June 19, 2009
See Update -- Another Brutal Murder
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | June 19, 2009 | 6:00 PM |Further Update: There is now concrete evidence that this murder did not happen. For more details see an updated post Update: As pointed out in the comments below, the original source on this story has pulled it because they cannot...Read More
Queer music Friday - Village People
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 19, 2009 | 5:00 PM |First, thanks, Paige, for covering Queer music Friday last week while I was traveling! About a week ago I was IMing with Bil and I mentioned that I thought "Go West" was one of my favorite pop songs. He called...Read More
Hate Violence Report Sites the Changing Face of Crime
Filed by Keri Renault | June 19, 2009 | 4:30 PM |Violence against the LGBT community was up in 2008. So says the 2008 Hate Violence Report released June 16th by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects (NCAVP). A 2% national increase follows a 24% spike in violence reported in 2007....Read More
The latest on the flailing gay DNC fundraiser as more attendees drop out
Filed by Pam Spaulding | June 19, 2009 | 4:00 PM |I've been out of the loop for the last 24+ hours, so a lot has happened regarding 1) the blowback on the DOMA brief, and 2) the meltdown of the gay DNC fundraiser next week, as the list of those...Read More
There won't be a gay Martin Luther King: If you want a movement you will have to own it
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 19, 2009 | 3:00 PM |Max Mutchnick, cocreator of Will & Grace, wrote in the Huffington Post a post entitled "Where Is My Martin Luther Queen?" He worries about media representation during Pride: Dykes on bikes, Tarzana Trannies, Jewish Leather Daddies and Kathy Griffin's mom....Read More
Passing (Or Not) at the Pool
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 19, 2009 | 2:00 PM |It feels like 95 degrees in the shade. We're standing in line at the municipal pool. The mom in front of us has three kids and a tattoo on her cleavage that says "Ivan" or "Juan," I can't tell which....Read More
Major Networks Fail Gay Service Members
Filed by Donna Pandori | June 19, 2009 | 2:00 PM |Major media networks frequently honor our military service members by providing news about the sacrifices they are making to keep us safe at home. Sadly, the news stops short when it comes to the additional human sacrifices made by gay...Read More
Five Bilerico-Florida Voices on the Merits of a March on Washington
Filed by Father Tony | June 19, 2009 | 1:00 PM |Have you read the venerable Cleve Jones' detailed response to the ten reasons listed by Bilerico's Bil Browning for not having a march on Washington? Fascinating stuff, and a core gay disagreement that clarifies so much about the status and...Read More
For Love AND Country: Immigration & The LGBT Community
Filed by Steve Ralls | June 19, 2009 | 12:00 PM |In 1999, when I first began working for repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the question I heard most often - from friends, colleagues and the media - was "why?" Why did I, having never served in uniform, care about...Read More
White House Looks to Include Same-Sex Unions in Census Count
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 19, 2009 | 10:30 AM |Big news out of the White House today. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama Administration is turning its back on a Bush interpretation of the Defense of Marriage Act that they said prohibited the release of the...Read More
Indiana Equality: No stranger to controversy
Filed by Bil Browning | June 19, 2009 | 9:45 AM |While Indiana Equality's opposition to the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) has raised eyebrows nationally about the organization's leadership, the state equality group isn't new to controversy. The organization, led by Republican fundraiser and organizer Kathy Sarris, has been perceived...Read More
Maine gets Schubert Flint
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 19, 2009 | 9:30 AM |The famous publicity firm who won California Prop 8 and who then won Pollies for their successful campaign will be helping out in Maine: Gay marriage foes in Maine have hired the public relations firm that led the successful Proposition...Read More
The Legendary Billie Boots of Daytona Beach
Filed by Father Tony | June 19, 2009 | 8:30 AM |Via Michael Musto: Trust me, chickens. This one will sear into your memory till you're six inches under. It's Daytona Beach drag star Billie Boots, who may have been toothless but she was far from charmless. Billie--captured here in...Read More
New Light on the Past
Filed by Ed Team | June 19, 2009 | 7:30 AM |"Police have been keeping an eye on the Stonewall Inn at 55 Christopher St. for some time. . . . Last week, they raided the Greenwich Village place, tabbed a homosexual handout and said they gathered evidence of illegal sale...Read More
Todd Show
Filed by Father Tony | June 19, 2009 | 7:00 AM |A gay dog named Evan. A canine etiquette maven named Dame Bisquette. What's not to like? This is the episode that launched the series....Read More
