What a week for the Bilerico sites this has been! First we were named one of the Advocate's "Top Political Blogs" and then we celebrated our second birthday with news of an upcoming redesign. Let us know what you like and don't like about the site so we can incorporate your suggestions! While you're waiting for new posts to start again after the holiday, here's the best posts from this week. Enjoy the holiday weekend!
Bilerico Nation Transformers 2: "Homophobia in Disguise" Filed by: Zac Hart (Bilerico-Indiana) My Pride Party & the White Elephant Filed by: Keri Renault (Bilerico-DC) Oakland Park Passes Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" City Resolution Filed by: Anthony Niedwiecki (Bilerico-Florida) Friday Freedom Filed by: John Shields The Relentless Damage of Pope Benedict XVI Filed by: Father Tony Thursday Another Historic Meeting, Another Melanin-free Transgender Contingent Filed by: Monica Roberts Dump Gay Marriage Now Filed by: Yasmin Nair Wednesday Terrorists in Blue: Police Running Out of Control Filed by: Patricia Nell Warren Uncovering Feminism: Emma Bee Bernstein and a few questions about suicide Filed by: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Tuesday Prop 8: A Spoonful of Sugar Filed by: Dana Rudolph Welcome to Your White House Filed by: Cathy Renna Monday Fort Worth Gay Bar Raid: Stonewall Redux Filed by: Waymon Hudson Clubland's Wonder Woman: Kristine W interview Filed by: Guest Blogger Scott David Sunday Rockstar Energy Drink fracas update Filed by: Bil Browning Outside the binary Filed by: Alex BlazeFull story...
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.
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