August 6, 2010
Will Judge Walker's Decision Hold Up In the Supreme Court?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | August 06, 2010 | 7:00 PM |As has been reiterated by every single commentator on this case, ad nauseam, Judge Walker's decision is the first step on a long road that will culminate in the United State Supreme Court. But no one is taking much of...Read More
Road Trip V
Filed by Sean Martin | August 06, 2010 | 6:00 PM |And you just never know who's gonna come up with those little local tips... or what kind of tips they may be....Read More
Queer music Friday - Joe McElderry
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 06, 2010 | 5:00 PM |I posted Joe McElderry's statement that a Twitter hacker helped him come out (the hacker broke into McElderry's account, sent messages like "It's been difficult living a lie for so many years," and that helped him "come to realise who...Read More
Update on Ball Memorial
Filed by Austen Crowder | August 06, 2010 | 4:00 PM |Great news from Muncie, Indiana: it looks as if Erin Vaught and INTRAA have come to an understanding with Ball Memorial Hospital. Better yet, Ball Memorial has agreed to an "aggressive" response to the problem of transphobia. Via INTRAA: Working...Read More
Happy 21st Birthday Angie Zapata
Filed by Monica Roberts | August 06, 2010 | 3:00 PM |Yesterday was a day that should have been a happy occasion for a young Latina transwoman who lived in Colorado. But sadly, it wasn't, thanks to a waste of DNA who is now serving a life sentence in a Colorado...Read More
Call to Action: Queering the Midterm Election!
Filed by Guest Blogger | August 06, 2010 | 2:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Brianna Marquez is the Youth Engagement intern at the National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) this summer. I still remember my emotions the night of November 4, 2008 right before Barack Obama gave his victory speech in...Read More
Jane Fonda Hawks the Scissor Sisters New Album
Filed by Bil Browning | August 06, 2010 | 1:00 PM |Scissor Sisters has to have one of the best PR firms working for them. Whether it's the fake rentboy.com profile for lead singer Jake Shears or this faux news report, the band has really found some ingenious ways to publicize...Read More
GOProud invites Ann Coulter to "Homocon"
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 06, 2010 | 12:00 PM |I don't have much to say about this, other than that these are obviously very complicated, troubled individuals. That and they need to learn how to adjust resolution in Photoshop before enlarging an image....Read More
Convicted Wall Street Felon To Speak At Peter LaBarbera's "Truth Academy"
Filed by Michael Hamar | August 06, 2010 | 11:00 AM |Back in February I wrote a post on my blog, Michael-in-Norfolk about a story that I helped break working with Wayne Besen and Norm Kent of South Florida Gay News concerning Arthur Abba Goldberg, one of the founders of JONAH...Read More
Growing Up Skipper: Barbie's twisted sister
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | August 06, 2010 | 10:30 AM |Great little video about one of the weirdest dolls ever sold, "Growing Up Skipper," and one woman's memories of playing with its fascinating features....Read More
We got so excited we forgot we were mad at Target
Filed by Joe Mirabella | August 06, 2010 | 9:30 AM |As I cautioned in a post last week, and again on the Michaelangelo Signorlie Show on Tuesday, the LGBT and progressive communities should not call for boycotts unless they intend to follow through with them. Americans have attention deficit disorder,...Read More
San Diego Celebrates Prop 8 Defeat
Filed by Michelle Marzullo | August 06, 2010 | 8:30 AM |The sunset rally celebrating the defeat of Proposition 8 at the San Diego LGBT Center, known simply as "The Center," was impressive. Hundreds showed up with banners and signs, wedding cake was dished out by the plateful, and though we...Read More

Target CEO is sorry he screwed over employees "in a way I did not anticipate"
Filed by Alex Blaze | August 06, 2010 | 7:30 AM |"While I firmly believe that a business climate conducive to growth is critical to our future, I realize our decision affected many of you in a way I did not anticipate, and for that I am genuinely sorry." --Target CEO...Read More
Sophia Petrillo on Marriage Equality
Filed by D Gregory Smith | August 06, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Out of the mouths of (old) babes......Read More