June 15, 2009

New Miss Calif. shares Prejean’s views

The new Miss California and former Miss Teen USA Tami Farrell also shares her predecessor’s views that marriage is between a man and a woman, but according to The Advocate, she said, “I don’t think I have the right or anybody has the right to tell somebody who they can or can’t love.” Now that [...]

June 15, 2009

Totally in love with this Lambert photo

June 15, 2009

HRC responds to Obama and DOMA

Below is a response from the Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese to Obama’s recent moves on DOMA (or lack thereof). The response is pretty civil, but where is the fire? Where is the anger? Where is the passion?
From the HRC Web site:
June 15, 2009
President Barack H. ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NWWashington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I [...]

June 15, 2009

Jones: Meet on the Mall for Equality

Cleve Jones, a gay rights activist who worked alongside Harvey Milk and started the AIDS quilt, called for a national march on Washington for Oct. 11. While there has been great opposition to this move – the National Mall is already booked, Congress isn’t in session – it appears that the rally is marching right [...]

June 15, 2009

Cincinnati Pride day 2: phenomenal

The second day of Cincinnati Pride was significantly better, even though we had to battle the rain. The day was kicked off by the parade that ran from Burnett Woods to Hoffner Park. And the amount of people in attendance was astounding: I had no idea there were so many queers in Cincinnati! Where are [...]

June 15, 2009

Cincinnati Pride Day 1: disappointing

The first day of Cincinnati Pride, held on Saturday, June 13, at Hoffner Park in Northside, was lackluster. For some reason, Cincinnati Pride had the parade and all of the major acts on Sunday, and it just didn’t have the same appeal as if the parade was on a Saturday. There were still quite a few [...]