July 27, 2011
Don Lemon Is My Corporate Media Crush
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 27, 2011 | 6:30 PM |The recently-out CNN anchor deserves some serious props for the frequency with which he's calling out his colleagues at the 24-hour news network for their bullshit. Read More
Philly Transit Giving Trans People A Hard Time
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 27, 2011 | 5:30 PM |I'm sorry, your gender isn't good enough to ride the bus today. Read More
Apple Removes iTunes from 'Christian Values Network'
Filed by Joe Mirabella | July 27, 2011 | 4:30 PM |After more than 22,000 people signed a petition on Change.org started by Ben Crowther, a student and Apple customer concerned about the Christian Values Network's funding of anti-gay, anti-woman orgs, Apple removed its iTunes store from the CVN. Read More
GLSEN ED Eliza Byard on the CA FAIR Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 27, 2011 | 3:30 PM |GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard talked about the California FAIR Education Act. "As California goes, so goes the nation," she said about school textbooks. Read More
TSA's New Scanners May Affect Trans People
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 27, 2011 | 2:30 PM |A new change in the Transportation Security Administration full-body scanners will display a "generic body outline" instead of a detailed image. But the National Center for Transgender Equality is concerned on how it may impact trans people. Read More
Pervers/Cite: Montreal's Answer to Corporate Pride
Filed by R Conrad | July 27, 2011 | 1:00 PM |Pervers/Cité, Montréal's collaboratively organized summer festival that aims to make links across social justice groups, queer communities, and radical visions of pride, is set to take place this summer form August 4 to 14. Read More
Alexander McQueen Leaves His Dogs $82k
Filed by Bil Browning | July 27, 2011 | 12:00 PM |The money will be used for the care of the canines, because you can't expect McQueen's dogs to eat Walmart brand grub out of K-Mart dishes.Read More
The Best Trans Autobiography Ever Written
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 27, 2011 | 11:00 AM |Jennifer Finney Boylan's book, "She's Not There," is the best trans autobiography ever written. Read More
Here Come the (Regional) Outgames!
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 27, 2011 | 10:30 AM |The Gay & Lesbian International Sport Association is hosting its second annual North America Outgames in Vancouver this week. Read More
Happy Birthday
Filed by Sara Whitman | July 27, 2011 | 9:00 AM |In the last two weeks, I have had two separate, intense moments where I felt my sister's presence in a big way. Just chance, I thought. Little weird but... just chance. Read More
We Die, You Get Married
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | July 27, 2011 | 8:00 AM |The gay marriage movement enforces a single-issue politic at the cost of broader social change, literally funneling tens of millions of dollars into the drive for gay legitimacy while the needs of queers with the least access are ignored. Read More
Ex-Gay Minister Blames Homosexuality For Teen Suicide
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 27, 2011 | 7:30 AM |"The state-run media is going after the schools for resisting the homosexual indoctrination. The homosexuals are now blaming--they are playing the victims--the homosexuals are now blaming [the schools'] stance as the reason that young homosexuals are committing suicide because of...Read More
Dan Savage Threatens Rick Santorum
Filed by Bil Browning | July 27, 2011 | 7:00 AM |Dan Savage's New Threat to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage Dan Savage threatens Rick Santorum with redefining the name "Rick" next if he doesn't knock off the anti-gay campaign rhetoric....Read More
