Monthly Archives: November 2009

NEM Co-Directors Resign In Controversy Over Future Of Equality Across America

National Equality March co-directors Kip Williams and Robin McGehee have resigned from Equality Across America as the future of the new activism group becomes cloudy. Bil Browning at the Bilerico Project reports: EAA founder Cleve Jones confirmed that both activists had stepped down from their leadership positions. Everyone involved agreed that the parting of ways resulted from concerns about financial …

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A Note Of Thanks From Maine’s No On 1

Yesterday’s “red alert” from No On 1 yielded another $68K for last minute ads. Below, campaign head Jesse Connelly sends his appreciation.

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Age, Income, Kids: New Study Says Gay Families Similar To Straight Families

According to new study of U.S. Census Bureau data performed by researchers at UCLA, there’s not much difference between straight families and gay couples who report themselves as married. Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday …

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HomoQuotable – David Mixner

“You have to be totally operating on blind faith if you believe that President Obama and his team cannot make a difference. Tragically if we lose closely, that defeat almost can be laid at the steps of the White House for their refusal to stand by our side in the battle for freedom. The Holder remark basically gave those Obama …

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Mario Cantone On Joy Behar

A typically manic performance from Mario Cantone, complete with Liza, Cher, and Bette Davis impressions.

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Philly Transit Workers Go On Strike

Hours after the last World Series game to be played there, Philadelphia’s transit workers have gone on strike. The strike by Transport Workers Union Local 234 will all but cripple a transit system that averages more than 928,0000 trips each weekday. The union represents more than 5,000 drivers, operators and mechanics of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. “There will be …

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USMC Commandant James Conway Leads Opposition To DADT Repeal

Marine Corps Commandant James T. Conway is spearheading a campaign opposed to the repeal of DADT. Via the right-leaning Washington Times: Most of the senior brass hold deep reservations about President Obama’s pledge to end the ban on gays in the military, especially in the middle of two wars that have put extra stress on the military, down to the …

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Election Day Open Thread

I’ll be live-blogging election results this evening. In the meantime use this space to talk about your experiences at the polls today. Mainers, New Yorkers, Washington state residents – we want to hear from you in particular. Kalamazoomians (?) too! Drop in any links to exit polls, please. UPDATE: I left off Houston, where open lesbian Anise Parker is running …

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Today In Music Marketing

Weezer is selling its own branded Snuggie. Oh, and it comes with their new album, Raditude. A sign of the continuing decline of music retail? Or brilliant marketing?

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Soccer Star Fired For Homophobic Book

A Danish pro soccer team has fired its star goalie, Arek Onyszko, after he published a memoir with strongly homophobic language. Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko has been fired by FC Midtjylland, a Danish football club, for making homophobic comments in his autobiography. The player’s book, titled Fucking Polack, was released yesterday. In it, he detailed his hate of homosexuality. Onyszko …

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He Said ‘Yes’: Proposal Interrupts DC Same-Sex Marriage Hearing

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HomoQuotable – Dan Savage

“This boy has been out to his family since age 12 and when he wanted to go out in drag on Halloween and his mother made his costume and his dad took him to West Hollywood. There’s just one comment on the post at YouTube right now and it’s from Elliott: ‘Dad let me upload this :D’ His dad let …

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Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC): Health Care Reform Is Worse Than Terrorism

Think Progress reports: Few Republican congressional members have served as a greater fount for hyperbolic and uninformed ranting about health care reform as has Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC). As ThinkProgress previously documented, Foxx has claimed Democratic reforms would mean seniors are “put to death by their government,” that health reform is a “distraction,” and that “there are no Americans who …

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80’s Flashback

Julie Brown, The Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun, 1984. This classic novelty record was actually the B-side to Brown’s minor hit I Like ‘Em Big And Stupid, but became a bigger hit on its own after heavy play from Dr. Demento’s nationally syndicated radio show. Best line: “So I ran down and I said, in her good ear…” After the …

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Red Alert From Maine’s No On 1

Maine’s No On 1 team has issued the following alert seeking volunteers who can get up there tonight or tomorrow. The “Drive for Equality” hotel in South Portland still has space available, and the staging locations still need volunteers. We’re trying to entice Boston and NH people to make last-minute spur- of-the-moment decisions to come up here. So the word …

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The Evolution Of Gay Men On TV

From Dynasty to Melrose Place to Will & Grace to…

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Quote Of The Day – Maine Craigslister

From Craigslist’s Maine Rants & Raves board: Who the fuck do you radical faggot asswipes think you’re intimidating with all this NO on one bullshit? Do you really think you will change the way we’re going to vote with threats? Our Govenor is on your side? Good! Take that fucking sneaky aids-stricken weasel with you when we run your faggot …

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This Week: GMHC’s Art & AIDS Exhibit

Via Gay Men’s Health Crisis: Starting on Tuesday, November 3, the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation will donate its gallery to host, “Art & AIDS: Living for the Moment,” an exhibition featuring 50 artists living with HIV/AIDS. Over 130 works of art, utilizing diverse media, will be on display through November 7. The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation is a public non-profit …

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Sen. Orrin Hatch: Health Care Reform Will Destroy The Two-Party System

Today Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said that health care reform could mean the end of America’s two-party system, because everybody will come to depend on Democrats to stay alive. Or something. Hatch asserted that the health bills, which he believes represent a “step-by-step approach to socialized medicine,” will lead to Americans’ dependence on Democrats for their health and other issues. …

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PhoboQuotable – Bishop Janusz Kaleta

“I consider if someone is homosexual, it is a provocation and an abuse of this place. Try to go to a mosque if you are not Muslim. It is abuse of our buildings and our religion because the church interprets our religion that it is not ethical. We expect respect of our church as we expect to respect that a …

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