It’s All Our Fault, Again.
As I've been watching the coverage of Katrina, I've been wondering how long it would be before some religious right group blamed the hurricane on the queers. Today I take a look at Google News, and here we go: An…
Berlin Welcomes Sadomasochist Party
Klaus Wowereit, the gay mayor of Berlin, will be welcoming those gathered for the Folsom Europe 2005 street festival. Parts of the welcome letter he will be reading: "The international leather and fetish scene is meeting for the second time…
Wife Says Cheating is Cheating
Here's a twist on "He's cheating on me with a younger woman." Shelly Pickering found her husband cheating on her with a younger man, and she's heading to court in Vancouver to challenge the legal definition of adultery after she…
They’ll Be Singing Again
Naked Boys Singing will resume at the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center in mid September. Previous post here. As reported on Saturday the City of Milwaukee has admitted it made a mistake when it busted the production. (story) Police shut down…
God Hates Fags and US Soldiers
And Fred Phelps is at it again. SMYRNA, Tenn. -- Members of a church say God is punishing American soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays, and they brought their anti-gay message to the funerals Saturday of two Tennessee…
Best Companies for Bisexuals
The Bi Men Network is honoring 80 companies as the best for bisexuals worldwide. These companies include: Barnes & Noble Bank of America John Hancock Financial Services Merrill Lynch & Co. Pitney Bowes UPS (Is this one a joke? I…
Instruction from the Vatican Prevents Gay Priests
A document produced by the Congregation for Catholic Education and Seminaries aims to ban gay men from entering seminaries to study for priesthood. Should gay men be banned from becoming priests, I'll take that as a flat out admission of…
Men in Uniform
Army soldiers marched in Manchester's annual Gay Pride March hoping to attract more recruits from Manchester's GLBT community. Think you'll be alive the day this happens at a US pride event?
Out in Your Obituary
This is really sad: “My sense from even the most out, comfortable, well-adjusted, emotionally healthy gay people is that there is concern about when to identify as gay in the newspaper,†explains Kelly McBride, the ethics group leader at the…
Leading Gay Rights Groups Oppose Roberts
Not impressed by his pro bono work on Romer v. Evans, Human Rights Campaign, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays all announced yesterday that they have…