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FOF's new logo: open for interpretation
2008-05-01 15:09:00 The extremely gay-unfriendly folks at Focus on the Family have debuted a brand new logo: And to be honest, we find the image a little bizarre. For while the Dobsonites clearly mean for it to represent a child with his... More About: Open , Logo , Interpretation
Poll: Who tickles your pickle?
2008-05-01 14:24:00 Know an attractive dude who's usually overlooked on the typical "most beautiful people" lists? Tired of seeing gay and bisexual men underrepresented on such polls? Need to release a cathartic bout of superficial judgment-casting but don't know where to turn?... More About: Poll , Pickle
Way to defend coupling of Anna/Nicole, Smith
2008-04-30 20:24:00 Last month, we analyzed a brief portion of a speech that anti-gay speaker Ryan Sorba regularly gives at colleges across the country, pointing out some of the liberties and misrepresentations that we were able to find in even the most... More About: Anna Nicole Smith , Anna Nicole , Anna , Smith , Nicole
Pete's discourse takes southward descent
2008-04-30 19:52:00 The inescapable words of anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera have now extended beyond the bounds of just our fair nation. The Americans For Truth head has given an interview with the Brazilian publication Enfoque Gospel, in which Pete, who is credited... More About: Descent
Waiting in the wings: Logo GLAADly goes behind the scenes
2008-04-30 18:34:00 Were you too cheap or too poorly connected to find yourself at one of this year's GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies? Well fret not, ill-networked pauper. For the Logo net has announced that on May 3, they will air the special,... More About: Behind The Scenes , Wings , Waiting , Scenes
Video quiz: Who's the 'heretic'?
2008-04-30 17:54:00 Watch this short clip and then take our little quiz: Alright, so this man is obviously having a very strong negative reaction to a religious leader's "heretical" teachings. That means the person to whom he is speaking must be doing... More About: Video , Quiz , Heretic
We're not cunning linguists: What's Greek for 'frivolous lawsuit'?
2008-04-30 16:18:00 Hey, lesbians: Did you know that every time you use "the l word" to describe your sexual orientation, you are offending the delicate sensibilities of an entire island populace? At least that's what some residents of the Greek Island of... More About: Lawsuit
Presbyterians & lesbyterians: Union recognition rules now muddier than ever
2008-04-30 15:09:00 Last August, we briefly told you about Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, an out lesbian, being rebuked by the United States Presbyterian Church for presiding over same-sex unions. Well we're happy to announced that yesterday, a church court decided that Spahr... More About: Union , Rules , Recognition
As if being a gay teen weren't tough enough
2008-04-30 01:32:00 The ACLU is coming down on Memphis, Tennessee 's Hollis F. Price Middle College High and its principal, Daphne Beasley, for (allegedly) violating the privacy of two male students by publicly identifying them as gay. The story, which sounds more like... More About: Tough
Audio: Hartline on the stump
2008-04-29 20:58:00 Some of you might be familiar with "ex-gay" James Hartline, who routinely annoys the San Diego/ Hillcrest area of California with his "gays can and should change" brand of political activism. But what you may or may not know is... More About: Audio
You're outraged? Well we're out and we're raging!
2008-04-29 19:02:00 Watch this "outrage" from conservative radio host Sean Casey and then we'll get back to you: Oh, so you're "outraged"? Yea, well, we're outraged too. We're incredibly outraged that rather than look into the facts of the matter, you instead... More About: Maine
Dudes head to Oyster Bay, fish for fairness
2008-04-29 16:39:00 It's a familiar story in the queer activism world: A gay couple who's sick and tired of being denied marriage equality protests the shortsightedness by going down to their local government office to try and obtain a license to wed,... More About: Fish , Head , Fairness
Ironically, it was 'Truth' that was greeted with silence
2008-04-29 15:17:00 The so-called "Day of Truth " went by yesterday with less than a whimper. While last Friday's pro-acceptance, anti-bullying Day of Silence attracted considerable attention, there was barely a mention of Monday's anti-gay endeavor on either mainstream or "pro-family" news sites,...
But unfortunately, Mike, bigotry's not just for bigots
2008-04-29 02:16:00 Pennsylvania Senator Mike Brubaker might be sponsoring legislation that alter his state's most precious governing document so that it explicitly bans its gay tax-paying citizens from the freedom to marry. But don't you DARE call him a "bigot." This from... More About: Pennsylvania
Hailey and high water: Leisha on board Olivia cruises
2008-04-28 23:49:00 And now for some "we're bored with the culture war so let's talk about something frivolous like an 'L Word' star's new endorsement" news: The popular Olivia travel and entertainment company has announced that Alice Pieszecki herself, Leisha Hailey, has... More About: Cruises , Board , Water , High
Video: Audio, views both out of sync
2008-04-28 21:58:00 So this guy, Chattanooga street preacher David Taylor, presents his one-sided anti-gay views in a way that he thinks sets him apart from run of the mill "homophobes." We, however, would argue that his approach is more damaging and even... More About: Video , Views , Audio , Sync
Conservatives to Fargo: 'Treat 'em less than, Wells!'
2008-04-28 19:38:00 Pro Vita Advisors, a non-profit organization that helps write and present shareholder resolutions designed to make companies less supportive of things like gay rights and a woman's right to choose, will tomorrow introduce a shareholder resolution asking banking institution Wells ... More About: Conservatives , Treat , Fargo
Video: What's Yiddish for 'ex-gay'?
2008-04-28 19:02:00 Trust your mother, bubbe. She always knows you best: Damn, maybe this gay male writer is straight too. I did, after all, just totally fall in love with one Bunny Levine! Coming In [YouTube] More About: Video , Yiddish
Tomorrow: Make Albany less banny, all
2008-04-28 18:31:00 We've talked before about our undying affection for the Empire State Pride Agenda. The New York state advocacy group is truly one of the hardest working, most focused LGBT organizations in the nation, and we've been inspired by their infectious... More About: Make , Tomorrow
Geez, even their countdown's untruthful
2008-04-28 17:13:00 Today is the anti-gay "Day of Truth." It's not tomorrow -- it's today. So that being the case, if those behind the unrighteous, "ex-gay"-encouraging public school endeavor were to host a countdown to the day on their website, that countdown...
Grab your remote, olives: Stoli show back for another shot
2008-04-28 16:41:00 "Grey Goose presents GAY DUDES DOING GAY THINGS"? No way. "Absolut presents THE LESBIAN VARIETY HOUR"? Doesn't exist. "Popov presents QUEER LIFE (and a nasty hangover)"? You're not gonna find that show on any channel. No, no -- none of... More About: Show , Back , Shot , Olives , Remote
Gays are 'gross' and 'satanic': Is that a Maine priority?
2008-04-28 15:30:00 The Christian Civic League of Maine and its notoriously queer-hostile leader, Mike Heath, have announced that they'll petition to put referendums on the state's 2009 ballot designed to (a) outlaw civil unions and same-sex marriages in the state and (b)... More About: Gays , Gross , Satanic , Priority
Video: Al & Al -- does their love fly in AL?
2008-04-28 14:33:00 Back in November of last year, we told you how ABC's "20/20" program was filming a piece in Birmingham, AL, in which they were conducting an experiment to gauge how local citizens react to public displays of same-sex affection. This... More About: Video , Love , Alabama
The honor of your presence is requested: Fab marriage article in 'Times' ma
2008-04-26 16:10:00 This weekend's edition of The NY Times Magazine has a great cover story (with adorable photos). The topic at ring-adorned hand? The young Massachusetts gay men who, despite what the far-right would have you believe, are (a) desperately, monogamously in... More About: Marriage , Article , Presence
WA: Grown adults teach teens how to throw stones
2008-04-25 21:36:00 As local media outlets have now filed their noon news reports on the west coast, we are starting to get some of the first images from the protest that anti-gay bully Ken Hutcherson has waged at Washington 's Mount Si High... More About: Teens , Throw , Grown , Stones
Audio: Kids, just remember that your parents are sometimes wrong!
2008-04-25 18:32:00 As millions of students protest bullying today by recognizing the annual Day of Silence, and other students and parents raise a stink about the peaceful endeavor by keeping their kids home for the day, take a second and listen to... More About: Kids , Audio , Parents , Wrong
Dallas, Sex-us: Examining one pastor's imperious views
2008-04-25 16:56:00 In a lengthy article in which he tries to rationalize the modern church's hard-line stance of 'mosexuality, Rev. Dallas Henry has outlined some key points of his side's crusade. No fans of having our lives and loves trivialized in simplistic,... More About: Views
Video: Wherein Bush kicks self for endorsing too early
2008-04-25 14:57:00 Discontented with John McCain, social conservatives? Well fortunately for you, there's another choice. There is Robert May: But hey, at least he laid it all out there. In many ways we'd rather have a dude like that lashing out against... More About: Video , Bush , Early , Kicks
Fortunately I look good in red
2008-04-25 14:45:00 In a post she has written against myself and several of my fellow online gay writers, anti-gay activist Stacy Harp chose to doctor my image so that it appears like this: Glad to see we're keeping discourse at the height... More About: Good
'It's time for androgyny. Here comes Matt!'
More articles from this author:2008-04-25 01:13:00 Since there are only so many times one can uses phrases like "San Francisco values" and "radical, militant, activists" without them growing stale, it's always exciting when Matt Barber inscribes a new phrase into his book of reliable code-wording. However,... More About: Time 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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