Monthly Archives: March 2009

Mainstream ads surprise, disappoint

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Stuff Queer People Need To Know

This week during a chance viewing of Y&R, I saw two very intriguing commercials: Ellen DeGerenes hawking Cover Girl cosmetics and a man dressed as a pregnant woman in a Taco Bell ad. Ellen, America’s favorite goofy lesbian, is featured … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ | Tagged ally, America's Next Top Model, bisexual, Black Mondays, Butch, Cincinnati, civil rights, Clifton, commercials, commericials, cover girl, covergirl, cross-dressers, DOMA, drag, Drag King, Drag Queen, ellen, ellen degeneres, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, entertainment, equal rights, equality, Equality Cincinnati, Equality Ohio, Femme, Gay, GenderBloc, GLBT, GLBTQ, glbtqia, Human Rights Campaign, Intersectionality, Jamie, L-Word, Lesbian, Lez, Lezzie, LGBT, LGBTQ, lgbtqia, mac, mac cosmetics, Ohio, out, Out On Campus, pansexual, Politics, Prop. 8, Proposition 8, queen latifa, queer, queer center, questioning, rihanna, taco bell, The L-Word, Trans, transgender, transpeople, transwoman, UC, University of Cincinnati, y&r | 4 Comments

Queer Art/Queer Action conference

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Stuff Queer People Need To Know

After a seven-hour car trip to Asheville, NC, I arrived at the University of North Carolina Asheville for the Queer Art/Queer Action conference, that ran March 26-29. Two groups from the University of Cincinnati, GenderBloc and Equality UC, attended the … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ | Tagged ally, America's Next Top Model, bisexual, Black Mondays, Butch, Cincinnati, civil rights, Clifton, Dean Spade, DOMA, drag, Drag King, Drag Queen, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, equal rights, equality, Equality Cincinnati, Equality Ohio, Equality UC, Femme, Gay, GenderBloc, Genderqueer, GLBT, GLBTQ, Hedwig, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Human Rights Campaign, Intersectionality, Jamie, Joan Larkin, John Cameron Mitchell, L-Word, LaRue's Backdoor, Lesbian, Lez, Lezzie, LGBT, LGBTQ, Ohio, One Tough Cookie, out, Out On Campus, pansexual, Prop. 8, Proposition 8, queer, queer action, queer art, queer art queer action, queer art queer action conference, queer art/queer action, queer center, questioning, SheBar, Spring Break, The L-Word, Tranny Roadshow, transgender, Tranzmission, UC, unca, University of Cincinnati | 6 Comments

Alleged anti-gay crime perpetrators will see a judge again soon

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Stuff Queer People Need To Know

Alleged perpetrators of an anti-gay crime on or near University of Cincinnati’s campus will be before a judge again soon. The first alleged perpetrator, Ethan Kirkwood, has a pre-trial date of April 2, in front of Judge Fanon A. Rucker. Most of … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ | Tagged ally, anti-gay hate crime, bisexual, Black Mondays, Butch, Cincinnati, civil rights, Clifton, DOMA, drag, Drag King, Drag Queen, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, equality, Equality Cincinnati, Equality Ohio, Femme, Gay, GenderBloc, Genderqueer, GLBT, GLBTQ, Hate Crime, Human Rights Campaign, Intersectionality, Jamie, L-Word, Lesbian, Lez, Lezzie, LGBT, LGBTQ, Ohio, out, Out On Campus, pansexual, Prop. 8, Proposition 8, queer, queer center, questioning, SheBar, The L-Word, transgender, UC, University of Cincinnati | 2 Comments

“Gossip Girls” share more than gossip

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Stuff Queer People Need To Know

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, from The CW’s Gossip Girl, appeared alongside their costars for a Rolling Stone photo shoot. There’s even this cute quote, which Lively tells Rolling Stone, accompanying the photos: “My favorite was the first one we did … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ | Tagged ally, bisexual, Black Mondays, blake lively, Butch, Clifton, DOMA, drag, Drag King, Drag Queen, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, equality, Equality Cincinnati, Equality Ohio, Femme, Gay, Genderqueer, GLBT, GLBTQ, gossip girl, Human Rights Campaign, ice cream, Intersectionality, Jamie, L-Word, leighton meester, Lesbian, Lez, Lezzie, LGBT, LGBTQ, licorice, Ohio, out, Out On Campus, pansexual, Prop. 8, Proposition 8, queer, queer center, questioning, rolling stone, The L-Word, transgender, UC, University of Cincinnati | 2 Comments

“Silly faggot, dix are for chix” shirt

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Stuff Queer People Need To Know

The South Florida Blade is reporting that an employee of RoadSafe, a company contracted to erect barricades for the Florida AIDS Walk, sported a T-shirt that read: “Silly faggot, dix are for chix.” The shirt also has a picture of … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBTQ | Tagged AIDS, aids walk, ally, bisexual, Butch, Cincinnati, civil rights, Clifton, DOMA, drag, Drag King, Drag Queen, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, equality, Equality Cincinnati, Equality Ohio, Femme, Gay, GenderBloc, Genderqueer, GLBT, GLBTQ, Human Rights Campaign, Intersectionality, Jamie, L-Word, Lesbian, Lez, Lezzie, LGBT, LGBTQ, out, Out On Campus, pansexual, Prop. 8, Proposition 8, queer, queer center, questioning, south florida blade, transgender, trix rabbit | 29 Comments

Monthly Archives: March 2009

Mainstream ads surprise, disappoint

Alleged anti-gay crime perpetrators will see a judge again soon

“Gossip Girls” share more than gossip

“Silly faggot, dix are for chix” shirt

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