Category: GLBT

  • Chicago Pride 2004 Report

    I’ve posted my blow-by-blow of the weekend’s festivities over at Queeries.org – so glad to be a part of that site! I’m hosting the photo album here though to spare Sam’s bandwidth. Pride 2004: The Chicago Report at Queeries Photo album

  • Marriage in Mass.

    Eyewitness reports on the historic gay marriage event in Massachusetts: I think the rice is out of my hair Trip Report: Cambridge Gay Marriage

  • Scapegoating Black Men for HIV

    Keith Boykin writes on the revenge of the ‘down low’. Gay/bi black men that retain a straight life and put their straight girlfriends/wives at risk for AIDS. Spurred by an Oprah show on the topic as well as an upcoming book from Doubleday While the rest of America is debating whether gays and lesbians should […]

  • Queen and Queen

    Two gals make their wedding announcement in the motif of Super Mario Brothers with two princesses. Congratulations Kate and Jenny! (via Kottke)

  • Oregon County Bans All Marriages

    Mom says that if we can’t share then nobody gets to play with the toys: The last marriage licenses were handed out in Benton County at 4 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. EST) Tuesday. As of Wednesday, officials in the county of 79,000 people will begin telling couples applying for licenses to go elsewhere until […]

  • LGBT Federal Workers Lose Job Protections

    Gay and lesbians in the entire federal workforce have had their job protections officially removed by the office of Special Counsel. Bloch said that the while a gay employee would have no recourse for being fired or demoted for being gay, that same worker could not be fired for attending a gay Pride event. But […]

  • Send Flowers to a San Fran Same-Sex Couple

    Fantastic idea. Call Flowers on the Bay at 888-217-9119 and order a bouquet to be delivered tomorrow at noon. They’ll deliver it to a same-sex couple standing in line to get married in San Francisco.

  • The Betrayal of Mary Cheney

    New York Press columnist, Michael Signorile warns Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter that she’s pissing away an opportunity to bring same-sex marriage to the forefront and show her dad for the hypocrite he is: Are you just another spoiled rich brat – the lesbian Paris Hilton – worried about getting a chunk of those 30 million […]

  • NJ 5th State to OK Same-Sex Partnership

    CNN reports that: New Jersey became the fifth state to recognize same-sex partnerships Monday, but activists said they will not stop the fight until openly gay couples can legally marry. Under the new law, domestic partners will gain access to medical benefits, insurance and other legal rights. New Jersey also will recognize such partnerships granted […]