Joe.My.God. LGBT News

Last year a too-broadly worded anti-gay ballot referendum not only rescinded domestic partner benefits for El Paso city employees, it ended insurance benefits for some retired cops and firefighters. Yesterday the city council reversed the ballot measure. After hearing spirited arguments from members of the public on both sides of the issue, the council split 4-4. Mayor John Cook, who …

Mike Rogers is at the podium kicking off today’s Netroots 2011 LGBT Conference. In the room: Pam Spaulding, Jeremy Hooper, Michael Crawford, Rod McCullom, Jillian Weiss, Jarrod Chlapowski, Jerame Davis, Fred Sainz, Corey Johnston, Chris Johnson, Phil Reese, and about 100 more hard-working LGBT activists.

The wingnut fallout from this will be delicious.

My blogging schedule may be somewhat erratic all this week as I attend the various lectures and seminars at Netroots 2011. Today I’m attending Mike Rogers’s LGBT pre-conference, where most of your favorite activists, bloggers, and writers will gather. You can follow the goings-on on Twitter at the hashtag #NN11LGBT. By the way, I have very fond memories of the …

Yesterday a federal court set August 28th as the date that Dan Choi will be tried for DADT-related civil disobedience at the White House. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly: Former Lt. Dan Choi was in federal court today, the lone individual still facing charges from any of the 2010 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” protests that took place at the …

This year’s Netroots Nation is shaping up to be very different from last year’s in Las Vegas. UPDATE: Before the locals get TOO bent out of shape, here’s my review of MSP from my 2005 visit for the InterPride convention.