Help a filmmaker’s dream!
Voting ends this Sunday at 11:59 pm for La Chiva, a film by Akiva Penaloza; please go here to cast your vote for this film. The official website is here. From Akiva: La Chiva (the goat) is the story of…
Instructor’s Anti-Gay Material
In Piggee v. Carl Sandburg College, 2006 WL 2771669 (Sept. 19, 2006), the plaintiff brought suit against her former employer. Plaintiff, a former instructor for Carl Sandburg College, was terminated after distributing anti-gay materials to students in her class, reported…
Reading from _Bitch_ Magazine
The GLBT Historical Society will host a reading of the forthcoming anthology Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism From the Pages of Bitch Magazine. According to , Local contributors, including historical society board member Don Romesburg, will read selections from…
Politicians try out MySpace
I hope those politicians do okay as they battle off sexual predators at MySpace. That's where politicians are these days - MySpace! Luther Lowe already planned to vote for Rep. Marion Berry, an Arkansas Democrat running for re-election in November.…
Coming out as bi
Gay activist Alexei Guren wasn’t sure what to expect when he came out as bisexual. As a leading member of several gay organizations in Miami, Guren thought his announcement at age 22 in 1984 might spur some skepticism. “But I…
Hate Crimes in Brooklyn: Gay Man Targeted
Michael J. Sandy is still in a coma after his attackers lured him via the Internet to a place frequented by gay men. Investigators believe that Sandy was selected by his attackers specifically because he is a gay man. Mr.…
Lesbian Mother Wins Custody Case
Victoria Moses and Kelvin King, the biological parents of a twelve-year-old girl, fell into conflict when King failed to pay monthly child support. When Moses filed an action for contempt, the court found King “to be $16,500 in arrears and…
The hazards of dental hygiene
This is a different kind of queer news. I couldn't resist sharing it here once Sue brought my attention to this story. Now I have something new to worry about. As a child, I had a fear that a zombie…
National Coming Out Day
Coming out, I once read, refers not only to the process of disclosing your identity to other folks, but also to yourself. At , I wrote about coming out. I discussed my early crushes, innocent things from when I was…
Safety and Craigslist
I wrote about some lurid Craigslist pranks here and here. What did we learn? That any information you release on the Internet can come back to you in some ugly ways, whether or not your action was good, bad, moral,…