non-conforming as can be. You can be emo too if you dress just like...Read More
