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Day 20 February 2009

The extreme right has a hissy fit

As we’re all well aware, President Obama is “a dangerous radical who is using his appointment power to turn the government over to out-of-the-mainstream extremists; and his judicial nominees will be extremists who plan to rule based on their feelings and political beliefs rather than the law or the Constitution.” Right. And, CNN is now [...]

Fundies gone wild … in Tampa

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch is calling attention to the shenanigans of the extremist Official Street Preachers — this time in Tampa, Florida. Anyone who’s attended a large, public GLBT function, in just about any large city across the country, has probably run into a noisy contingent of these fundamentalist clowns with their giant [...]

John Giorno: Life is a killer

Left: Rirkrit Tiravanija, JG Reads, 2008, still from a black-and-white film in 16 mm, 10 hours 6 minutes. Right: John Giorno, LIFE IS A KILLER, 2008, pencil on paper, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2.” This is the 500th post on the new blog. I suppose after 500 posts, I should stop calling it “the new [...]

The US finally backs global GLBT rights

Last December, French activist Louis-Georges Tin, with the enthusiastic support of France and the Netherlands, presented a document at the United Nations that called for the universal decriminalization of homosexuality. The statement received the unqualified endorsement of every country in the European Union, Canada and Mexico, and many other countries around the world — 66 [...]

‘Ex-gay’ & the law

(Graphic: Truth Wins Out) Excellent news this morning for the victims and survivors of homophobic, prey-away-the-gay, brainwashing programs. Truth Wins Out and Lambda Legal are distributing a new publication that spells out available legal options for those who’ve been harmed by these so-called “ex-gay” programs called Ex-Gay & The Law. From Truth Wins Out: New Landmark Publication By Truth [...]