Category: GLBT

  • Chicago Gay Pride Parade 2007 (Pics)

    View our full set of pics.

  • Post Parade Report Out

    The parade was fun. It actually seemed to start on time this year, though there were several long gaps where nothing was coming down the street causing the crowds to gradually enroach from the sidewalk to the street. Several dozen pics on Ron’s camera that is at his place so I’ll try to get those […]

  • Gay Flamingos Adopt Orphaned Chick

    Yay! A pair of gay flamingos have adopted an abandoned chick, becoming parents after being together for six years, a British conservation organisation said Monday. Carlos and Fernando had been desperate to start a family, even chasing other flamingos from their nests to take over their eggs at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in […]

  • Mary Cheney's Brand Spanking New Abomination

    Congratulations to Mary Cheney to giving birth to a bouncing baby immeasurable weight on her father’s tar-pumping heart: Mary Cheney gives birth. Grandparents rejoice. Religious conservatives crap pants. MSNBC is all over it. No word on what’s to be done with the placenta, or if Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the christening. If Jerry […]

  • Margaret Cho ‘I'm the One That I Want' (Part 1)

  • First Transgender Prom Queen Crowned

    Alright! The silver tiara matched his silver stilettos when Johnny Vera was named prom queen Saturday night at Roosevelt High School. He’s the first transgender prom queen in Fresno — and possibly anywhere.

  • Iranian Lesbian Blogger Faces Her Faith

    (via Frostpaw) Let me tell you something. I really believe in God, Mohammed, and Ali. I believe in some of the prayers like “Ayatolkorsi”, “Naade Ali”, “Va En Yakad” and so on. And I say these prayers whenever I’m going out of the house. But I also believe there are some rules that are getting […]

  • Young Gay Women Co-Opt Hip Hop Misogyny for Lesbian Courtships

    via Salon via Village Voice: Siya, a 20-year-old rapper, says that’s standard fare for “AGs” — or “aggressive” lesbians: “It’s a property thing.” The “bitches ain’t shit,” crotch-grabbing swagger of some mainstream rappers has been adopted within this particular lesbian subculture, according to the Voice. AGs employ rappers’ typical chest-thumping declarations of manliness: Baggy pants, […]

  • Illinois Moves to Tracking all HIV/AIDs Patients By Name

    The names of people infected with HIV will be tracked in all 50 states by the end of 2007, marking a victory for federal health officials and a quiet defeat for AIDS advocates who wanted to keep patients’ names out of state databases. … “I have patients who are very high-profile individuals — physicians in […]

  • Army Recruiter to Jersey Resident: 'GO BACK TO AFRICA AND DO YOUR GAY VOODOO LIMBO TANGO”

    From Pam’s House Blend: Corey Andrew had his profile and resume posted at Careerbuilder.com, and it caught the eye of Army recruiter Marcia Ramode, who contacted him. When Andrew informed Ramode that he is gay, and believed that the DADT policy was wrong, the two engaged in a three-day email exchange that included statements by […]