June 17, 2011
White House Backs Off Forgery Response to 1996 Obama Marriage Support
Filed by Joe Mirabella | June 17, 2011 | 7:15 PM |At Netroots Nation on Friday, White House Communications Director Dan Pfifer received boos from the audience for insinuating a pro-marriage equality questionnaire Obama filled out years ago during state legislative election was a forgery. The White House would like to clarify.Read More
Weekly Reader: Nude Beaches, Orphan Reunions, & Privileged Gay Men
Filed by Bil Browning | June 17, 2011 | 6:00 PM |You weren't able to read every post on Bilerico Project last week? Don't worry! Every Friday I round up the best Bilerico posts from the past seven days to help you stay up to date on the latest queer news and analysis. Read More
Queer Music Friday: Butch County
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 17, 2011 | 5:00 PM |The line-up for the main stage at SF Pride has been announced, and Austin-based genderqueer rockers Butch County will take the stage alongside headliners like Sandra Bernhard and Linda Perry.Read More
Misguided Policy for Transgender Residents in NYC
Filed by Guest Blogger | June 17, 2011 | 4:30 PM |Guest blogger Jen Pula, MD, discusses NYC's 40-year old health code requiring individuals to have genital surgery before changing their legal gender on their birth certificates.Read More
Let the Maps Begin! First Data from Census 2010
Filed by Nancy Polikoff | June 17, 2011 | 3:30 PM |Yesterday The Williams Institute released the first color-coded state maps with data from Census 2010.Read More
Video: Immigration Reform Through A Queer Lens
Filed by Jake Weinraub | June 17, 2011 | 3:15 PM |The session focused on the personal stories of undocumented immigrants - using 'coming out' rhetoric to draw a parallel between LGBTQ identity and undocumented immigrant identity.Read More
Obama Aide Dismisses 1996 Pro-Marriage Equality Questionnaires
Filed by Adam Polaski | June 17, 2011 | 3:00 PM |At Netroots Nation, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said that two questionnaires from 1996, in which President Obama supported same-sex marriage, were not filled out by Obama.Read More
Video: TSA Fires Trans Employee
Filed by Bil Browning | June 17, 2011 | 2:30 PM |When Ashley Yang worked for the TSA as an airport screener, they insisted that she cut her hair or wear a "male wig" and would only let her pat down male passengers who regularly sexually harassed her.Read More
UN Human Rights Council Passes Pro-LGBT Resolution
Filed by Adam Polaski | June 17, 2011 | 1:30 PM |The resolution acknowledges the history of international violence against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity and pledges that this violence and discrimination violates human rights. Read More
Congrats to Pam Spaulding Who's Joining Firedoglake
Filed by Karen Ocamb | June 17, 2011 | 12:30 PM |Pam is joining the Firedoglake family of bloggers. This is great news since it will allow Pam to get some sleep, do more blogging and not worry so much about the backstage mechanics.Read More
And a Fish Needs a Bicycle: Weird Nude Ad
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | June 17, 2011 | 11:45 AM |I wish I understood their point. Are they implying that to get a woman to worship your boots, a man should buy this brand? What if you want a man to worship your boots -- go Buster Brown? Read More
Gay Rights Protesters Make Pawlenty Dazzle
Filed by Adam Polaski | June 17, 2011 | 10:45 AM |At a book signing in San Francisco, activists from CODEPINK threw pink glitter on Republican presidential nominee hopeful Tim Pawlenty, demanding, "Where's your courage to stand for gay rights and women's reproductive rights?" Is it effective?Read More
Why the Umbrella Failed
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 17, 2011 | 9:30 AM |Evaluating the balance between sameness and shared advocacy and the decolonization of trans in this follow-up to "The Death of the Transgender Umbrella."Read More
What Does Pride Mean to You?
Filed by Ed Team | June 17, 2011 | 9:00 AM |Share your response with the Bilerico or Twitter community, and you could win one of four awesome prize packages to NYC Pride!Read More
Thoughts on Race from Korea
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 17, 2011 | 8:00 AM |During my trip to South Korea, I've been a visible racial minority in a way that's never happened to me before. It's an experience I'm glad I was able to have, and it's one everyone who hasn't had should have.Read More
Mother Nature is Political
Filed by Ed Team | June 17, 2011 | 7:30 AM |"Bible prophecy may have a bad name in the light of Harold Camping's misguided date-setting, but the biggest sign of the end may have been overlooked in all the rapture hysteria of the May 21st weekend. Once again, we saw...Read More
Popstar to Opera Star
Filed by Ed Team | June 17, 2011 | 7:00 AM |Watch as Erasure's Andy Bell competes on the UK reality show Popstar to Opera Star....Read More
