January 3, 2011
LGBT Rights: Why Messaging Is Important
Filed by Bil Browning | January 03, 2011 | 6:00 PM |One of the most intriguing aspects of politics is messaging. If you've got good talking points that resonate with the public's intuitive suspicions, you can dramatically alter the course of events. The right has always been much more effective with...Read More
Stretch and grow - or die
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 03, 2011 | 5:00 PM |The Orlando Sentinel is reporting on a local MCC church that may go the way of the gay bar or the queer bookstore: Started in 1979, the predominantly gay Orlando church is imperiled by its inability to attract a younger...Read More
Prop 8 Supportive Minister Busted for Child Molestation
Filed by Bil Browning | January 03, 2011 | 4:00 PM |Color me surprised - a California minister who was a donor to the Proposition 8 campaign has been caught allegedly molesting children. Not only is Mr. Sanctity supposedly a man of God, he's also a foster parent and daycare provider....Read More
New Hampshire: Proposition 8 redux
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 03, 2011 | 3:00 PM |The news out of New Hampshire is that the right, after taking over the state legislature, is looking to ban marriage between couples of the same sex in that state. Even though the governor is still a Democrat, Republicans control...Read More
"Defend Christians" Lists ENDA as Top Anti-Christian "Event" of 2010
Filed by Karen Ocamb | January 03, 2011 | 2:00 PM |Defend Christians.org, a San Diego-based "ministry" of the self-styled Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, just-released a list of the "Top Ten Anti-Christian Events in 2010." The list is the result of an online poll "of Christians and people of good will" at...Read More
NOM: No 2009 Tax Returns Yet
Filed by Bil Browning | January 03, 2011 | 1:00 PM |Continuing their practice of skirting or outright violating American election law, the National Organization for Marriage has failed to file any tax returns for 2009. The group's 2007 and 2008 filings were up to 17 months late and they have...Read More
12 Hot Asians and 12 Hot Mormons Walk into a Bar... (The 2011 Edition)
Filed by Prince Gomolvilas | January 03, 2011 | 12:00 PM |A couple years ago, I wrote about how my tradition of buying Zac Efron calendars was under review because there were entrepreneurs pervy enough to mass-produce calendars featuring nothing but hot Asian guys and hot Mormon dudes (though, oddly, not...Read More
Female inmate housed in male prison sues
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 03, 2011 | 11:00 AM |A woman in prison in Virginia is finally suing so that she'll be placed in a women's facility. She's been housed with men even though her birth certificate says she's a woman, she lives as a woman, a medical exam...Read More
Man to Sweaty Man: Vintage wrestlers
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | January 03, 2011 | 9:30 AM |My personal blog is on hiatus for a bit (I'll still be going here on my beloved Bilerico *smooch smooch smooch*), but the research goes on. I'm planning to do a big show on amateur wrestling (a hugely popular fetish/sport)...Read More
Trans feminine empowerment and FYCTC
Filed by Austen Crowder | January 03, 2011 | 8:30 AM |Fuck Yeah Cute Trans Chicks. The name speaks for itself. The brainchild of two trans women, FYCTC started from a simple question: "What sites exist to show how awesome trans women can be?" When few sites came to mind, they...Read More
Ramin Setoodeh hasn't backed down
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 03, 2011 | 7:30 AM |"Sadly, not enough has changed since the 1950s. We speculate about the sexuality of megastars, and as long as they stay straight off screen we're willing to let them play straight on screen. When somebody famous comes out of the...Read More
Video investigated by Navy
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 03, 2011 | 7:00 AM |This video from a US Navy captain is causing a stir and will actually be investigated by the Navy for language and "inappropriate" content. Because I can't think of anything more disgusting that the military did while deployed in...Read More
