Dan Choi because of that marvelous performance today this Oscar's for you (thunderous applause drowns out Dan's fake tearful speech)
Oh boy, don’t we have questions. Gotta give props where props are due. The girls over at the Lez Get Real blog dropped the bomb tonight in telling the world that old Dan Choi’s was discharged way back in June on the 29th. That was almost a month ago.
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MTV's Gay Pimp Jonny McGovern
MTV leads the way for the most representation of gay characters on TV as determined by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) via its annual Network Responsibility Index (NRI). GLAAD found that of MTV’s 207.5 hours of original prime-time programming, 42 percent included content reflecting the lives of gay, bisexual and transgender people. This earned MTV the first-ever “Excellent” rating from GLAAD.
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Cross posted from ACLU.org
As you may already know, yesterday we announced the settlement of Constance McMillen’s lawsuit against her Mississippi high school for canceling the prom rather than allowing her attend with her girlfriend as her date and wear a tuxedo.
While a terrific personal victory for Constance and a vindication of her rights, the agreement is especially noteworthy in that it will result in the implementation of a policy banning discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the Itawamba County School District – the first such policy to do so at a public school in the state of Mississippi. The fact that, in the year 2010, there was not one policy at any public school protecting LGBT students from discrimination and harassment in Mississippi prior to this agreement is a sad reminder of how vulnerable LGBT youth remain.
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Photo from the Website "Gays Against Obama"
But nobody calls it racist. Interesting. Read this excerpt however from This Week From Barack Obama blog to get a taste of how even the most ardent fans of the White House are outraged at how the Shirley Sherrod deal was handled:
The media, reporters, in print and video have repeatedly reported the WRONG STORY or evidence of many stories. This also proves that these organizations don’t even do the basic of tasks, as in, picking up a fucking phone to perform basic FACT CHECK. This continues because the public does not demand the full facts and are trained to the “sound bite”. That is our fault for not demanding the truth.
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That fateful night. Drunk as a skunk.
Talk about a 360 degree turn. We’re happy for Senator Roy Ashburn. It’s not everyday a formerly closeted lawmaker and republican at that, stands up and see’s the light. Well, in his case he kinda didn’t have much choice after leaving a gay bar and immediately being busted drunk driving. But hey, who’s knit picking?
The good senator went so far as to reach out in an essay on the Gaypolitics blog in which he offers apology and acknowledges what he did was wrong—the parts where he voted against any state legislation for gays. Oh well, we live and we learn.
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