Ten Years Added to HIV+ Federal Prisoner’s Sentence
Last month, District Judge Ron Clark added an additional ten years to the sentence of an HIV + federal prisoner who bit a correctional officer on the arm. Clark stated that "here was a very real risk that the victim…
A Short Interview with An Xiao
I recently posted about trans//face, an exhibition by An Xiao. An Xiao took some time to share a little more about her exhibition with me: How long did you shoot for this show, and were you able to take photos…
Kentucky Judge Rules Funeral Statute Violates the First Amendment
District Judge Karen K. Campbell ruled in McQueary v. Stumbo, 2006 WL 2792291 (Sept. 26, 2006), a suit brought by the ACLU of Kentucky, that a recently enacted law intended to insulate funerals from political protests violates the First Amendment…
All My Children to Introduce Trans Character
The Times reports that All My Children character Zarf, played by Jeffrey Carlson, will discover he is transgender after bonding with and kissing Bianca, a lesbian character. " triggers something within Zarf about why it made such sense to be…
Post-Election Analysis Forum at The New School in NYC (This Wed.)
The Human Rights Campaign, FSIX, National Stonewall Democrats and Log Cabin Republicans are presenting the 2006 Post-Election Analysis Forum on Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 7:00PM - 8:30PM, at The New School. The is a free event and no reservation is…
Truth Wins Out Denounces Ignite Student Outreach “Ex-Gay” Camp
Wayne Besen () is the author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth and the founder of Truth Wins Out (TWO). Yesterday, he announced TWO's condemnation of Ignite Student Outreach, which "utilizes camps, conferences,…
The Carnival of Bent Attractions’ Anniversary Edition
The Carnival of Bent Attractions, the only queer blog carnival on the Web, is a year old on December 10th! The anniversary edition will be hosted at Spectrum Bloggers. Submissions are due by 12:01am on December 2nd. Don't forget to…
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To: Subject: Weblog Awards Best GLBT News Blog: 429 News X Daily Dose of Queer PageOneQ Queerty Towleroad Previous post: "Make Daily Dose of Queer the Winner of the 2006 Verve Best GLBT News Blog Award!" You can find Maria…
Hmmm, should the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV be allowed?
This is a hard one. I can see why it's taking the Roman Catholic Church so long to figure out if condoms really are "the lesser of two evils." For some reason (I don't know, the whole death thing?) Kevin…
It could take four or five years!
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, tells Larry King that he (Dobson) just doesn't have the time to help "restore from being gay to not gay.†You can find Maria on MySpace here and read her current call…