June 21, 2010
Good News: Rahm Emanuel Quitting White House?
Filed by Bil Browning | June 21, 2010 | 6:00 PM |It's not my birthday, but this is like getting told what your present will be early. The rumor mill is furiously reporting that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will resign after the mid-term elections. White House Chief of...Read More
No reasonable compromise on mental health
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 21, 2010 | 5:00 PM |These people sound like they'd make the greatest counselors ever: Jim Cunningham, executive director of the Nebraska Catholic Conference, says psychologists, therapists and other licensed counselors should be able to refuse to treat or refer clients because of religious or...Read More
The Newest Christianist Lie: Fear of Harrassment
Filed by Michael Hamar | June 21, 2010 | 4:00 PM |The windbags of the Christian Right often claim that Christians are being persecuted as part of their demagoguery used to shake down money from the ignorant and uninformed. Sadly, the news media generally gives these professional Christians a pass and...Read More
Irish Law Moving To Recognize Transgender Identity
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 21, 2010 | 3:00 PM |The Irish government this week removed its objections to a 2007 Irish High Court judgment. The High Court held that the Irish government violated Irish law by failing to make provisions to recognize sex reassignment for transgender people. The Irish...Read More
Dear Harvey
Filed by Davina Kotulski | June 21, 2010 | 2:00 PM |Last weekend my wife and I drove five hours to Bakersfield. I held a free coming out workshop where people learned the 5 keys to coming out and my wife led a free media training workshop to help LGBTQ people...Read More
Spreading homosexuality to every corner of the globe (except Iran)
Filed by Bil Browning | June 21, 2010 | 1:00 PM |On the Information Highway to Hell, squirt.org is apparently a truck stop full of lesbian mechanics and gay lot lizards. Thank God the Christian Satellite Imagining System can give us a peek inside....Read More
Wikileaks source Bradley Manning considering transition?
Filed by Austen Crowder | June 21, 2010 | 12:00 PM |The Baghdad helicopter footage Bradley uncovered was as amazing as it was horrifying. However, new evidence in the form of chat logs shows that Bradly may be considering transition: (1:11:54 PM) bradass87: and... its important that it gets out... i...Read More
Pumps!
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 21, 2010 | 11:50 AM |Bil's YGST video got pulled because Rick and Bubba were mad people were laughing at them. Here's Erikatoure's "My Pumps."...Read More
Site News: New Feature: Comment Reporting
Filed by Jerame Davis | June 21, 2010 | 11:00 AM |Comment moderation is a chore. It's a BIG chore. We can't keep up with the volume or the sneakiness that comes with spammers and crafty wordsmiths who find every way possible to skirt our comment policies. So, we're asking for...Read More
The Texas GOP cares about more than just banning marriage
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 21, 2010 | 10:00 AM |The part of the Texas Republican Party's platform making its way around the blogosphere says they want to imprison people who participate in marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples, even if those ceremonies have no legal meaning. It also calls for...Read More
Drag Memorabilia: Club O-My and Pat Waters
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | June 21, 2010 | 9:30 AM |Just love finding these great old images of transpeople looking proud and strong. Do any of you recall this 1950s drag club or its performers? The ladies aren't just "smart," they're gorgeous....Read More
Alan Moore, 'Zines and Reinvigorating the Queer Underground
Filed by Andrew Belonsky | June 21, 2010 | 8:30 AM |It's not very often that I buy an actual, real-life publication. Sure, I shell out for a New York Times from time-to-time, and stock up on men's fashion mags like V Man when I have a few bucks. Other than...Read More
Nurturing families include two fathers
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 21, 2010 | 7:30 AM |"Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a step father, a grandfather, or caring guardian. We owe a special debt of gratitude for those parents serving...Read More
Color me suprised
Filed by Bil Browning | June 21, 2010 | 7:00 AM |When Rick and Bubba heard President Obama had declared June Pride month, they got all up in arms and worked themselves into a big froth. They say things that you'd imagine they would. There's a "Boycott them!" Facebook group,...Read More
