Vote to Paint the SF LGBT Community Center’s Queen Anne Building
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center has been selected as a finalist to receive a $100,000 grant from American Express for the Fallon building's repair, painting and exterior lighting. The funding comes from the Partners in Preservation program of The…
More Craigslist Pranks
I wrote here about a "prank" (read: litigation waiting to happen, if it hasn't already been started) in which someone posted a bogus sex ad on Craigslist and then posted private information about respondents. A Daily Dose of Queer reader…
Lance Bass on the “outting”
There are plenty of celebrities, or sort-of celebrities, whom I don't follow. Lance Bass is one of them. However, I heard about his being "outted" and got plenty curious. I put the word in quotes because I'm not sure, given…
Lesbian Denied Infertility Treatment
Guadalupe "Lupita" Benitez could not receive infertility treatment from her San Diego County health care provider because she is a lesbian. Her lesbianism conflicted with the provider's religious belief that homosexuality is morally wrong. Result? No treatment for Benitez, who…
Interview with Margarethe “Grethe†Cammermeyer
I saw this interview with Margarethe Cammermeyer from the Windy City Times. I first read about Margarethe's story in this book, which I loved: Another book telling her story: From the interview: WCT: I’ve read that the lack of recruiting…
And now presenting “the Pointless, Infuriating Twaddle Award”
Paul the Spud gets major points for creating that award and even more points for writing this post. ABC News wrote this article on gay stereotypes, where you can be reassured about certain things: "Not all gay men are superstylish.…
Fall 2006 Blithe House Quarterly
The Fall 2006 issue of Blithe House Quarterly, featuring "a diversity of new short stories by emerging and established lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered authors," is available online now! I was pulled into Michael Langan's short story, Skin, by its…
James McGreevey’s Tell-All
McGreevey is the former New Jersey Govenor who resigned in 2004 after having an affair with former aide Golan Cipel. He's putting it out there in his new autobiography, The Confession. McGreevey said he erected a "steel wall around my…
Another Gay Movie?
I just read about this movie here. Richard Hatch makes an appearance, apparently without the black censor bar. No cliché is left untouched. Nico (Jonah Blechman) struggles with the decision about whether to come out to his mother, even though…
Welcome to Washington Blade Online Readers
Welcome to all who arrived at Daily Dose of Queer from today's Washington Blade BlogWatch link to We’re queer. Are you offended? We hope you'll stick around for a while and browse through some of our categories or most popular…