Monthly Archives: July 2010

LIVE VIDEO: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid At Netroots Nation

UPDATE: The Reid live stream is concluded. Sen. Al Franken will take the stage shortly for the closing keynote address.

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Tweet Of The Day – Ryan Leslie

MTV Real World: New Orleans cast member Ryan Leslie isn’t making any friends. GLAAD responds to the above tweet: Ryan and his followers need to know that anti-gay violence is a dangerous and pervasive problem plaguing our community today. This month The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report on hate violence against the LGBT community in the …

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Cyndi Lauper Goes Off On Bush, Cheney, And Fundamentalists

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Speaks About ENDA At Netroots Nation

Obviously referring to GetEQUAL’s protests, Pelosi said, “I would target [politicians] in a positive way. This is America, show your appreciation to those that are with us.” More about Pelosi’s speech at LGBT POV. (Video by Good As You’s Jeremy Hooper.)

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PAPERS PLEASE: Immigration Checkpoint At Netroots Nation

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Obama Addresses Netroots Nation

With a mention of DADT.

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Netroots Nation: Friday Recap

I started the day early at a breakfast with openly gay Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, who is running for Congress against Rep. Mary Bono-Mack. (I’ll post my Q&A with Pougnet a bit later.) Then it was off to the grand hall to catch the tail-end of Van Jones‘ brilliant morning keynote. After that was the “Organizing For Equality in …

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HomoQuotable – Mike Alvear

“Why do so many effeminate gay men prefer in their partners the very masculinity they’ve bleached out of themselves? The obvious answer is that they’re attracted to their opposites. But that answer only goes so far. Effeminate men may lust for their masculine counterparts but most masculine men don’t return the favor. “Effeminate men get hoisted on their own chiffon …

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Rep. Tom Tancredo: Impeach Obama

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PhoboQuotable – Bryan Fischer

“Richard Land, in arguing for a guaranteed path to citizenship for illegal aliens already in the country, repeatedly stresses how pro-family the Hispanic community is, and assures us they will be the natural allies of the conservative movement. Not so fast. According to the Christian Post, 57% of Latino Catholics in California support homosexual marriage. Let’s not forget that Latinos …

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Deine Papiere, Bitte

Today’s luncheon at Netroots Nation is sponsored by MoveOn.org. And before one can enter the cavernous convention ballroom, agents from ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will stop you and demand identification. “Joe, you don’t look like you’re from around here. This ID is unacceptable. I’m going to have to ask you to step aside and be photographed for our records.” …

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#LGBTNN10: Continued….

We continue to be plagued with spotty and slow internet access here at Netroots Nation, much to the anguish of digital activists and writers who came prepared to tweet, Facebook, and live-blog every waking moment. You can still follow the action at the Twitter hashtags #NN10 and #LGBTNN10, where attendees with smartphones are providing minute-by-minute coverage.

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Your Daily Minute Of Crazy

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GLAAD Issues Annual Network Rankings

GLAAD has released their fourth annual Network Responsibility Index, which reports on how television’s big guns handle LGBT programming. MTV earned its first-ever “excellent” rating, while CBS earned a “fail.” Embiggen the below image for a breakdown of this year’s rankings or hit the link for more.

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Morning View – The Cher Store

As I walked by with Strong Enough blasting at 120 decibels, I’m quite certain the clerk was signaling for me to kill her. All Cher, all day, every day? No jury would convict. At Caesar’s Palace, of course.

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Lt. Dan Choi: The Closet Is A Poison

Lt. Dan Choi discusses his formal discharge from the military under DADT, which was revealed earlier this week.

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AFA Launches Home Depot Boycott

The American Family Association has made their threatened boycott of Home Depot official, calling on their membership to cease shopping there and to bombard the company’s executives with complaints about their support for them there Satanic homersexshuls. Here’s their caption for this photo. The flags in these Home Depot cups promote a gay website which proclaims itself as “the men’s …

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Photo Of The Day – Comic-Con

Westboro Baptist Church picketed this year’s Comic-Con, sending hundreds of dorks into ecstasy over the opportunity to wear even sillier outfits for a counter-protest. Lots more signs and silliness here. My favorite sign is above-right.

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Today In Crazy Teabaggers

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Ed Schultz At Netroots Nation

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