December 9, 2009
Ali Forney Center gets some help from Episcopals
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 09, 2009 | 6:30 PM |As we talk about what issues get attention and work and resources in the LGBTQ community, few get ignored more than that of queer homeless youth (they neither vote nor donate to political campaigns). The Ali Forney Center, which was...Read More
Whenda ENDA?
Filed by Nan Hunter | December 09, 2009 | 5:30 PM |The joint statement issued last week by all the major lgbt rights organizations designed to generate alarm about the delay in ENDA should be heeded. ENDA is over for 2009. Why? Not because members of Congress are lazy or dismissive,...Read More
Here's your liberal media for you
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 09, 2009 | 4:30 PM |Here's an interesting story. Larry Grard, a journalist for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Maine, lost his job because, the day after Question 1 (same-sex marriage ban) passed in Maine, he sent this email to HRC: Who are the hateful,...Read More
Did the White House gate crashers really go through proper security?
Filed by Bil Browning | December 09, 2009 | 3:30 PM |I had a chance to sit down with contributor Kate Clinton at the Victory Fund's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference to talk about her experiences at the White House state dinner last month. Kate and her partner, Urvashi Vaid, were...Read More
Stilettos, Sissy Boys, and the Limits of "Gender-Neutral" Parenting Advice
Filed by Paige Schilt | December 09, 2009 | 2:30 PM |Last week, PBS Parents featured a blog titled "Gender Appropriate Toys." It begins promisingly enough with a critique of parents who enforce binary gender norms in their children's toys and activities. The author (Kristen of Supersisters) suggests that boys should...Read More
Transgender teen called "faggot" sues McDonald's
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 09, 2009 | 1:30 PM |Zikerria Bellamy, with the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, is suing McDeath after she was rejected from a job there. The manager left a message on her machine saying that he doesn't hire "faggots." Good for her: A lawsuit...Read More
Rachel Maddow slays ex-gay Richard Cohen
Filed by Bil Browning | December 09, 2009 | 12:30 PM |Did you see Rachel Maddow rip ex-gay Richard Cohen to pieces last night? If not, it's a beautiful thing to behold. Cohen's book is being used as justification for Uganda's proposed "Kill Gay People" legislation, but he tries to do...Read More
Vintage mermaid sex(ist) humor
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | December 09, 2009 | 12:00 PM |Seeing this vintage postcard reminded me that this was a popular joke when I was a kid, and, albeit briefly, a popular subject of het male speculation. I think I'll go back to blocking that memory now....Read More
A Message that National Democrats Need to Hear
Filed by Michael Hamar | December 09, 2009 | 12:00 PM |In this past Sunday's Richmond Times Dispatch former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder - the first black elected to a governorship since Reconstruction - has a message that ought to kindle fear in the hearts of national Democrats. In his op-ed...Read More
Damien Center Food Pantry Needs You
Filed by Jerame Davis | December 09, 2009 | 11:43 AM |Folks, this is the worst time of year to have the food pantry run out of food, yet that's exactly what is happening at the Damien Center's Coby Palmer food pantry. The Damien Center's food pantry is a vital resource...Read More
Rep. Andre Carson: Doing Things the American Way
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 09, 2009 | 10:30 AM |Editors' Note: Representative Andre Carson is today's guest blogger. Congressman Carson is a Democrat who represents the Indianapolis area. He is a co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) legislation currently waiting for mark-up in a House committee. We all...Read More
War Distraction 101: Call Tiger
Filed by Sara Whitman | December 09, 2009 | 9:30 AM |How do you divert attention from an endless war in Afghanistan? Call Tiger Woods. It seems we are all too busy counting mistresses than troops being sent overseas. Less than a week, and our attention is diverted. Um, hello? People?...Read More
Lady Gaga X Factor - Bad Romance as Batgirl
Filed by Michael Buckley | December 09, 2009 | 8:00 AM |Comment Questions of the Day: 1. Who do you want to win X Factor? Who was your fave this week? Are you surprised Danyl is not in the finals? 2. What did you think of Lady Gaga and Janet...Read More
The Boss for Equality
Filed by Ed Team | December 09, 2009 | 7:30 AM |"Like many of you who live in New Jersey, I've been following the progress of the marriage-equality legislation currently being considered in Trenton. I've long believed in and have always spoken out for the rights of same sex couples and...Read More
VIDEO: Pass ENDA Now
Filed by Bil Browning | December 09, 2009 | 7:00 AM |Projector and frequent guest blogger Monica Helms put together this YouTube video that you should check out. Monica's video is "a plea to Congress and the President to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) HR-3017, which is currently stuck...Read More
