I’m Feeling Sleepy
Mary Cheney is currently writing her memoir. Yawn. I wonder if mom is helping her. I'm still trying to get my hands on Sisters. Here's some excerpts of Sisters from BellaOnline: The women who embraced in the wagon were Adam…
Windy City Gay Idol
Forget about American Idol. Windy City Gay Idol has kicked off its third year of crowning the best amateur gay or lesbian singer in the Chicago area. What began as a fun promotion with Windy City Media Group and Bud…
A Man Dressed as a Woman and Women Dressed as Men
Yep, that's right. At a hearing last fall regarding amending an Albany County law to extend protections against discrimination to transgender individuals, a man dressed as a woman and women dressed as men spoke. This proposal was recently withdrawn due…
Who’s a Cool Mormon Queer?
Aaron Cloward is. Struggling with his gay sexual orientation several years ago, Aaron Cloward sought help from the leaders of his local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He didn’t get any. “The last bishop I talked to said,…
Tufts Queer Studies Scholars Series
Something I never thought Why do gay men create icons for themselves, and what can we learn about human sexuality from the gay male perspective? If you're a fan of queer theory, take a look at this. The above is…
I’ve Been Waiting All Week
If someone steals $100 from you, call the police. If they steal $100,000, call the FBI. But if you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company and your chief financial officer embezzles $100 million on your watch, call Judd Risk…
There is a Difference Between a Belief and the Truth
There's also a difference between Day of Silence (an event about making anti-LGBT bias unacceptable in schools) and Day of Truth (an event invented to counter Day of Silence). The difference is one event is against bias and the other…
Radical Gender Variant (Trans, Intersex, Butch, Genderqueer) People of Color Anthology – Call for Submissions
An announcement from Priyank Jindal: An anthology by radical gender variant people of color about our experiences, struggles, organizing, anger and everything else. There are so few accessible resources for gender variant (trans, intersex, butch, genderqueer) people of color (POC)…
A Straight Woman Would Sleep With Any Man
I've been staring at this since yesterday: “Written Out†quotes the Secretary of the Army’s Senior Review Panel Report on Sexual Harassment: “Female soldiers who refuse the sexual advances of male soldiers may be accused of being lesbians and subject…
A safety agent. How funny. Or not.
José Ramos, now a college student, has filed a suit accusing New York City of bias and unlawful detention. He claims that he was called a "boy or whatever it is that you are" by Tiffany Delin (a safety agent)…