July 16, 2010
The Most Powerful Man on Earth! (Part 8)
Filed by Sean Martin | July 16, 2010 | 6:00 PM |Bargaining, denial, acceptance......Read More
Queer music Friday - Hunter Valentine
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 16, 2010 | 5:00 PM |Hunter Valentine, the Canadian lesbian punk trio, sent me a copy of their new album "Lessons From the Late Night." This is "The Stalker." Review's after the jump....Read More
Gay Georgia Teen Starts Group to Help LGBT Youth
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 16, 2010 | 4:00 PM |Derrick Martin, the gay teenager from Georgia who was inspired by the anti-gay prom cancellation story out of Mississippi and asked to bring another boy to prom, has turned his experience into a project to help other LGBT youth in...Read More
Grave Crimes: The Catholics Get Serious
Filed by Bil Browning | July 16, 2010 | 3:00 PM |The Catholic Church has announced that it's going to be cracking down on some of that unsavory behavior going on all over the world. They've re-classified the attempted ordination of a woman priest to be a "grave crime" on par...Read More
Democrats want to add gays to the immigration bill
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 16, 2010 | 2:00 PM |The gays will be in the upcoming immigration bill, or at least Democrats will give the old college try: Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, Rep. Mike Honda of California and others will urge Congress to pass the Uniting American Families...Read More
GetEqual Has The Right Idea: Hold Our Congressional Leaders Accountable
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 16, 2010 | 1:00 PM |Bil yesterday attacked GetEqual's latest campaign, accusing it of "attacking friends and ignoring enemies." What fresh idiocy is this? GetEqual has launched their newest action and this time they're asking the public to vote which politician they should "hold accountable"...Read More
Why were Choi's charges dismissed?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 16, 2010 | 12:00 PM |Why were Lt. Dan Choi's charges dismissed this week? Metroweekly writer Chris Geidner got to the bottom of the mystery by contacting DC Mayor Adrien Fenty's communications director, Mafara Hobson. Hobson wrote that the Criminal Section of the D.C. Attorney...Read More
Republicans side with Islamic fundamentalists against gays
Filed by Joe Mirabella | July 16, 2010 | 11:00 AM |Apparently the Republicans have more in common with Islamic extremists than they care to admit when they talk about "terrorism." This little nugget arrived in my inbox from a friend. It is a stark reminder what a Republican majority might...Read More
Our Girdles, Ourselves: Vintage ad
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | July 16, 2010 | 10:30 AM |Guessing ca.1950s ad for that mainstream torture device known as the long-line girdle. Add a pair of spiked heels, and she'll never be able to run away from you! Meanwhile, check out the before and after pics. Seems you also...Read More
Georgia GOP Candidate Is Against Gay Adoption, Just Because
Filed by Dana Rudolph | July 16, 2010 | 9:30 AM |Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, now seeking the Republican nomination for Governor, told local NBC affiliate 11 Alive that not only does she disapprove of marriage equality or domestic partnerships, she would also consider outlawing adoption by gay...Read More
Felicidades Argentina!! Happy Marriage Equality!
Filed by Davina Kotulski | July 16, 2010 | 8:30 AM |Yesterday Argentina became the first Latin American country to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. This is a huge victory! Now on every continent but Asia, same-sex couples know that their relationships are legal and valued in at least...Read More
Mamma Bear
Filed by Kate Clinton | July 16, 2010 | 8:00 AM |It's unbearably hot because Mother Earth is tired of getting deep drilled, but is that the top news? Oh, no. Levi Johnson and Bristol Palin are getting married....Read More
Levin: Sucks to be you
Filed by Bil Browning | July 16, 2010 | 7:30 AM |"I think it's okay, even though it's kind of unprecedented. It did not happen when it came to the inclusion of women; it did not come with the ending of discrimination against African Americans. I can understand the resentment, by...Read More
This Is Not The Trailer For "Shakes The Clown"
Filed by Don Davis | July 16, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Although it looks like it, this is not the trailer for the greatest alcoholic clown movie of all time; instead, this woman is the actual, no kidding, president of the "I Want Glenn Beck To Run For President In...Read More
