Brokeback Mountain in Pittsburgh

Brokeback Mountain in Pittsburgh

Opens in Pittsburgh on 1/13/2005.  Sue

NBC's Today Reviews Brokeback Mountain: Labels Character Predator

NBC's Today Reviews Brokeback Mountain:  Labels Character Predator

From Pam's House Blend and GLAAD Gene Shalit of the Today show offered a strange review of Brokeback Mountain, characterizing Jake Gyllenhaal's character as a sexual predator because he's gay.  He dredges up a classic predator/victim gay stereotype that indicates, IMHO, that Shalit was uncomfortable with the movie.  Homophobic?  Yes.  Should GLAAD have called him […]

America helps the white Katrina survivors ….

America helps the white Katrina survivors ….

Caught this little tidbit in Newsweek Katrina—Welcome: 'White Couple' Newsweek Jan. 9, 2006 issue – As Katrina evacuees scrambled to find homes, whites were given incentives to rent in some places, while blacks were charged extra or politely turned away 66 percent of the time, according to a five-state report by the National Fair Housing […]

AFA at it again: NBC's Book of Daniel LGBT connections

AFA at it again:  NBC's Book of Daniel LGBT connections

This from 365gay.com (Terre Haute, Indiana) NBC affiliate WTWO has become the first station to announce that it will not carry the program “The Book of Daniel” following pressure from the American Family Association. <snip> The American Family Association has been calling for its members to complain to NBC affiliates about the show which features […]

Not a good time to be a woman at Penn State …

Not a good time to be a woman at Penn State …

The women at Penn State aren't fairing well in the hands of the current Administration.  Women basketball players have been enduring the homophobic tyranny of Rene Portland for years.  and this from today's Post-Gazette … The only sour note is that JoePa appears not to have understood the seriousness of a sex assault charge made against a […]

Stop anti-LGBT activists from writing discrimination into the Pennsylvania Constitution

Stop anti-LGBT activists from writing discrimination into the Pennsylvania Constitution

NOTE: On January 24, the Pennsylvania Family Institute will be introducing their amendment.  Click and do something NOW. This from the ….  12/07/2005     Urgent – Ask Your Legislator to Not Sponsor the Marriage Amendment   We need your help to stop anti-LGBT activists from writing discrimination into the Pennsylvania Constitution. Representative Scott Boyd […]

Blessed bigotry: Pope Benedict XVI is Anti-Gay Person of the Year

Blessed bigotry: Pope Benedict XVI is Anti-Gay Person of the Year

From the Washington Blade EDITORS’ NOTE:As 2005 draws to a close, many media outlets will announce their selections for person of the year. In past years, Blade editors have selected a Story of the Year instead. This year, the Story of the Year was, in our view, the extraordinary efforts of one individual to not […]

From Arizona – First Out Lesbian Named to State Senate

From Arizona – First Out Lesbian Named to State Senate

From PageOneQ  … Good news from Arizona … History was made Tuesday, Jan. 3, when the first open Lesbian was named to the Arizona Senate. By a unanimous vote during their weekly meeting, the Pima County Board of Supervisors named Paula Aboud (r) to the vacant District 28 State Senate seat for the remainder of […]

Confessions of a Rick Santorum Intern

Confessions of a Rick Santorum Intern

My favorite line of the morning thus far from 2 Political Junkies Rick Santorum – a man of strict principles, until he needs to win an election. This calls for full confession — in 1991, I spent six months as a legislative intern for then-Congressman Rick Santorum.  I was 20 years old and hopelessly heterosexual.  […]

Mama, Its Thrifty Not Cheap

Mama, Its Thrifty Not Cheap

This past November, we coughed up $25 to support the Homeless Cat Management Team's fundraiser (yes we feed feral cats) and came away with our very own Enjoy book.  I made a solemn vow that this would be our ticket out of the Olive Garden and into a bright local restaurant scene!  Then … bonus […]