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Stephen King: 'Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake!'
Filed by Terrance Heath | May 03, 2012 | 5:00 PM |Finally, someone's giving NJ governor Chris Christie as good as he dishes out. Stephen King has posted a response to Christie's suggestion that Warren Buffett should just "shut up and right a check." King isn't the least bit scared of Christie's bombast.Read More
Would You Shoot This Elephant?
Filed by James Holmes | May 03, 2012 | 4:00 PM |My post from earlier this week on the founder of Jimmy John's sandwich chain and his lust for big game hunting has spawn a lot of comments from both ends of the animal rights spectrum. So when I saw this video today, I had to post it. Read More
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Celebrates 25 Years [Photo Essay]
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 03, 2012 | 3:00 PM |At the core of AHF's astounding success is a laser-like focus on the simple fact that healthcare is a right and access to treatment should not be denied anyone based on income, national origin, or any other means used to disqualify people.Read More
MO State GOP Rep. Comes Out Because of 'Don't Say Gay' Bill
Filed by James Holmes | May 03, 2012 | 2:00 PM |It is not often that I can say I am proud of a Republican, but yesterday Republican state Representative Zach Wyatt of my home state of Missouri came out publicly inspired by the proposed "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Read More
Transgender Legal Defense And Education Fund Marks Seven Years
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 03, 2012 | 1:00 PM |TLDEF, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, is celebrating its seventh year. The hundreds of trans people being served by TLDEF deserve our support. Read More
Gay Writers Give Birth to a 'Child of the 70's' [Interview]
Filed by Kergan Edwards-Stout | May 03, 2012 | 12:00 PM |Actor/singer Michael Vaccaro is attempting to capture the flavor and essence of an era in a new web series, Child of the 70's. Here, he and co-writer Terrence Moss share more about their love of that time and its inspiration for the series.Read More
Politics Is Weird & Creepy
Filed by Bil Browning | May 03, 2012 | 11:00 AM |This may be the best thing you'll see today. Watch as FOX's Sheppard Smith lets loose with a wee bit of candor after reading Mitt Romney's statement reacting to Newt Gingrich's decision to drop out of the presidential race.Read More
Sharon Needles Another Feather in the Terrible Boa of the City of Champions
Filed by Sue Kerr | May 03, 2012 | 10:00 AM |Sharon Needles has forever changed what it means for Pittsburgh to be The City of Champions.Read More
Gay Marriage Hurts My Breasts
Filed by Yasmin Nair | May 02, 2012 | 6:00 PM |Gay marriage is supposed to help my breasts. The gay marriage movement has created a climate where the most progressive people fail to see that healthcare is an economic matter and something that should go to everyone, regardless of their marital status.Read More
Manson & Depp: 'You're So Vain'
Filed by James Holmes | May 02, 2012 | 5:00 PM |I was raised United Pentecostal, so it should come as no surprise that I was taught that Marilyn Manson was demon possessed (I'm not joking). Thus, I was terrified to listen to any of his music for fear of inviting demons in. Read More
Iowa: Remaining Vigilant
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 02, 2012 | 4:00 PM |Guest blogger Calla Rongerude points out that One Iowa was founded seven years ago and in those seven years, we have seen Iowa transform from a state with no LGBT protections to one of only six states that recognizes the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.Read More
Death & the Maiden
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | May 02, 2012 | 3:00 PM |A crowd of rowdy, jeering, older white men in night-time Minneapolis, including a vicious racist with a swastika tattooed on his chest, closely surrounded the slight, feminine 23-year old trans woman, moved in, sliced her cheek open with broken glass. And she's the guilty one?Read More
Astroglide: A Product Review
Filed by Bil Browning | May 02, 2012 | 2:00 PM |Back in mid-March, Astroglide sent me a sample bottle of their product and asked me to write a review. I'm not sure if they quite realized what I normally cover, but here's their review - as promised.Read More
Showtunes Sing-Off: 'Don't Rain on My Parade'
Filed by James Holmes | May 02, 2012 | 1:00 PM |Today's sing-off is inspired by last night's episode of Glee. I won't give any spoilers other than to say that Rachel pulls out her standard and channels her inner Barbra for Funny Girl's "Don't Rain on My Parade." Read More
May Day Activists Spotlight the Cece McDonald Case
Filed by Toshio Meronek | May 02, 2012 | 12:00 PM |CeCe McDonald's trial started April 30, but her supporters have been working for months to get the Minnesota judge overseeing her case to drop it. Yesterday, activists brought Ms. McDonald's fight to the May Day protests.Read More
Quote of the Day
"LGBT people are being attacked by bad people who are waving Bibles over their heads. They claim they have no choice but to persecute us because of what it says in the Bible. We have a right to crack open that same Bible and ask... what about the rest of it then? We have a right to point out the hypocrisy. And where I'm from 'pointing out' a failure of reason--and humanity--is known as 'calling bullshit.'"
-- Dan Savage responding to Christian critics who've claimed that his point that some Biblical injunctions are overlooked because they're in the Old Testament and the New Testament repealed the laws - except, apparently, the ones about gay people.
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