May the wingnut reactions begin. Unfortunately, I don't see the GOP coming to its senses to endorse moderate Charlie Baker's selection of State Sen.
There's nothing like a performance that completely blows by the censors with slow fingers on the trigger -- Adam Lambert spiced up the American Music Awards with not only a slave theme in his performance, but he "engages" with one male slave in a way that.
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Expose religious right’s history of anti-gay junk science is a facebook group that I am helping to start.
Check out an email I got this week from an ex-coworker and friend of almost 20 years:
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I found this to be very truthful and interesting.
It was just revealed in a NYT report that in 1997, Rep. Patrick Kennedy was told to stop receiving Communion by a Rhode Island bishop because of the congressman's public stance on "moral issues.
Weekend b*tch and moan session...
Kate and I spent most of yesterday and a good portion of today going through all of the junk mail, catalogs and magazines that have piled up in the last several weeks.
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An interesting situation is brewing in Philadelphia regarding this "lovely" image to the left.
OUT 100 2009 honoree Kerry Eleveld's weekly column for The Advocate, View From Washington, covers progress on DADT repeal and my recent excusive interview with Brian Bond, deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (a.
Doesn't it seem like a nostalgic moment when the Ku Klux Klan shows up to do its "song and dance" of mind-numbing, color-aroused crap along with Nazi salutes these days? At least these cretins know how to dress up for the occasion, as opposed to the boatload of bigots we've seen during the 2008 campaign and post-inauguration.
With all of the negativism that is coming out of much of the Religious Right wing, it is good to know that there are other branches of Christianity that do not condemn LGBT individuals, families and couples.
Once again Colbert has proven to be the man. Check out this clip from Thursday's show about William Phillips choosing not to say the Pledge of Allegiance because gays cannot marry.
From Garden State Equality
Urgent! This Monday, November 23rd, join us at 8:30 am in Trenton to lobby for marriage equality! Meet at Garden State Equality's office across from the State House at 110 West State Street, Trenton.
My very, very close friend, Vicki Estrada, gave the keynote address at the International Transgender Day Of Remembrance memorial event, held at the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Community Center.
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By now we have all heard about the Manhattan Declaration put out by various religious right figures and groups urging, among other things, non-cooperation with laws that in any way recognize same sex couples.
The 2008 campaign was great for armchair psychologists as we saw a good slice of color-aroused America that had been hiding its true feelings about the prospect of the country being led by a man of color.
Regulars at the coffeehouse know that I'm burned out, fried and literally fighting all sorts of health BS of late, from the inevitable inability to balance the demands of my day job (hey, at least I have one to be thankful for), writing for the blog, along with travel to blog-related events, interviews and such.
Yesterday the British prime minister Gordon Brown stood shoulder to shoulder with the trans community to mark Transgender day of Remembrance.
Cross-posted from: http://www.tips-q.com/1620540-tackling-dummy-christians-are-new-negro
The rabidly anti-gay Ken Hutcherson, a former Seattle Seahawks linebacker, is pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, Washington.
Wow -- the teabaggers, birthers and know-nothings waited for hours for Bible Spice to sign copies of Going Rogue, and they weren't happy when her highness basically took the money and ran.
Via Wonkette: The 'Tea Party: The Documentary Film' Trailer! ('Liberty's March Has A New Generation Of Patriots').