December 19, 2012

Dead Kids Sell Advertising: Commercializing Tragedy
Filed by Bil Browning | December 19, 2012 | 6:00 PM |After last week's school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, I questioned how long it would be before all of the squalling and bawling on Facebook turned back into Christmas commercialism.Read More

LGBT Congressmembers to House GOP Leaders: Stop Spending Taxpayer Money Defending DOMA
Filed by Karen Ocamb | December 19, 2012 | 4:30 PM |On Tuesday, Dec. 18 - just 13 days before going over the "fiscal cliff" triggers automatic, mandatory $600 billion in tax increases and across-the-board government spending cuts - LGBT top leaders called on the House Republican leadership to stop funding DOMA.Read More

Andy Richter & George Takei Help You Come Out for X-Mas
Filed by James Holmes | December 19, 2012 | 3:30 PM |Holidays are a great time to come out. Luckily Andy Richter, George Takei, and friends are there to help. Who doesn't want George Takei to be hiding in their curtains? Read More

Silver Linings: Trans Youth Accommodated Despite Politics & IFI
Filed by Austen Crowder | December 19, 2012 | 1:30 PM |We can't always beat groups like the Illinois/Indiana Family Institute or MassResistance, who have deep pockets, deep connections, and a lot of pent-up anger. Yet at the same time schools have a far, far bigger problem than a tussle with quasi-religious nutjobs.Read More

The Lesbian & Gay Band Will March in Inauguration Parade
Filed by Karen Ocamb | December 19, 2012 | 12:00 PM |The 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday that they "are thrilled that the Lesbian and Gay Band has accepted their invitation to participate!"Read More

What the Hell It's About
Filed by Bil Browning | December 19, 2012 | 11:00 AM |"You live your life as meaningful as you can make it. You live it and don't be afraid of who is going to like you or are you being appropriate. You worry about being kind. You worry about being generous....Read More

Unit Cohesion Edition [What You Need To Know]
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | December 19, 2012 | 10:00 AM |Todd Akin wants to enshrine bigotry in the military, a number of gay rights figures and allies have passed away, good and bad news in Montana, and much more. Plus: what if humans acted like cats?Read More
A Charlie Brown Christmas Reunion
Filed by Bil Browning | December 19, 2012 | 9:00 AM |After living in New York for a few years, Charlie Brown goes back home to reconnect with old friends. Schroeder ended up just like I always imagined he would. Ho ho oh!...Read More