Instructor’s Anti-Gay Material
In Piggee v. Carl Sandburg College, 2006 WL 2771669 (Sept. 19, 2006), the plaintiff brought suit against her former employer. Plaintiff, a former instructor for Carl Sandburg College, was terminated after distributing anti-gay materials to students in her class, reported…
I’m not just talking about it anymore
I've been talking about putting a call for essays on femme identity out for quite some time now. Here it is! VISIBLE: A FEMMETHOLOGY an anthology of writing on queer femme identity Editor: Maria Angeline Publisher: Merge Press Submissions Deadline:…
The 2006 Transcending Boundaries / PFLAG Northeast Regional Conference Starts Next Week!
Transcending Boundaries Conference is for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, and intersex people and our allies. TBC is for and about those who do not fit into the simple categories of gay/straight, male/female, and we couldn't be more excited! The 2006 Transcending Boundaries…
Ethereal’s Interview in _AboveGroundTesting Magazine_
Queer Shorts contributor Ethereal is featured in this month's edition of AboveGroundTesting Magazine. Click here to read about her poetry, her songwriting, her first album, and her upcoming music. Ethereal on her piece in Queer Shorts, "Room for Rent": Now…
AMERICA’S UNWANTED: Foster & Group Home Kids who made “itâ€
I posted Shani Heckman's short documentary Wrong Bathroom here. Shani has a call for interviewees for America's Unwanted: Foster & Group Home Kids who made “itâ€, her newest documentary project, on her website here. “America’s Unwanted†seeks former foster or…
Buses Back in the News
This time it's not an anti-gay sign on a bus making the news. Minneapolis-St Paul Metro Transit is allowing an employee who says homosexuality is against her religion to refuse to drive any bus that displays an "Unleash Your Inner…
Former Congressman Gerry E. Studds’ Husband Denied Death Benefits
Dean Hara, who married former Rep. Gerry Studds in Massachusetts after same-sex marriage was legalized in the state, has been denied death benefits by the government. The Washington Post reports that Hara "will not be eligible to receive any portion…
Kansas Sen. Seeking Exlpanation of Attendance at 2002 Commitment Ceremony Blocks Michigan Federal District Judgeship
Janet T. Neff has been nominated by Bush to a federal district judgeship in Michigan as "part of a multi-judge deal between the White House and Michigan's two Democratic senators resolving a long-standing fight over federal court nominees from that…
Reading from _Bitch_ Magazine
The GLBT Historical Society will host a reading of the forthcoming anthology Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism From the Pages of Bitch Magazine. According to , Local contributors, including historical society board member Don Romesburg, will read selections from…
Politicians try out MySpace
I hope those politicians do okay as they battle off sexual predators at MySpace. That's where politicians are these days - MySpace! Luther Lowe already planned to vote for Rep. Marion Berry, an Arkansas Democrat running for re-election in November.…