Washington Released From Rehab, Tammy Lynn Michaels Chimes In
Isaiah Washington's week of counseling is over and he should be returning to the Grey's Anatomy set sometime today. In support of Washington, Melissa Etheridge's longtime partner Tammy Lynn Michaels shared this statement: "I forgive his words, because, truth be…
The Sad State of Mainstream Lesbian Movies
Josh Tyler at Cinema Blend comments that "the movie industry is doing a pretty good job of making lesbians look like heartless, brutal, selfish, conniving bitches." He's speaking specifically about last year's Imagine Me and You and this year's Gray…
Carnival of Shoes and Bags #3
To the shoes and bags we Thanks for reading! The next edition of the Carnival of Shoes and Bags will be hosted right here on February 15th. Submit your posts here. Please contact me if you would like to host…
This blog doesn’t have a tagline, but if it did…
"Kind of the opposite of Perez Hilton, really."
Homophobic Student’s Expulsion Suit Dismissed
Evangelical graduate student Mark Schumacher was expelled from Argosy University, a private school in Minnesota where he was a student in the Doctor of Psychology program. Argosy University expelled him for "demonstrat intolerance for gays and lesbians." Schumacher filed a…
More Employers Offering Transition Coverage
San Francisco became the first city to offer city employees comprehensive coverage for gender transitions in 2001. Since then some major companies have taken notice and have changed their employee benefits packages to follow suit. General Motors, IBM, Eastman Kodak…
New Mexico Aging Dept. Moves Conference to Keep Presentations on Gay Issues
The New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department had to change the location of its annual conference this year because Baptist-owned LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center, the usual location of its annual conferences, attempted to to restrict discussion of gay issues.…
Puccini for Beginners
A woman breaks up with her girlfriend (who had never said "I love you" during the six years they were together). The dumper moves on to a man. The dumpee figures she should try a man too, because, well, her…
20-40% of SF Homeless Youth Are Queer
KCBS reports that an estimated 800 to 1,600 of the approximately 4,000 homeless teenagers who call San Francisco's streets home are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. These numbers, unfortunately, match up with nationwide statistics.
HPV Vaccine May Prevent Anal Cancer
Doctors are hopeful that the vaccine against human papillomavirus will be able to prevent a disease gay men are at an elevated risk of: anal cancer.