Monthly Archives: August 2009

Trans Woman Asked For Photos Of Her Genitals As Requirement For Work

Pennsylvania transwoman Kate Lynn Blatt says her employer demanded a letter from a surgeon and a photograph of her genitals as a requirement of returning to work after she used the women’s locker room. Philadelphia Gay News: At the time of the October 2007 incident, Blatt was employed by Manpower Inc., a global staffing-services agency with a branch office in …

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Obama Is Literally Hitler

Hilarious. UPDATE: It appears that for the humor/satire/parody impaired out there, I must point out that the linked site makes fun of the deathers who’ve been out with their Obama=Hitler signs. Literally.

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HomoQuotable – Jim McGreevey

“With every passing day it becomes more and more in the distant mirror. I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I’m on and to relish each day as a gift. I’m grateful for my brokenness. I’m grateful for my humility. It’s a blessing. An old Benedictine priest told me, …

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Celebration Times

First & 69th, Friday, 10am I’m coming out of a bodega… Wild-eyed Homeless Guy: “Ooh! Look at you! You bought a paper! Hurray! Woo hoo! You can read! Whoop-dee-doo!” OK, then. New York City.

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Whole Foods Boycott Gains Steam

More than a dozen groups have called for a boycott of Whole Foods over the last 48 hours, and of course, there is a Facebook group. Whole Foods is NOT a company that cares for communities and they have built their brand with the dollars of deceived progressives. No more. My $ will no longer go to support Whole Foods’ …

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Maine: NOM Accused Of Money Laundering

Californians Against Hate has sent a letter to election officials in Maine, warning that the National Organization for Marriage and other groups may involved in some funny business with their donations. The charges arise out of the payments made to the professional petition gathering group that successfully put a repeal of same-sex marriage on the November ballot. From the letter …

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Federal Judge: Calling Someone Gay Is No Longer Defamatory

A federal judge has ruled that calling somebody “gay” no longer legally qualifies as defamation because of society’s changing attitudes. The ruling came in the case of noted douchebag Howard K. Stern, who is suing the author of a book on the life of Anna Nicole Smith. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of Manhattan ruled (PDF posted by the New …

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Naughty Girls Need Wives Too

Former Page 3 topless model and 80’s dance artist Samantha Fox is getting married to her female manager. Via SheWired: Fox, most well known for her popular nude pictorials and eighties pop songs, tells OK! Magazine of the nuptial’s planned for England, “We might get Liz Mitchell of BoneyM to do the ceremony – she’s a pastor now… and have …

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BART To Strike On Monday

Union employees of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) are set to begin a strike on Monday. Bay Area residents face the prospect of a commuting nightmare Monday morning after the president of BART’s second-largest union announced that it will go on strike at the end of service Sunday night. If Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555, which represents about 900 train …

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Gay Activist Heckles Bill Clinton

Gay activist and blogger Lane Hudson heckled Bill Clinton about DADT and DOMA during Clinton’s speech at the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh yesterday. Andres Duque has the full transcript of Clinton’s response, which he began by telling Hudson he’d fit in as one of the town hall screamers. Hey, you know, you ought to go to one of those …

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Maddow: Racist Nightmare On K Street

Rachel Maddow tips us to ResistNet.com, a racist GOP-astroturf group that is organizing against health care reform.

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Photo Of The Day

“Death to Obama. Death to Obama, Michelle and her two stupid kids.” The Secret Service took the man into custody outside a town hall meeting on health care reform being held by Sen. Ben Cardin (D) in Hagerstown, Maryland. The Freepers are convinced he was planted by liberals.

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Stars Come Out For NOH8 Campaign

Confession: I have no idea who any of these people are.

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Sunday: NOM Protest In Rhode Island

There will be a protest at the National Organization for Marriage’s hatefest in Rhode Island this Sunday. From the Providence Equality Action Committee’s Facebook action page. This Sunday, the National Organization for Marriage is holding a “Marriage Day” at the Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. The purpose of this event is to build support for bigotry and exclusion of LGBT people …

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80’s Flashback

Mari Wilson, Just What I Always Wanted, 1982. A pure pop delight with a 60’s throwback vibe. This track got to #8 in the UK, but other than some MTV play, didn’t get much notice in the U.S. (Except at gay video bars, of course, where the boys flipped for the beehive and the costumes.) From the excellent album, Showpeople, …

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Whole Foods CEO: People Have No Intrinsic Right To Health Care

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has raised the ire of many of his most loyal customers by penning an anti-health care reform editorial in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, in which he lovingly quotes Margaret Thatcher and says that there is no “intrinsic right to health care.” Many promoters of health-care reform believe that people have an intrinsic ethical right to …

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Concerned Women For America: No Equal Rights For Queers (Or We’ll Shoot)

Pam Spaulding tips us to the latest bit of bile from the Concerned Women for America, who actually used a handgun to illustrate their opposition to employment equality for gays. ENDA adds not only “sexual orientation” but “gender identity” to federal workplace anti-discrimination law. Thus, it takes an ax to the idea that sexual behavior has a natural normalcy or …

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In Which I’m Declared Fashionable

According to the New York Times, men with guts are suddenly in fashion. Only they’re no longer “beer bellies” or a “paunch,” they’re called a “Ralph Kramden.” Too pronounced to be blamed on the slouchy cut of a T-shirt, too modest in size to be termed a proper beer gut, developed too young to come under the heading of a …

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MN: Student Wins $25K Judgment For Anti-Gay Slurs By Teachers

A Minneapolis-area high school junior has been awarded a $25K settlement after two teacher harassed him and made him the brunt of classroom jokes about his perceived sexual orientation. The boy’s “fence swings both ways,” teacher Diane Cleveland commented during a class in the 2007-2008 school year, according to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. When the …

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UK: Dennis No Longer A Menace

An animated British version of Dennis the Menace has been tweaked so that Dennis no longer tortures Walter the Softie. The changes come after producers became concerned that Dennis’ behavior was too much like homophobic bullying. Walter the Softie was usually seen being tormented by Dennis for peaceful pastimes such as picking flowers and holding tea parties for his teddybears …

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