December 21, 2010
This holiday open thread brought to you by MIKA
Filed by Bil Browning | December 21, 2010 | 7:00 PM |As we call it quits for the evening, it seemed appropriate to leave you with Mika's new version of that Christmas standard, "Let It Snow." There's a little bit on the ground here in DC but I've heard that Indy...Read More
GetEqual's Robin McGehee Invited to DADT Repeal Signing
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | December 21, 2010 | 6:00 PM |GetEqual's Robin McGehee has been invited by the White House to the signing of the DADT repeal law. What does it mean that this mother of two, who has protested against governmental inaction, including that of the White House and...Read More
And domestic partnership benefits for all
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 21, 2010 | 5:00 PM |There's an interesting column in The Arizona Republic about the decision by Arizona Public Services, a private electric utility, to only extend domestic partnership benefits to same-sex couples: I learned about the new policy from an APS employee who has...Read More
Vintage Trans Performer: Rex Jameson and his life as Mrs. Shufflewick
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | December 21, 2010 | 4:30 PM |On one of my grand research surfing adventures, I came across this awful album cover and added it to my archive of bad LP art. But when I later googled around for info on the performer, Rex Jameson, I was...Read More
Is it too soon to celebrate the end of DADT?
Filed by Davina Kotulski | December 21, 2010 | 3:30 PM |DADT is soon to be dead (at least regarding sexual orientation), but with DOMA still around LGB soldiers in same-sex marriages, civil unions, domestic partnerships, and reciprocal beneficiary relationships will still not be able to give their partner's veteran or...Read More
White House staffers' It Gets Better video
Filed by Bil Browning | December 21, 2010 | 2:30 PM |Several LGBT White House staffers got together to make an It Gets Better video. President Obama and Vice President have also both done videos to encourage LGBT kids that things do eventually get better. This is a great entry to...Read More
Should Joe Solmonese be congratulated for DADT repeal?
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 21, 2010 | 1:30 PM |Now that DADT repeal passed the Senate, does Joe Solmonese deserve congratulations? Andrea Mitchell, who probably hasn't been following the fight, says yes: I don't really see how HRC or Solmonese were at the center of this fight, "leading the...Read More
Family Time
Filed by Tobi Hill-Meyer | December 21, 2010 | 12:30 PM |This short film put together by COLAGE and media artist Jen Gilomen documents the past twenty years of organizing and activism by people with LGBTQ parents. Their interwoven stories reflect social changes through personal experiences with the political, legal, and...Read More
Defense Drains - Offense Gains: A Journey Towards Full Civil Rights
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 21, 2010 | 10:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Alan L. Bounville is a full time graduate student studying theatre for social change at New York University and is one of the founding members of Queer Rising New York City, a direct action group fighting...Read More
Hopes for the New Year
Filed by Leslie Robinson | December 21, 2010 | 10:30 AM |As 2010 draws to a close, I'm looking ahead. Here are some of my hopes for the LGBT community in 2011, along with a few predictions. I hope next year the Pope will reveal a new attitude toward gays. I...Read More
Winning Equality in Florida
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | December 21, 2010 | 9:30 AM |Equality Florida "is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community." EQFL recently published a report, "Winning Equality," which details the progress of LGBT rights in the Sunshine State...Read More
Bilerico at the DADT repeal signing ceremony
Filed by Bil Browning | December 21, 2010 | 8:30 AM |Jerame and I got our official White House invitations to witness President Obama sign the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell into law. We were invited separately by different areas of the administration. Apparently you can't bring a date to...Read More
Choice in Canada
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 21, 2010 | 7:30 AM |"It's the right of individuals to choose their orientation[....] Individuals have chosen." --Conservative Canadian senator Rev Don Meredith...Read More
Fired gay soccer coach talks to ESPN
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 21, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Lisa Howe, the coach who left Belmont University after coming out, talks to ESPN....Read More
