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Watch: Ape Moves in James Franco's 'Planet of the Apes' Prequel
A brief 4-second clip of one of the apes in the forthcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes prequel has hit the web, and has some folks excited. The plot of the film, according to Worst Previews: "Set...
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News: Tennessee, UAFA, Eagle Tavern, Kevin Keller, Venus
AUDIO: Michelangelo Signorile's interview with NOM defector Louis Marinelli. Uniting American Families Act and ENDA to be introduced in Senate on Thursday. Fire Island Pines boardwalk gets a re-do....
View ArticleAn Admiral Mullen Moment
Cross-posted at Daily Kos. With the author's permission, I am re-posting an essay here and around the internet to bring attention to the plight of the same-sex partners and children of LGB military...
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Towleroad Guide to the Tube #868
DOLLY PARTON: Presents NBC's Bob Greenblatt with Stephen F. Kolzak award at last night's GLAAD Awards in L.A.. MATT BAUME: His weekly update on marriage equality. GHOST CITIES: The Chinese real estate...
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LGBT Stories: Wasilla Teen's Coming Out Results In Slashed Tires, Shouting...
NATHAN MANSKE Nathan Manske and Marquise Lee just finished a 4 month, 50 state tour of the United States collecting stories for their I'm From Driftwood site. We'll be sharing some of the stories they...
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Secretary Of The Navy Believes All Navy Jobs Should Be Open To Women
From the Navy Times' SECNAV: All Navy jobs should be open to women: The Navy Department's top civilian said he believes every community should be open to women, including attack submarine crews and --...
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Defector Louis Marinelli: NOM's Base of Support an 'Illusion'
Louis Marinelli, the National Organization for Marriage's 'Summer for Marriage' tour bus operator and online coordinator who resigned from the organization last week, published a post to his blog today...
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Watch: Mitt Romney Throws Hat into the 2012 Presidential Ring
Mitt Romney announced his intention to form a presidential exploratory committee in a YouTube video today, accompanied by the launch of a related website. Romney's slogan, "Believe in America", was...
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Watch: Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) Rips 'Homophobes' in GOP
Appearing on Hardball this evening, former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) took social conservatives in his party to task, saying male lawmakers shouldn't be allowed to vote on the "deeply intimate and...
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An official retread entry! Mitt jumps into the 2012 GOP Clown Car
Bwahahahaha. An official entry! Mitt jumps into the 2012 GOP Clown Car, where the entertainment for all begins... :) From his Romney for President Exploratory Committee video: It is time that we put...
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NC: Savage assault on UNC campus; admin to report it as hate crime to feds...
On April 5, a UNC Chapel Hill freshman was assaulted on a footbridge on campus; he was allegedly "branded" by perpetrators who referred to his sexual orientation and suffered 3rd and 4th degree burns...
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The Daily Beast: "Game of Thrones Author George R.R. Martin's Top 10 Fantasy...
Game of Thrones, HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's first book in his bestselling series A Song of Ice and Fire, premieres April 17th on HBO. In anticipation, Martin curates his 10 favorite...
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Here's the OUT Power 50
The OUT Power 50 - this is the fifth annual one for the mag -- is obviously a subjective list, but you'd expect to see some familiar power brokers on here. Power and influence are not the same thing,...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann can't answer Q about whether homosexuality is a public...
Poor Igor Volsky of Think Progress's The Wonk Room. He had the unenviable task of trying to extract a rational answer from prospective 2012 GOP Clown Car occupant Michele Bachmann (Teabagger-MN). He...
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On The Inside Politics Ball Game On HB 235
I'm tired. I gave it my all. Even though I took public accommodations out, there were people in the transgender community who were upset that I took it out and wouldn't support it. Can you imagine, I...
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Hawaii Passes Transgender Employment Protections
Hawaii has passed employment antidiscrimination protections into law based on gender equality. Equality Hawaii's and HRC's joint press release on the bill's passage: Equality Hawaii, Human Rights...
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Update: UNC frosh filed a false police report regarding 'branding' hate crime
And what damage this does to the hundreds of victims of real violent anti-gay crimes around the country. You'll recall in my last post that Chancellor Holden Thorp announced that the alleged assault...
View ArticleVideo: Alan Simpson: GOP Is Anti-Gay, Anti-Women For Moral Values While...
The GOP needs a giant can of Raid. Chris Matthews talks with Alan Simpson (former Republican Wyoming Senator). "We have homophobes in our party. That's disgusting to me. We're all human beings. We're...
View ArticleGLSEN the victim of a homophobic smear days before annual event
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless MonstersThis morning, Peter LaBarbera came out with what he called a "breaking story" on his Americans for Truth webpage: A Facebook page affiliated with the...
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Introducing and Thanking Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Military Families
cross-posted at Daily Kos. Yesterday the White House was caught flat-footed when asked to explain why gay, lesbian, and bisexual military partners and their children were being deliberately excluded...
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