There You Have It
In response to my email regarding the World’s Best Gay Urban Blog category of the The Urbs: 2005 Urban Blogging Awards, I was directed to this post over at Gridskipper where I found the following: Why isn’t there an African…
Spectrum Bloggers Seeks Estrogen
Perfect timing, Carsen. Queer Female Bloggers is the topic of the week. From : Spectrum Bloggers now has over 80 members, but looking through the blogroll, I'm seeing mostly men. That's great, but I know there has got to be…
Robbie Williams Accepts Libel Damages – Because He’s Straight
LONDON - British pop star Robbie Williams accepted undisclosed libel damages Tuesday from publishers of a newspaper and magazines that had claimed he was a homosexual. The defendants, British publishing groups MGN Limited, publisher of The People, a Sunday tabloid,…
More on The Urbs’ World’s Best Gay Urban Blog Category
I have sent the following email, regarding the World’s Best Gay Urban Blog category of the The Urbs: 2005 Urban Blogging Awards, to Gridskipper. I notice that none of the finalists in the World's Best Gay Urban Blog category of…
Queer Women Bloggers Suck
If we didn't, there would be at least one female finalist in the World's Best Gay Urban Blog category of the The Urbs: 2005 Urban Blogging Awards, wouldn't there? Maybe people felt that a "gay" category is a category for…
How Would You Like Your Queer Femme? No, They’re Not All the Same
"I was in denial - it's occurred to me that, despite my self-identification, those living in butch/femme or gay worlds would define me as they chose" wrote La Mala, in a post titled "queer femme," and I agree. I agree…
Doctors Can Refuse to Artificially Inseminate Lesbians
Dr. Christine Brody and Dr. Douglas Fenton have the right to refuse to artificially inseminate lesbians (or, rather, all women who aren't married), ruled a California state appellate court on Friday. Brody and Fenton refused to artificially inseminate Guadalupe Benitez…
‘Steven Greenberg Is Not a Rabbi’
Says Archil Pitimashvili over at The Cornell American. You may remember Steve Greenberg, a gay Orthodox rabbi, from Trembling Before G-d, a documentary on queer Hasidic and Orthodox Jews. Read more about him here. I'm guessing Pitimashvili isn't a big…
Femme Study
This announcement showed up in my "Queer Femmes" Google Alert today. ETA: Yes, the ad IS three years old.
I Learn What Matters in Life
Me: I've gained 18 pounds since I stopped smoking last year. Other Person: Start smoking again.