Monthly Archives: December 2009

Log Cabin Republicans Announce Progress On Their DADT Suit

In an announcement posted on their homepage, the Log Cabin Republicans report that the DOJ has been denied in their appeal to stop the LCR’s suit to repeal DADT. In a ruling delivered on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. Federal Court Judge Virginia Phillips handed Log Cabin Republicans a major legal victory by denying the Obama Administration Justice …

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Rachel Maddow On Uganda’s Proposed “Kill Gays” Legislation

Last night Rachel Maddow tore into Uganda’s proposed “kill gays” legislation and its ties to American evangelicals, Rick Warren, and major GOP politicians. WATCH THIS.

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Blogger Beauty Pageant

Apparently I am a semi-finalist in a contest I didn’t know existed. Air America Media is running a promotion asking you to vote for your favorite progressive blogger. The winner gets a week-long cruise to the Mexican Riviera with Air America hosts, including our heroine, Rachel Maddow. I’m way down at #11 in the semi-finals voting, which ends tomorrow. But …

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AIDS Activists Arrested In Demonstration At NYC’s Gracie Mansion

Ten AIDS activists have been arrested at NYC’s Gracie Mansion at a protest over Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recent $6M cut to the city’s HIV/AIDS budget. Via press release from Housing Works: To expose the hypocrisy of Mayor Bloomberg’s Annual World AIDS Day Breakfast at Gracie Mansion, ten Housing Works’ protesters, including President and CEO Charles King, staged a sit-in at …

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Will NY Senate Vote On Marriage Today?

Rumors are leaking out here and there that the New York Senate will vote on marriage equality today. A spokesperson for State Senator Dale Volker says the controversial same sex marriage bill could be voted on today in the senate. s for the battle to plug New York’s multi-billion dollar budget crisis, Governor David Paterson says negotiations with lawmakers are …

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Birthers Run Full-Page Ad In DC Paper

Moonies and birthers sittin’ in a tree. B-I-G-O-T-R-Y. This latest national edition of the Washington Times features a full-page ad that claims that President Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. The ad was purchased by the anti-Obama website ProtectOurLiberty.org. While the group has placed several birther ads in the Washington Times in recent months, the version …

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White House Holds Press Conference To Observe World AIDS Day

Here’s the complete video of yesterday’s White House press conference on HIV/AIDS. The clip’s description on the Obama administration’s YouTube channel: On the eve of World AIDS Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett, and other officials discuss the progress the Obama Administration has made in combating …

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B.A.R. Posts All Obits Since 1980

In a joint project with the San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Historical Society, the Bay Area Reporter has created an online database of every obituary published since 1980. For years, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, people who had died from complications related to AIDS dominated the B.A.R. ‘s obituary pages. Tom Burtch, a volunteer at San Francisco’s …

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White House Gets Giant AIDS Ribbon

A two-story red ribbon has been hung at the White House in observance of World AIDS Day. The nation’s capital awoke to a surprise at the White House front door. Overnight cranes draped a giant AIDS red ribbon, two stories tall, on the North Portico of the White House. It will remain in place for two days marking World AIDS …

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Hillary Clinton (Sort Of) Denounces Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill

In a speech made to mark World AIDS Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a blanket condemnation of any attempt by other nations to criminalize homosexuality, a jab most seen by most as directed at Uganda, where America-based Christians are backing a bill that would result in the death penalty for some homosexual acts. “Obviously, our efforts are hampered …

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Membership

ABOVE: At the 1985 Xmas party described below: Me, Michael, and Barney. I also wrote about Barney here. Originally posted May 2004. Reposted for World AIDS Day.Membership Michael didn’t look good. We were at his annual Christmas Luau party. Tons and tons of people in the house and the backyard. Standing in his kitchen, wearing a grass skirt and a …

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