Monthly Archives: November 2008

Transgender Day Of Remembrance

Today is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. From the site: The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight …

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Caption This

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Day Without A Gay

From the site: The worldwide media attention surrounding our massive grassweb efforts for gay rights has been tremendous. Join the Impact was a HUGE success and will continue to thrive because of our efforts. We’ve reacted to anti-gay ballot initiatives in California, Arizona, Florida, and Arkansas with anger, with resolve, and with courage. NOW, it’s time to show America and …

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Four More By 2012

Could four more New England states get marriage equality by 2012? The group that helped legalize gay marriage in two New England states wants to do the same in the other four by the year 2012. GLAD — which stands for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders — announced the campaign Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the key court decision …

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Paws Off The Screen!

Shelley’s favorite show is Sunrise Earth.

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Nate Silver For The Win

Stats god Nate Silver interviewed radio host John Ziegler, the guy behind How Obama Got Elected, a cry-baby site that selectively asked some Obama supporters a bunch of misleading and unfactual questions, therefore proving that all Democrats are dum-dums. Let’s just say that the interview doesn’t go too well and ends with “Fuck you.” Click. Dial tone. Here’s the video …

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AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano Picked As Head Of Homeland Security

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been picked by Barack Obama to be his head of Homeland Security. Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security’s myriad functions. Napolitano brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the Grand Canyon State’s first female attorney …

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Christianist Pressure = HIV Studies Dropped

A new study shows that due to the influence of Christianists and the GOP, half of the surveyed HIV researchers dropped or changed their grant requests to study populations affected by the virus. Important US research to reduce HIV infection may have been prevented in recent years because scientists have censored their funding requests in response to political controversy, according …

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Open Thread Thursday

What are you reading?

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BREAKING: CA Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenges To Prop 8

Via Los Angeles Times: The California Supreme Court agreed today to review legal challenges to Prop. 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a ruling. Meeting in closed session, the state high court asked litigants on both sides for more written arguments and scheduled a hearing for …

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PhoboQuotable – Michael Glatze

“As I watch 100,000 people pile together shouting, ‘Gay, Straight, Black, White: Marriage is a Civil Right,’ begging to be allowed by law to participate in a life of homosexual behavior, I am impressed by how desensitized we have come as a society. “When I get despondent and feel that the voice of life in our American culture is threatened …

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Huckabee: Gays Haven’t Been Beaten Up Enough To Be Compared To Blacks

Huckabee: “People who are homosexuals should have every right in terms of their civil rights, to be employed, to do anything they want. But that’s not really the issue. I know you talked about it and I think you got into it a little bit early on. But when we’re talking about a redefinition of an institution, that’s different than …

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The Bro Or The Manziere?

Gizmodo dug up this Japanese ad for a product designed for those with flopping moobs. But, uh, these things look a teensy bit delicate and feminine and seem more for cross-dressers than your average active bear. (Via – Towleroad)

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eHarmony Forced To Love The Gays

Thanks to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey, eHarmony has been forced to drop their “no gays, no way” policy and beginning next year gay folks can use the service. Internet matchmaker eHarmony.com will provide same-sex matching services in 2009 under the terms of a settlement reached today in New Jersey. The online dating service, founded in 2000 in California, …

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Live Puppy Cam!

This is for all the Michelle Malkin fans who are coming over today to read the “insane rage” of JMG readers. (Note: the live stream goes off the air every now and then when they have to clean up puppy poo.)

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Bat Boy Hates Prop 8

Via World Weekly News: NEW YORK, NY – Bat Boy was spotted taking part in Proposition 8 protests this past weekend. All across the country, citizens united in protest of California’s Proposition 8 to strictly define marriage between a man and a woman, as well as other anti-same-sex marriage laws that were passed on November 4. Bat Boy was seen …

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Guns ‘N Roses ‘N Gays

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Ali Forney Center Holiday Giving

Please click the box at the top of my far right ad column and consider making a holiday donation to the Ali Forney Center, NYC’s homeless shelter for LGBT youth. In addition to accepting cash donations online, the Ali Forney Center has a lengthy list of desperately needed everyday items such as socks, underwear, toiletries, cleaning supplies, new and “gently …

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Wig Force 2: Electric Boogaloo

Chuck Norris, 2008 Nightmare Hairpiece Olympics gold medalist, thinks that protesting against the result of Prop 8 is anarchy. Regardless of one’s opinion of Proposition 8, it is flat-out wrong and un-American to intimidate and harass individuals, churches and businesses that are guilty of nothing more than participating in the democratic process. Political protests are one thing, but when old-fashioned …

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The Onion On Prop 8

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