3 short videos from Parade Without a Permit 2
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Posted Wednesday October 3, 2007 at 8:04 PM | Full Post
While on the subject of parade permits
For those of you following along, I'm wondering if the powers that be are realizing that appearing to be hostile...
Posted Friday June 22, 2007 at 12:40 PM | Full Post
It would be cool to live in a secular country
From the BBC: Downing Street has said there will be no exemption from anti-discrimination laws for Catholic adoption agencies. But...
Posted Wednesday January 31, 2007 at 3:11 PM | Full Post
Bill Maher outs Ken Mehlman on CNN, CNN edits it out
I saw the video first on FREEwilliamsburg where Bill Mahaer talks about closted GOPers and outs the party chair, Ken...
Posted Thursday November 9, 2006 at 3:32 PM | Full Post
The Human Rights Campaign: dangerous to homos
I have never cared for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). On a superficial level, I really dislike their equal...
Posted Wednesday June 7, 2006 at 3:58 PM | Full Post
Where Art and Life Collide: Ron Athey - Franko B - Vaginal Davis
Vaginal Davis Jonathan Berger has organized series of premiere performances, lectures and events running April 28 - May 5...
Posted Monday April 17, 2006 at 6:02 PM | Full Post
Remember kids, there are no good Republicans
Check out this story from Reuters, the bold is mine. Note that our "liberal media" feels the need to say...
Posted Wednesday February 8, 2006 at 1:37 PM | Full Post
Wedding, bats
I took this in the waiting room of the government building where we witnessed the wedding of our friend...
Posted Monday October 17, 2005 at 7:37 PM | Full Post
The Five Lesbian Bloggers
The Five Lesbian Brothers have a blog! I found it while looking into tickets for their new play, Oedipus...
Posted Saturday July 23, 2005 at 1:17 PM | Full Post
I'm not sure a gay columnist would write that...
I was amused to see this pull quote: Woodward came humbly on his knees to deputy director Felt in search...
Posted Sunday July 17, 2005 at 7:59 PM | Full Post
Pink Houses
John Schenck and Robert Loyd Two of my mother's friends in Conway, John and Robert are featured in a...
Posted Monday May 2, 2005 at 9:43 PM | Full Post
Microsoft and Ralph Reed
Not only are they backtracking on gay rights, Microsoft pays right-wing anti-gay Ralph Reed $20,000/month for "lobbying services." Again, go...
Posted Tuesday April 26, 2005 at 1:35 PM | Full Post
Microsoft caves on gay rights
After meeting with a single right-wing preacher, and being threatend with an "evangelical boycott", Microsoft has withdrawn its support...
Posted Thursday April 21, 2005 at 11:54 AM | Full Post
DIVA TV Netcasts
Good stuff from the ACT UP web site, courtesy of James Wentzy: DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists) netcasts! They...
Posted Monday February 28, 2005 at 8:54 PM | Full Post
Allison Smith's Public Address at Foxy Production
We expect to see this during one of the next three days. It sounds quite interesting. Allison Smith, 2004 Photo:...
Posted Monday February 14, 2005 at 9:16 PM | Full Post
Spain to Pope: Back Off!
Imagine living in a country where the defense minister tells the Vatican to stop meddling with gay marriage. Imagine living...
Posted Wednesday January 26, 2005 at 11:08 AM | Full Post
I can't imagine the U.S doing this in my lifetime
Oh, Britannia! [Emphasis mine below.] Gays struggling for the most basic human rights in the tiny Himalayan country of Nepal...
Posted Saturday January 8, 2005 at 12:13 PM | Full Post
New York Times - selective ethics
I have written before about Jay Blotcher being fired as a stringer for the New York Times because he did...
Posted Wednesday December 22, 2004 at 11:38 AM | Full Post
Gay marriage is so evil it taints the straight ones
I'm not making this up. I have to quote the whole article. The Social Security Administration is refusing to recognize...
Posted Friday December 17, 2004 at 12:36 AM | Full Post
Koch scholarships
From Crain's Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday announced the establishment of the Edward I. Koch scholarships at the City College...
Posted Friday December 10, 2004 at 6:02 PM | Full Post
Human Rights Campaign
HRC, the gay rights organization too in the closet to have something like gay in its name, and whose symbol...
Posted Thursday December 9, 2004 at 5:53 PM | Full Post
Another reason to cancel PayPal
They don't like gay (or AIDS) organizations. They have cancelled their agreement with Red Hot, the AIDS awareness organization, and...
Posted Friday October 22, 2004 at 9:11 PM | Full Post
Two columns on Mary Cheney
I'm sick of reading people say it's offensive to mention that Mary Cheney is a lesbian. She is openly gay,...
Posted Tuesday October 19, 2004 at 9:21 PM | Full Post
Ed Schrock resigns from Congress
Congressman Ed Schrock (R-VA) in front of a statue of Saddam Hussein at the Baghdad International Airport. Since this...
Posted Monday August 30, 2004 at 10:40 PM | Full Post
"Nice shirt, Britney"
Some day I'm going to get slapped by a midriff-baring Chelsea muscle queen when that pops out of my mouth...
Posted Wednesday August 25, 2004 at 4:25 PM | Full Post
Nice homosexuals against the queers
Have you heard? Margaret Cho got kicked out of a gay event (she was supposed to be the headliner) during...
Posted Friday July 23, 2004 at 12:30 AM | Full Post
Rick Santorum's priorities
Senator Rick Santorum on the anti-gay marriage amendment: "I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the...
Posted Wednesday July 14, 2004 at 6:34 PM | Full Post
AIDS? What's that?
OK. One more Reagan post and then I'm going to ignore everything about him. I recommend writing to the Public...
Posted Sunday June 6, 2004 at 7:41 PM | Full Post
Reagan is dead
Some excerpts from The Truth About Reagan And AIDS by Michael Bronski, November 2003: For the past two months I've...
Posted Saturday June 5, 2004 at 10:03 PM | Full Post
Queercore
Triple Creme There I was, reading an article on queercore bands in Newsday. I thought I recognized the woman...
Posted Sunday April 25, 2004 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Oh no, can't have any "difficult" homos at the convention
Remember when I wrote about how Jay Blotcher can't be a stringer for the NY Times because he did media...
Posted Thursday April 22, 2004 at 4:31 PM | Full Post
RIP Keith Cylar
Keith Cylar, co-founder of Housing Works, has died. I have never known of an organization that started out as a...
Posted Wednesday April 7, 2004 at 5:08 PM | Full Post
James in the Washington Post
I should have posted this yesterday. James was in the Washington Post yesterday in an article on gay marriage, quoted...
Posted Thursday April 1, 2004 at 4:04 PM | Full Post
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
If gays in the military are such a bad thing, why does the number of dismissals fall when we're at...
Posted Thursday March 25, 2004 at 12:29 AM | Full Post
Queer news = style section
While I'm glad the New York Times is choosing to write about the issues facing transgender people, I am baffled...
Posted Monday March 8, 2004 at 12:56 PM | Full Post
More on Jay Blotcher and the NY Times
I've set up Jay's web site (jayblotcher.com) with Movable Type and started putting some more information up for him. For...
Posted Tuesday March 2, 2004 at 1:39 PM | Full Post
What a crappy paper - The New York Times and ethics
Our friend Jay Blotcher, a freelance writer, has been sacked as a stringer for the New York Times because he...
Posted Saturday February 28, 2004 at 1:59 PM | Full Post
John and Robert
Two of my mother's closest friends in the town where she lives, Conway, Arkansas, are a gay couple named John...
Posted Thursday February 26, 2004 at 5:54 PM | Full Post
Writing discrimination into the Constitution
Aargh. It's bad enough that Bush wants to "protect" marriage: Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural...
Posted Tuesday February 24, 2004 at 1:38 PM | Full Post
On Governor Perry of Texas
Betty Bowers on the Governor Perry homo rumors....
Posted Friday February 20, 2004 at 11:08 PM | Full Post
You can look at the lamps
Mim Udovith interviews John Waters for the NY Times. UDOVITCH Do you think it's harder to be transgressive now than...
Posted Monday February 9, 2004 at 2:50 PM | Full Post
Merry Christmas
And the youth, looking upon him (Jesus), loved him and beseeched that he might remain with him. And going out...
Posted Saturday December 27, 2003 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Take that, faggots!
I not a big fan of marriage - gay or otherwise. I would prefer a world where we Americans all...
Posted Tuesday December 23, 2003 at 1:26 PM | Full Post
Angels in America
So, did anyone else experience wonky sound while watching Angels last night? I have friggin' digital cable and their digital...
Posted Monday December 8, 2003 at 2:03 PM | Full Post
Insurance for NYers with HIV / Queer History and Art
This is my World AIDS Day post, in a way. Last night James and I were talking with fabulous health...
Posted Monday December 1, 2003 at 8:28 PM | Full Post
A tech company that brags about the AFA?
Wow. Some of my clients use Lyris to manage their mailing lists, so I get their monthly newsletter. Guess who...
Posted Thursday September 25, 2003 at 6:43 PM | Full Post
Harvey Milk - the afternoon
As promised, we went back at 3 for the kids leaving at the end of the school day. By this...
Posted Monday September 8, 2003 at 8:20 PM | Full Post
Fred Phelps at Harvey Milk
Fred "God hates Fags" Phelps, the man famous for picketing funeral of people who have died of AIDS and...
Posted Monday September 8, 2003 at 11:22 AM | Full Post
Monday - Harvey Milk
It's time to be there for the Harvey Milk kids on Monday morning and afternoon. Fred Phelps and his ilk...
Posted Saturday September 6, 2003 at 3:15 PM | Full Post
Regarding "the gay high school"
I posted a version of this in the comments on a friend's web log: I think the thing people need...
Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 1:35 AM | Full Post
Ireland Rocks
Not only does Ireland allow homos to march in their St. Patrick's Day parades (unlike the one in NYC), the...
Posted Saturday August 2, 2003 at 12:48 AM | Full Post
Only for heterosexuals
Amazing. It's the top story on CNN right now. I'm not a big fan of the institution of marriage. I...
Posted Wednesday July 30, 2003 at 3:03 PM | Full Post
Bastille Day
I can't think of a more important year to attend Florent's Bastille Day celebration. There is nothing on the website...
Posted Thursday July 10, 2003 at 6:35 PM | Full Post
Advice from Patric King
Almost all of my posts are in the Queer category lately. Go figure. The inimitable Patric King has a beautiful...
Posted Monday June 30, 2003 at 2:10 PM | Full Post
Gay pride in the 'City of Joy'
These people are heroes -- photos from the gay pride march in Calcutta. About 35 men marched yesterday. Thanks to...
Posted Monday June 30, 2003 at 1:09 PM | Full Post
My goodness
I don't know if it's because of Pride Weekend or the Supreme Court, but Chelsea certainly is a friendly neighborhood...
Posted Friday June 27, 2003 at 4:33 PM | Full Post
Is Bush gay?
Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian -- so close to Jesus, the other members of the Trinity refer to her as...
Posted Friday June 27, 2003 at 2:05 PM | Full Post
Get Busy. Get Equal.
On the heels of the Supreme Court decision killing sodomy laws, the ACLU isn't going to just celebrate and party,...
Posted Thursday June 26, 2003 at 6:21 PM | Full Post
A very bad trend
There I was, checking out the Keds at my local gay activewear store on Eighth Avenue, and what do I...
Posted Monday June 16, 2003 at 10:26 PM | Full Post
"The higher the hair, the closer to God."
Gay.com has an interview with Lady Bunny, the drag queen/DJ/thinker. The best part is at the end when the interview...
Posted Monday June 16, 2003 at 5:33 PM | Full Post
DOJ Gay Pride
According to 365Gay.com, the gay pride celebration at the Department of Justice will be allowed to happen after all. I...
Posted Wednesday June 11, 2003 at 1:42 AM | Full Post
Follow-up on DOJ cancelling gay pride event
The NY Times has a few more interesting details: "The president believes everybody ought to be treated with dignity and...
Posted Sunday June 8, 2003 at 2:15 PM | Full Post
Lifestyle choices
Apparently, the lifestyle choice of being Christian and having prayer meetings at the Department of Justice is OK, but having...
Posted Friday June 6, 2003 at 4:50 PM | Full Post
Hillary is a double agent
I think Hillary Clinton is a secret double agent for the Republicans. It's the only explanation that makes sense....
Posted Thursday June 5, 2003 at 12:04 AM | Full Post
Hillary's no friend of queers
I have never understood why so many homos seems to think Hillary Clinton is somehow on our side. She takes...
Posted Saturday May 3, 2003 at 8:44 PM | Full Post
What's the President's beliefs on homosexuality?
Here is an amazing exchange from yesterday's White House press briefing. Does anyone know who the reporter is that asked...
Posted Saturday April 26, 2003 at 1:19 AM | Full Post
Jews for Hitler
Gay Republicans are beneath contempt. They are the modern equivalent of pro-Nazi Jews. Rick Santorum, Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, and...
Posted Tuesday April 22, 2003 at 12:24 AM | Full Post
Ewan loves playing gay
I've never really worried about being masculine. I know it's a very popular thing, especially in America, to not want...
Posted Sunday April 6, 2003 at 12:38 AM | Full Post
We're not worthy of Kiki and Herb
Speaking of queer culture, while getting the demo photos from my camera, I realized I had two good photos of...
Posted Friday March 21, 2003 at 12:43 AM | Full Post
BYOQS [bring your own queer sign]
James and I spent a couple of hours with some smart queer activists talking about anti-war activism that doesn't involve...
Posted Wednesday March 19, 2003 at 12:21 PM | Full Post
Ugliness in my home state
ACLU Warns Arkansas School to Stop Persecuting Gay Student: JACKSONVILLE, AR -- The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging officials...
Posted Friday March 14, 2003 at 5:20 PM | Full Post
ACT UP / Roche
ACT UP has photos and a statement from its protest of Roche's new drug Fuzeon's cost: $25,000 per year. A...
Posted Thursday March 13, 2003 at 1:48 PM | Full Post
Lou Harrison MP3
I should have done this a few days ago, when I posted about the death of Lou Harrison. Here is...
Posted Sunday February 9, 2003 at 12:35 AM | Full Post
Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison, an important American composer, who was a sweet gay artist and activist, has died at 85. I had...
Posted Tuesday February 4, 2003 at 10:18 PM | Full Post
Domestic terrorism
A Christian terrorist group, that in 1997 claimed that it bombed an Atlanta lesbian night club, is encouraging its followers...
Posted Thursday January 16, 2003 at 4:44 PM | Full Post
One for the gay trekkies out there
Don't Ask, Don't Tell in Star Trek Land -- scroll down a bit to find the story....
Posted Wednesday December 18, 2002 at 1:04 AM | Full Post
SONDA passes w/o transgender protection
After 31 years, the NY State Senate allowed a vote on SONDA and it passed. I'm sad to see this...
Posted Tuesday December 17, 2002 at 10:15 PM | Full Post
Anyone looking to go to law school?
Cool fellowship from Hofstra: Fellowships for the Advocacy for the Equality of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered People Each year,...
Posted Tuesday December 17, 2002 at 12:24 PM | Full Post
James gets published
Go congratulate James on his letter in the Daily News responding to Jonathan Capehart's ridiculous column on SONDA and transgender...
Posted Monday December 16, 2002 at 10:55 AM | Full Post
When homocons attack
Jonathan Capehart says Tom Duane doesn't support gay rights if he's not willing to abandon transgendered people to get SONDA...
Posted Wednesday December 11, 2002 at 1:13 PM | Full Post
Fitness site or porn site?
You decide: Real Men Real Workouts I saw a postcard for this in one of those card racks that show...
Posted Saturday December 7, 2002 at 12:45 AM | Full Post
Gay rights in the UK
Gay men, lesbians and bisexual people are to be offered the same rights as married couples, a government minister indicated...
Posted Friday December 6, 2002 at 11:36 AM | Full Post
A new low
The fashion at my gym has reached a new low. Today I actually saw someone wearing a patterned silk vest,...
Posted Tuesday December 3, 2002 at 5:34 PM | Full Post
World AIDS Day
I present an article discussing the history of . Living with AIDS in this country is like living through...
Posted Sunday December 1, 2002 at 4:35 PM | Full Post
Tim Miller
Andy convinced me. I'm going to see Tim Miller tonight (Saturday) at P.S. 122. Is anyone else going? Let me...
Posted Saturday November 30, 2002 at 1:46 AM | Full Post
No queens please
The Republicans didn't mean THOSE kinds of homosexuals when they promised to pass SONDA to get Pataki the ESPA endorsement....
Posted Friday November 29, 2002 at 5:03 PM | Full Post
Pyongyang Robogirl
I just saw a very cool short: Pyongyang Robogirl (2001). The next time any of you visit me, ask to...
Posted Thursday November 28, 2002 at 1:53 AM | Full Post
Comments visible in archives
For those with the stomach for it, comments are visible now in my archives. The Nov. 20 post that has...
Posted Wednesday November 27, 2002 at 6:18 PM | Full Post
I think I hurt myself
... laughing, that is. David E on the GQ editor who is worried about whether the magazine is too gay....
Posted Wednesday November 20, 2002 at 3:29 PM | Full Post
Is this good for the gays?
Probably not, but maybe it will strike fear in the hearts of a few fundamentalists: A gay Chicago-area man stands...
Posted Wednesday November 20, 2002 at 1:13 AM | Full Post
Temple to Antinous found
Archeologists have found a temple near Roman Emperor Hadrian's villa dedicated to his lover Antinous. If you haven't read Marguerit...
Posted Saturday November 16, 2002 at 1:27 AM | Full Post
You sleep with us. You vote against us.
I want to use that phrase for a sign the next time I'm at a queer demonstration, courtesy of French...
Posted Tuesday November 12, 2002 at 1:18 PM | Full Post
Go buy some books
From the BBC(!), Oscar Wilde bookstore in danger of closing. "Progress" is putting businesses like them out of business....
Posted Tuesday November 12, 2002 at 10:49 AM | Full Post
Another reason to ban religion
After the teacher-parent council decided to allow a Gay-Straight Alliance to meet at a high school in Boyd County, Kentucky,...
Posted Thursday November 7, 2002 at 10:24 AM | Full Post
Gaze in the Military
A beautiful post from David Ehrenstein. Don't forget to check the Whoopie Box....
Posted Tuesday November 5, 2002 at 1:12 PM | Full Post
Homos more of a threat than terrorism?
Despite a shortage of qualified Arabic linguists in the intelligence and defense fields, the Army has fired a significant number...
Posted Sunday November 3, 2002 at 1:07 PM | Full Post
I hope "There will always be an England"
Gay Seamen Nearly 80 percent of heterosexual men have admitted to pretending to be gay in order to achieve something...
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 11:59 AM | Full Post
Harry Hay
Even though I'm posting a lot, I'm still not finding time for everything I want to mention. I was very...
Posted Friday November 1, 2002 at 11:56 AM | Full Post
I love a Man in Uniform
The Guardian has an article on two small town policemen, a gay couple, in South Africa....
Posted Thursday October 31, 2002 at 1:02 PM | Full Post
Loving David Ehrenstein
Beautiful, beautiful post about queerness, Gus Van Sant, Michael Chabon, etc....
Posted Monday October 21, 2002 at 11:11 PM | Full Post
Julio Rivera
Probably many people have heard of his murder, but know little else. Gay City News has a good history of...
Posted Saturday October 19, 2002 at 12:16 PM | Full Post
Article on Tom Ryan
Bay Windows has a great article on the only out gay man in the NY Fire Department -- Tom Ryan....
Posted Sunday October 13, 2002 at 2:17 PM | Full Post
Potty Mouth
I went to see Andy's show Potty Mouth last night (or is it early this morning). As we waited outside...
Posted Saturday October 5, 2002 at 1:30 PM | Full Post
New blog to read
I'm adding David Ehernstein to my blogs in the right column. Check out HIV or SUV, and Loose Cannons....
Posted Wednesday October 2, 2002 at 11:28 AM | Full Post
Kiki and Herb at the Knitting Factory
Earlier in the evening we (James and I -- he has more photos) saw Kiki and Herb at the...
Posted Saturday September 7, 2002 at 1:02 AM | Full Post
My son, the 11-year-old drag queen
I just love this story. His drag name is "Alexis Love"....
Posted Tuesday September 3, 2002 at 5:32 PM | Full Post
Krazy for Keithers
Andy organized a get-together last night in honor of Keith visit from L.A. Also representing the left coast was the...
Posted Monday September 2, 2002 at 9:00 PM | Full Post
gaytheatre mailing list
For those that are interested, someone just told me about the gaytheatre mailing list. There seem to be a number...
Posted Monday September 2, 2002 at 7:53 PM | Full Post
Last weekend
Now that I have the new blog working, I can talk about last weekend and put up a few pictures....
Posted Sunday August 25, 2002 at 12:57 AM | Full Post
This one's for Philo and Chris
In honor of Philo, Chris, and the Summer of Rock, I present: The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard...
Posted Saturday August 24, 2002 at 9:56 PM | Full Post
U.S. Health Secretary protested
See the Photo. BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Angry protesters invaded the stage and drowned out U.S. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson...
Posted Tuesday July 9, 2002 at 10:29 AM | Full Post
It's safe for me to visit Mom now
Arkansas's Supreme Court has overturned the state's sodomy law. Note that this was not some holdover from the 19th century....
Posted Saturday July 6, 2002 at 1:35 PM | Full Post
Saturday blog gathering
I was in attendance at the Choire / Bazima gathering on Saturday night at Dick's Bar, so go look at...
Posted Monday July 1, 2002 at 6:02 PM | Full Post
Kate Clinton on marriage
The fabulous Kate Clinton has a column on marriage -- Veiled Threats. Homos as weapons of destruction? On May 15,...
Posted Saturday June 29, 2002 at 2:36 PM | Full Post
Outness, jobs, etc.
I could not put it better. Scott is SO RIGHT. (The link to a direct article isn't working right -...
Posted Friday June 21, 2002 at 1:09 AM | Full Post
Gay Italian couple test Europe's laws on same sex marriage
From the IHT: When Antonio Garullo and Mario Ottocento got married last Saturday in The Hague, they crowned a long-standing...
Posted Saturday June 15, 2002 at 1:33 PM | Full Post
Bill Blass
Nice obit of Bill Blass from PlanetOut. I never met him, but I have a friend who was close to...
Posted Saturday June 15, 2002 at 11:16 AM | Full Post
Queens Pride
We went to Jackson Heights for Queens Pride today - photos here (automated slide show here). I think the thing...
Posted Monday June 3, 2002 at 12:03 AM | Full Post
Interview with Paul Davis of ACT UP Philadelphia
Paul Davis, from ACT UP Philadelphia, has a good interview in the Philadelphia Inquirer....
Posted Saturday June 1, 2002 at 1:34 PM | Full Post
Gays emigrating to Canada
I saw this story courtesy of Sam: A record number of same-sex couples are flooding into Canada through Buffalo because...
Posted Thursday May 23, 2002 at 10:36 AM | Full Post
Opposite sex domestic partners are "more equal"
The Daily News has a story about a (male) firefighter, Michael Gorumba, who died of heart failure while fighting a...
Posted Wednesday May 22, 2002 at 11:44 AM | Full Post
One of the Mets about to come out?
The only worthwhile part of the NY Post -- the gossip pages -- has this interesting tidbit: In what could...
Posted Monday May 20, 2002 at 5:32 PM | Full Post
Nice essay by Sarah Pursley...
Here's a nice essay on homos at the Friends of Palestine march across the Brooklyn Bridge about a week ago,...
Posted Friday May 3, 2002 at 12:54 AM | Full Post
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