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Gay and Lesbian Activism With a Sense of Humor Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:57:34 +0100 Yesterday we gave you lots of background on San Francisco PD Lt. Stephan Thorne, and told you how an anonymous person had written to extremist radio host Michael Savage to, essentially, complain about Mr. Thorne's mere existence. Now, thanks to...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:31:39 +0100 The anti-gay side's latest attempt to stop the big, bad gays from "harassing" them? To completely change campaign finance law, natch: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys together with ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:50:53 +0100 This from The Advocate's uber-intrepid Kerry Eleveld: A transition team aide has told The Advocate that President-elect Barack Obama will name Brian Bond the deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. Bond, a political veteran who has...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:12:00 +0100 Here we go again. After months of threats and buildups, the American Family Association has officially announced plans to boycott Pepsi because of the soft drink manufacturer's gay support: AFA's Latest Soon-To-Fail Boycott [J.M.G.] ::Yawn:: I need a nice Pepsi...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:15:56 +0100 Question: If an organization routinely gives positive reinforcement to an SPLC-declared hate group, should that group also be put in the "active U.S. hate groups" category? We ask this after seeing a new One News Now story in which the...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:39:17 +0100 This year's "Real World" is totally LGBT-erific. There's a gay man, a transwoman, an apparently bisexual female who's now in a relationship with a man, and a metrosexually-enhanced straight boy who clearly uses more product than we even have in...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:30:06 +0100 We've long known that Anne Hathaway is a friend and an ally. Now we're happy to learn that she understands the the slap-in-the-face-edness of the Rick Warren fiasco: Somewhere Rick Warren is hugging his Princess Diaries DVD and weeping. Hathaway...
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:03:55 +0100 In two different years ('08 and '06), this website was honored as one of the five nominees for a Bloggie Award. But that won't be happening this year, at least not in the GLBT category. Why? Well, because the queer...
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