December 13, 2011
LGBT Rights Are Human Rights: Time to Celebrate?
Filed by Antoine Craigwell | December 13, 2011 | 6:00 PM |LGBT people are part of the social fabric, and thus part of the population that benefit from the foreign aid funding. A cut in aid will have an impact on everyone, and more so, on the populations that are already vulnerable.Read More
Tyler Clementi's Parents Speak to Today Show
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2011 | 5:00 PM |While most of the details about the circumstances of Tyler Clementi's suicide have been gleaned from court filings since his parents have refused all media interviews, Clementi's family has now started speaking out to promote an anti-bullying organization they founded following their son's death.Read More
Gay Syndicated Writer Paul Varnell Has Died
Filed by Karen Ocamb | December 13, 2011 | 4:00 PM |Perhaps the most prominent consistent voice for libertarian/independents was Paul Varnell, a one-time academic-turned-activist-turned-columnist, mostly for the Windy City Times. Some of Paul's columns would drive liberals and leftists crazy.Read More
Lesbian Wins Federal Employment Discrimination Case
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | December 13, 2011 | 3:00 PM |A lesbian employee receives a substantial settlement in a lawsuit claiming that sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination.Read More
Demand Senate Dems Protect Syringe Exchange Programs
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | December 13, 2011 | 2:00 PM |National AIDS organizations are encouraging advocates to take action and call key Senators after hearing that negotiations on the appropriations bill - including riders like syringe exchange programs - are taking place at the highest levels.Read More
I'm Excited: Men In Black 3 Trailer
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2011 | 1:00 PM |Here's something you may not know about me. One of my favorite movies is Men In Black. Can't find anything on TV? Can't decide on a movie to watch? I'll always suggest Men In Black.Read More
Give Till It Hurts
Filed by Guest Blogger | December 13, 2011 | 12:00 PM |You have probably heard the rumors that the economy isn't so great these days. It is the holiday season and we're all spending money, whether we have it or not. I spent $20 bucks on a tree topper last week - and I'm Jewish.Read More
This Is Not a Paperweight
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2011 | 11:00 AM |Wait until Mom finds out what it really is...Read More
FedEx & Me, Or, Gee, Thanks Joan
Filed by Annette Gross | December 13, 2011 | 10:00 AM |Once a month, I go to a FedEx/Kinko's office in my neighborhood. The employees there know me. Yesterday I went in to make copies for my PFLAG chapter's Bullied event and things took a turn for the worse.Read More
Anti-Gay Amendments Dropped from Defense Authorization Act
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2011 | 9:00 AM |The conference committee working to combine the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act announced yesterday that two anti-gay amendments passed by the House of Representatives have been dropped.Read More
So We Should Take Her Out Back & Punch Her in the Face?
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2011 | 8:30 AM |"I remain convinced that the best way to stop a bully is not to go mewling to the teacher, who will only call the victim's mummy, or to your own mummy, who will only call the teacher. The best way...Read More
The Sith Who Stole Christmas
Filed by Bil Browning | December 13, 2011 | 8:00 AM |Oh, you're a mean one, Mr. Sith. You're a mean one....Read More
