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In many ways, movies are the heart and soul of America, our most widely shared cultural moments played out on the silver screen. We're a nation where everyone can recite the plot of Star Wars, recognize the theme from Jaws, marvel at the twist-ending of The Sixth Sense.
While gay characters and stories took a long time to join that national consciousness of flickering images, our community boasts a cinematic soul of sorts -- stories and characters who have given us a shared experience that helped shape us and support us.
Milk is this year's latest gay Oscar bait, but while you await the roll out of the red carpet, here's a list of GLBT films that everyone should see. Or, in the case of movie maniacs - yes, like us - revisit often (thank heaven for Netflix). From uplifting to tragic, comedic to dramatic, these 25 films reflect the heart and history of a community. ...more
In many ways, movies are the heart and soul of America, our most widely shared cultural moments played out on the silver screen. We're a nation where everyone can recite the plot of Star Wars, recognize the theme from Jaws, marvel at the twist-ending of The Sixth Sense.
While gay characters and stories took a long time to join that national consciousness of flickering images, our community boasts a cinematic soul of sorts -- stories and characters who have given us a shared experience that helped shape us and support us.
Milk is this year's latest gay Oscar bait, but while you await the roll out of the red carpet, here's a list of GLBT films that everyone should see. Or, in the case of movie maniacs - yes, like us - revisit often (thank heaven for Netflix). From uplifting to tragic, comedic to dramatic, these 25 films reflect the heart and history of a community. ...more
Gauge: Washington is fighting three cities -- Boston, Cleveland and Miami -- in its bid to host the 2014 Gay Games, the world's largest GLBT sports and culture event. It's a fight Brent Minor wants to win.
To that end, Minor, chair of the 2014 Washington DC Gay Games Bid Committee, urges likeminded enthusiasts to join him Saturday morning, Feb. 21, for a rally in support of the bid.
''It's basically a chance for people to come and learn more about our bid to host the Gay Games in 2014, to meet some of the leadership of the games, and for us to demonstrate to the world how committed we are as a city and as a community to bringing the games to Washington,'' says Minor, who also serves as president of Team DC, a volunteer-based organization that encourages members of the GLBT community to get involved with sports by supporting local teams and athletes. ...more
To that end, Minor, chair of the 2014 Washington DC Gay Games Bid Committee, urges likeminded enthusiasts to join him Saturday morning, Feb. 21, for a rally in support of the bid.
''It's basically a chance for people to come and learn more about our bid to host the Gay Games in 2014, to meet some of the leadership of the games, and for us to demonstrate to the world how committed we are as a city and as a community to bringing the games to Washington,'' says Minor, who also serves as president of Team DC, a volunteer-based organization that encourages members of the GLBT community to get involved with sports by supporting local teams and athletes. ...more
Gauge: It's simple, says Councilmember David Catania (I-At large): As long as the board of directors at Whitman-Walker Clinic cooperates with the District's Committee on Health, there will be no need to ''seek subpoena powers.''
''It's when and if I feel that there's some reluctance to be forthcoming that I will seek those additional powers,'' said Catania, the chair of the health committee who in late January held a public roundtable to question the clinic's leadership and recent layoffs. ''So long as I feel there's cooperation, I feel that that would not be necessary.''
It seems Catania is getting the cooperation he seeks -- though perhaps not the substance -- through a nine-page document released by the clinic Feb. 10. In it, clinic CEO Donald Blanchon emphasizes the clinic's mission, including a commitment to the GLBT community that founded the clinic. Blanchon also says release of the document ''reaffirms our commitment despite these tough economic time.'' ...more
''It's when and if I feel that there's some reluctance to be forthcoming that I will seek those additional powers,'' said Catania, the chair of the health committee who in late January held a public roundtable to question the clinic's leadership and recent layoffs. ''So long as I feel there's cooperation, I feel that that would not be necessary.''
It seems Catania is getting the cooperation he seeks -- though perhaps not the substance -- through a nine-page document released by the clinic Feb. 10. In it, clinic CEO Donald Blanchon emphasizes the clinic's mission, including a commitment to the GLBT community that founded the clinic. Blanchon also says release of the document ''reaffirms our commitment despite these tough economic time.'' ...more
Religious conservatives fear Congress will advance gay rights legislation
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Feb. 19 at 2:41 PM Feb. 19 at 2:41 PM
Anti-gay conservatives are increasing their rhetoric and activities because they fear public officials are more likely than ever to act on pro-gay initiatives.
That’s the perception of at least one activist, who said he’s noticed an upswing in the ferocity of opposition to pro-gay initiatives now that social conservatives have lost power on the national stage and may be unable to stop lawmakers from approving measures like hate crimes legislation and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said opponents of gay rights are “lying and spreading misinformation in greater ways than they ever hav ...
Partners would have right to hospital visits, property
MADISON (AP) | Feb. 19 at 1:35 PM Feb. 19 at 1:35 PM
Same-sex couples could form domestic partnerships and receive some of the same benefits as married people under Gov. Jim Doyle's budget plan.
Partners would have a right to make hospital visits and end-of-life decisions and inherit property.
Public employees would be able to add partners to their health insurance coverage.
Doyle received a standing ovation from fellow Democrats who control the Legislature when he unveiled the plan in his budget address Tuesday evening.
He says the plan is a "basic step toward fairness and decency."
But critics ques ...
Candidates being interviewed to fill post left vacant by Bush
By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Feb. 18 at 4:13 PM Feb. 18 at 4:13 PM
Obama administration officials are in the process of selecting a director for the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, a position once known as the nation’s AIDS Czar.
“We are actively interviewing to begin hiring for the Office of National AIDS Policy,” said Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council in an e-mail Wednesday to the AIDS advocacy group Housing Works.
Barnes’ message to Housing Works, and a subsequent response to an inquiry from the Blade, marked the first known time the Obama administration has confirmed it plans to retain the White House AIDS office, known as ONAP.
The ONAP dir ...
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, are expecting their first child, the mayor’s office confirmed Wednesday, February 18. Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Mayor Gavin Newsom. Photo: Rick Gerharter “We are pleased to confirm that Mayor Gavin Newsom and first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom are starting a family,” Newsom spokesman Nathan Ballard said in a [...]
The feature story in the March issue of the Advocate about out black comedian Wanda Sykes makes note that African Americans declaring their homosexuality have been “conspicuously absent” from magazine covers. One would think then that the nation’s leading LGBT newsmagazine would put Sykes, who gave it an exclusive interview, on its cover. Instead, a barely [...]
The health department is sponsoring a pub crawl tonight to thank the city’s gay bar owners and their staffers for helping researchers track an outbreak of tuberculosis cases among young gay men. As the Bay Area Reporter disclosed last month, the health department’s TB control section requested more than 140 people who work at Castro area [...]
Celebrities have often donned ribbons, a small yet public statement that has helped garner visibility and publicity for various causes -- red ribbons for AIDS awareness, pink for breast cancer. For this Sunday’s Oscars, expect white knots for marriage equality. 
PepsiCo announced Wednesday morning a multiyear distribution deal with Rockstar, the energy drink co-created by antigay radio host Michael Savage and his son Russell. 
Jury selection began Wednesday in the Cobra Video murder trial. Twenty-seven-year-old former escort and porn producer Harlow Cuadra is accused of brutally killing Brian Kocis in 2007.
The Nashville State Community College hosted it's annual Sweethearts for Scholarships fundraiser at the downtown Hiton. It was an evening of fine-dining and glamour that included an acoustic performance by Jim Otto.
Religious conservatives fear Congress will advance gay rights legislation
By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade | Feb. 19 at 2:41 PM Feb. 19 at 2:41 PM
Anti-gay conservatives are increasing their rhetoric and activities because they fear public officials are more likely than ever to act on pro-gay initiatives.
That’s the perception of at least one activist, who said he’s noticed an upswing in the ferocity of opposition to pro-gay initiatives now that social conservatives have lost power on the national stage and may be unable to stop lawmakers from approving measures like hate crimes legislation and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said opponents of gay rights are “lying and spreading misinformation in greater ways than they ever hav ...
Partners would have right to hospital visits, property
MADISON (AP) | Feb. 19 at 1:35 PM Feb. 19 at 1:35 PM
Same-sex couples could form domestic partnerships and receive some of the same benefits as married people under Gov. Jim Doyle's budget plan.
Partners would have a right to make hospital visits and end-of-life decisions and inherit property.
Public employees would be able to add partners to their health insurance coverage.
Doyle received a standing ovation from fellow Democrats who control the Legislature when he unveiled the plan in his budget address Tuesday evening.
He says the plan is a "b asic step toward fairness and decency."
But critics ques ...
Ga. Senate committee examines challenge to experts' fundingT>
By MATT SCHAFER, Southern Voice | Feb. 18 at 6:19 PM Feb. 18 at 6:19 PM
Three professors from Georgia State University appeared today before the Senate Committee of Higher Education to defend their jobs.
On Feb. 6, state Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Woodstock) called out GSU for having experts in oral sex and male prostitution. Dr. Kirk Elifson, Dr. Mindy Stombler and Dr. Donald Reitzes, the chair of GSU’s sociology department, appeared before the Senate committee on Feb. 18 to defend their research.
Elifson is GSU’s expert on male prostitution. His research dates back to the Vietnam War, where he studied the sexual habits of American servicemen. While 90 percent visited female prostitutes, 10 percent visited male prostitutes, according to ...
A gay group that advocates against the ex-gay movement will protest a conference this weekend in Charlotte
Members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church have been denied entry into Britain
A group of minister in Cleveland say they are resolved to ending a gay partner registry
If you don’t know who the Terry Caster family is/are (or that they donated a staggering $693,000 to strip civil rights from gay and lesbian Californians), get a crash course from Fred Karger here, and then come back and read the rest of this post. Ready? OK. So… I’m researching the Caster family for entry in [...]
Meet the radical anti-gays of “America Forever,” who make Fred Phelps and the rest of his “God Hates Fags” clan look like the picture of sanity and tolerance: Anti-Gay Group Places Full-Page Ad in SL Tribune And this is how the Salt Lake Tribune attempts to feign innocence and worm out of its responsibility for printing such [...]
We ended up on the cutting room floor, much as we did with Milk. But it’s still a lovely video, created from Courage Campaign’s photo project of the same name. “Fidelity”: Don’t Divorce… from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.
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