August 19, 2009
Prop 8 Court Challenge: Judge says San Fran In, LGBT Orgs Out
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 19, 2009 | 6:00 PM |Judge Vaughn Walker has denied the request of several LGBT legal groups, including the ACLU, Lambda Legal and NCLR, to join Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8. He also approved the City of San Francisco's...Read More
How the National Equality March Could Undermine LGBT America
Filed by Diane Silver | August 19, 2009 | 5:00 PM |There are no villains in this post. Please note that fact before reading farther. I don't believe that the wonderful folks who are organizing the national march are evil or stupid, but I am worried that we could be marching...Read More
High school sweethearts, present day ironies
Filed by Austen Crowder | August 19, 2009 | 4:00 PM |Editor's note: names have been changed to keep anonymity. Anyone who talks to me about transition knows that I prefer to emphasize the positive aspects of change, rather than focusing on all the pitfalls. Plenty of people on the Internet...Read More
No Wonder Letterman is Beating Conan in the Ratings
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 19, 2009 | 3:00 PM |Self-promoting king, Donald Trump, appeared on Letterman last night to talk about the Miss Universe contest. Not surprisingly, Carrie Prejean came up, with Trump touting her "great beauty" as reason for caring about her opinions... Gotta love some late night...Read More
Vogue Evolution Takes ABDC By Storm
Filed by Jason Tseng | August 19, 2009 | 2:00 PM |America's Best Dance Crew, which is broadcast Sunday nights at 9pm on MTV, is in its fourth season. Many of these dance shows that are popping up all over the tube (Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can...Read More
Justice Department Hires New LGBT Liaison
Filed by Waymon Hudson | August 19, 2009 | 1:00 PM |The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has hired Matt Nosanchuk, a former staffer for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), to serve as a a senior counselor and a representative to the LGBT community. Nosanchuk, who is openly gay, has worked for...Read More
Barney Frank to woman comparing President Obama to Nazis: "On What Planet Do You Spend Most Of Your Time?"
Filed by Michael Crawford | August 19, 2009 | 12:00 PM |Rep. Barney Frank may be a controversial figure on Bilerico, but for his response to a woman comparing President Obama to Nazis for pushing universal healthcare he deserves two thumbs up. The exchange occurred at a town hall meeting on...Read More
The Revolution of Desire
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | August 19, 2009 | 11:00 AM |In 1971, a handful of feminists and gay militants shouting "family is pollution" demonstrated for revolutionary sexual liberation. 35 years after, what remains of these ideals and struggles? That's the opening of The Revolution of Desire, a 2007 documentary about...Read More
Long-Shot #2: Nevada's Ensign - Legislator of the Day
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 19, 2009 | 10:30 AM |As I have discussed recently, we are close, but not there. After our devastating loss by one vote in the Senate the last time ENDA showed up there, we must be prepared to look for love in all the wrong...Read More
Finding the Humor in Life
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 19, 2009 | 10:00 AM |Editor's Note: Today's Guest Contributor is the Reverend Donna Tara Lee, a Gainesville Florida out and proud M2F transgender activist. I, for one, am getting quite over all the doom and gloom stories and posts about being transgender. Before I...Read More
Your Gal in... Kalamazoo?
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 19, 2009 | 9:30 AM |Editor's Note: Ms. Amy Hunter is Director of Operations for One Kalamazoo and sits on the Boards of Directors for Michigan Equality and the Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center. Amy loves sharing a home in the woods near Kalamazoo...Read More
No Legitimate Government Interest
Filed by Ed Team | August 19, 2009 | 7:30 AM |"Unlike the intervenors here, the government does not contend that there are legitimate government interests in "creating a legal structure that promotes the raising of children by both of their biological parents" or that the government's interest in 'responsible procreation'...Read More
