May 17, 2011
Evolutionary Psychologist: Black Women Are Uglier than White Women
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2011 | 7:00 PM |The most angry responses I get to my posts here on The Bilerico Project come from when I disagree with someone with a big degree, a few letters after his/her name, and who writes using some numbers and math. Usually...Read More
MTV: Are You Kidding Me?
Filed by Sara Whitman | May 17, 2011 | 6:00 PM |Classes ended on the 6th and I took off for Downeast Maine. It was beautiful, not that cold, and very restful. While I was gone, young son Ben was busy. He applied to be on an MTV show about kids...Read More
I Found Freedom in Prison (No, I Don't Mean Jesus)
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 PM |Editors' note: Steve Mason is a 26-year-old California state inmate, librarian, and gay liberation activist who will be released in early 2015. When he is not engaged in pink politics he can be found reading Stephen King books, drawing, listening...Read More
The Magazine for Playful (Misogynistic!) Men
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | May 17, 2011 | 4:30 PM |Not that I have anything against bondage (ahem, ahem) but check out this magazine cover that's after the jump. You know, every time I hear a politician talking about returning to "traditional family values," images like this 1950s men's magazine...Read More
Bullying Linked to Increased Suicide Risk, HIV Infection
Filed by D Gregory Smith | May 17, 2011 | 3:30 PM |A new study in The Journal Of School Health gives another reason to protect school-age LGBT's from bullying and threats of violence. This is the first study to examine school victimization in adolescence in relation to physical and mental health...Read More
Schwarzenegger Fathered Child With Employee
Filed by Bil Browning | May 17, 2011 | 2:30 PM |Now the real reason why Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger have separated has hit the news. While the Arnold has said he hopes to reconcile soon, apparently his wife is telling friends the opposite and here's why: Former California Gov....Read More
Lesbian Outed at School for Holding Hands with Girlfriend
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2011 | 1:30 PM |Two lesbian students in Pompano Beach, Florida, were told repeatedly by the principal that they weren't allowed to hold hands on campus, something that they kept on doing because they saw that straight students were allowed to hold hands. At...Read More
Harvard LGBTQ Policy Journal on Trans Identification
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 17, 2011 | 12:00 PM |Harvard University's LGBTQ Policy Journal at the Kennedy School of Government recently published an article by Harper Jean Tobin, Fair and Accurate Identification for Transgender People. Ms. Tobin, a lawyer who works for the National Center for Transgender Equality as...Read More
Gay LAPD Sergeant Sues City for Job Discrimination
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 17, 2011 | 11:30 AM |When I interviewed incoming LAPD Chief Charlie Beck for Frontiers In LA in November 2009, one of the first concerns, given Beck's 32-year career with the LAPD, was about whether he belonged to antigay Deputy Chief Mark Kroeker's "God Squad"...Read More
On Sunday Drinking, Or, Has Satan Been Rendered Irrelevant?
Filed by Don Davis | May 17, 2011 | 10:30 AM |I know better than to go drinking on Sundays, but it's just been one of those weeks, and I figured I'd grab a few beers, no big deal, and then head home and get some real work done. Of course,...Read More
McDonalds Attackers Indicted on Hate Crimes Charges
Filed by Bil Browning | May 17, 2011 | 9:30 AM |Teonna Brown, one of the two women seen attacking a transgender woman in a Baltimore McDonalds, will be facing serious legal charges after a grand jury indictment Monday. Equality Maryland sent over a statement shortly after the grand jury's decision...Read More
Wisconsin Governor Wants to Stop Defending Gay Rights
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2011 | 8:30 AM |Gov. Scott Walker, the conservative ideologue Wisconsin somehow elected to its highest office, has asked the court if his office could stop defending Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry, which gives same-sex couples the opportunity to register for some of the rights...Read More
Chaz Bono Wants to Marry
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2011 | 7:30 AM |"I would say within a year, definitely. Not to make excuses, but we went through a lot. I transitioned. She went to grad school. Then, you know, we were making the film. And I wrote the book. It was a...Read More
Don Lemon Discusses Book
Filed by Alex Blaze | May 17, 2011 | 7:00 AM |Don Lemon's first interview since he came out....Read More
