World AIDS Day: What to Watch
Early one morning in Manhattan, nearly 100 HIV-positive men and women assembled at a downtown restaurant with artist Spencer Tunick to participate in a unique experience: being part of an ensemble nude photograph to be featured on the cover of…
Are you a woman who lives in Atlanta and who identifies as femme or feminine?
Amy Palder, a Georgia State University Doctoral Candidate, is seeking interviewees for her research study to determine what femininity looks like when bio-males are out of the equation. You must partner exclusively with other women, transmen and/or genderqueers (you can…
Submissions for December’s carnival are due today!
Last call! The anniversary edition of the Carnival of Bent Attractions will be hosted at Spectrum Bloggers on December 10th. Submit your posts here. You can find Maria on MySpace here and read her current call for essays on femme…
Two Calls for Gay Erotic Writing
Richard Labonte is currently accepting gay erotic writing for two upcoming Cleis Press titles. City Boys Editor: Richard Labonte Publisher: Cleis Press Deadline: April 30, 2007 Not many gay boys are born in the Castro, West Hollywood, or Chelsea -…
Spreading a meme
This post will assist Scott Eric Kaufman in his quest to measure "the speed of meme." From Acephalous: What is the speed of meme? People write in general (typically truimphant) terms about how swiftly a single voice can travel from…
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…