While living in New Mexico, I heard many folk stories. Tales of emergence, creation stories, even UFO sightings.
I've been on a bit of a kitsch jag, and collected images of many a tragically ridiculous and astonishing postcard.
Editors' note: Greg Smith is a gay, HIV+ native Montanan, a Rome-educated former priest who is now a mental health therapist, health educator, activist, spiritual adventurer and overall wiseguy who loves to write.
Have you ever wondered why architectural photography books make such delicious gifts even in a Google Earthy world in which every building on the planet may be zoomed at your desk.
"We didn't [win in Maine], and there's a simple reason. Our message to protect our civil rights is about us, not about all of America.
Jeff Merkley's opening statement on ENDA.
TBP reader Scott sent in this video for gay pop/rock singer Aiden James' video for "On the run." Scott says: "A good song, even after the election results.
Thinking of gay marriage reminds me of Detroit. Here was a team that did everything wrong; up until the third game of this season they hadn't won a game since 2007.
Today is Sesame Street's 40th birthday! Google has a special front page image for the show and I automatically thought back to my dad's favorite story about me as a kid.
If "Let the people vote!" is now the dominant, deeply-considered political philosophy, I don't see why we can't all dream about what we want to see on the ballot.
It's funny, Tuesday afternoon, after watching the noon news, inside my head, I was willing to entertain the idea that we could lose.
Editors' note: Antonia "Toni" D'orsay is an advocate and sociologist based out of Phoenix Arizona working for several organizations in an advisory capacity, where she works on issues of empowerment, education, and language within and without the LGBT community under the pen name of Dyssonance.
The furious explosion of nutjobs over the passage of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act continues.
Interesting doings yesterday at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which you can view here.
The police are expected to come out with the results of their internal investigation of their raid on a Ft.
"Some faiths have a view about what in religious terms is right and wrong - what they can't do though is not teach the importance of tolerance.
Thanks to Senator Merkley's office for sending us the video of Thursday morning's press conference about the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
As heartbreaking as it was for the people on the ground and as callous as this may sound, Maine 09 was just another move in the two steps forward, one step back dance that social change movements are.
I was actually gone on vacation for the earlier part of this week in Seville, since French vacations don't line up with American elections.
Editors' note: Sharon Stapel is the executive director of the NYC Anti Violence Project.
The New York City Anti-Violence Project is honoring four LGBT Blogs - Bilerico, Joe.