http://www.365gay.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en http://www.365gay.com/blog/withers-nj-gay-rights-group-closes-its-wallet/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/withers-nj-gay-rights-group-closes-its-wallet/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:18:50 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=12020 Garden State Equality has decided to play hardball. New Jersey's largest gay rights organizations  has suspended donating cash to political parties. "No political party has a record good enough on LGBT civil rights that it can rightfully claim to be entitled to our money on a party-wide basis," said Steven Goldstein, ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/withers-nj-gay-rights-group-closes-its-wallet/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020810-watercooler/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020810-watercooler/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:22:48 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11559 There is this invention called paper: Rocket science is not my field, but if you are Sarah Palin, and a talking point is that President Obama can't speak minus a teleprompter,  you should not be caught with middle school notes scribbled on your hand. Especially at an event where you ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/020810-watercooler/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020510-anthony-woods-offers-ideas-on-dadt/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020510-anthony-woods-offers-ideas-on-dadt/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:55 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11958 This has been a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" week. Once Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered his personal view that DADT had to go, what should happen next has been argued, debated, and twittered. Mullen even spent 140 characters reaffirming his testimony. And who didn't ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/020510-anthony-woods-offers-ideas-on-dadt/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/thursdays-watercooler-another-obama-gay-one-liner-and-kissing-natalie-portman/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/thursdays-watercooler-another-obama-gay-one-liner-and-kissing-natalie-portman/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:23:05 +0000 Emma Ruby-Sachs http://www.365gay.com/?p=11934 • This morning President Obama gave the gays another one-liner. In his prayer breakfast address he stated: We may disagree about gay marriage, but surely we can agree that it is unconscionable to target gays and lesbians for who they are - whether it's here in the United States, or, as ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/thursdays-watercooler-another-obama-gay-one-liner-and-kissing-natalie-portman/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020310/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020310/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:43:41 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11874 Do we know what victory looks like? Yesterday, in front of of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Adm. Mike Mullen said the following: “I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/020310/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gay-candidates-on-the-illinois-election-primary-day/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gay-candidates-on-the-illinois-election-primary-day/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:20:34 +0000 Emma Ruby-Sachs http://www.365gay.com/?p=11861 Chicago is a city I love. It's enough like Toronto to feel like home, and enough like New York to get lost in. And so, when the city gives Illinois a record number of gay candidates for today's primary, I get excited. If you live in Illinois, you should be ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gay-candidates-on-the-illinois-election-primary-day/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020210-gillibrand-gets-lgtb-and-white-house-support/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020210-gillibrand-gets-lgtb-and-white-house-support/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:48:49 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11850 New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is getting ready for a fight. Sure Harold Ford is talking smack by calling her a "parakeet," but the junior senator is making sure she gets as many allies as possible. First she has the full support of the White House. President Obama's former campaign ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/020210-gillibrand-gets-lgtb-and-white-house-support/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020110-water-cooler-monday/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/020110-water-cooler-monday/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:53:31 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11815 Today we start a daily feature called Watercooler, a space where we can give the rundown on important stories, take down those  who are full of themselves, talk about a trend, ride a hobby horse  (not too wildly of course), and spend some time on a little "cultcha" (pop and ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/020110-water-cooler-monday/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-man-crunch-a-stunt-or-the-real-deal/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-man-crunch-a-stunt-or-the-real-deal/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:51:32 +0000 Emma Ruby-Sachs http://www.365gay.com/?p=11814  Watch ManCrunch Super Bowl Ad in Sexy  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com CBS, the network agreeing to air a pro-life ad during the superbowl, has rejected an ad submitted by a gay dating site. The rejection brings up a number of interesting issues. The most important thing to focus on is ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-man-crunch-a-stunt-or-the-real-deal/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-how-we-carry-forward-after-zinn/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-how-we-carry-forward-after-zinn/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:34:25 +0000 Emma Ruby-Sachs http://www.365gay.com/?p=11788 Losing Howard Zinn is painful for the entire country. But his type of history telling was particularly instructive to disenfranchised groups. He wrote the people’s history, literally in his famous book, but also throughout his life. He told the story of his subject from the point of view of those left ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-how-we-carry-forward-after-zinn/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012910-ny-state-senator-monserrate-needs-to-step-down/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012910-ny-state-senator-monserrate-needs-to-step-down/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:35:31 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11776 The tawdry drama of New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate won't be going anywhere until next month. Last October he was convicted of misdemeanor assault against his girlfriend. About seven days ago, a Senate committee recommended the Queen's Democrat be either expelled or censured. Monserrate has no intention of going ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/012910-ny-state-senator-monserrate-needs-to-step-down/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012810-responses-to-obamas-call-to-end-dadt/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012810-responses-to-obamas-call-to-end-dadt/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:32:15 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11755 There will be parsing galore over President Barack Obama's SOTU speech (heck the head movements of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito have turned into a talking point). "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" got a mention; the president said he'll work with Congress, this year, to get it nullified. The Servicemembers Legal ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/012810-responses-to-obamas-call-to-end-dadt/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012710-huffpo-writer-blames-lgbt-leadership-for-browns-win/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012710-huffpo-writer-blames-lgbt-leadership-for-browns-win/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:32:27 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11738 It's the hyperbole that makes most minority politics laughable. The need to be a singular voice for a rather diverse group makes it easy to smooth out any rough edges and say things that are either dubious or kooky. A few days ago David Kaufman, over at Huffington Post, announced ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/012710-huffpo-writer-blames-lgbt-leadership-for-browns-win/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012610-obama-dadt-and-the-state-of-the-union/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012610-obama-dadt-and-the-state-of-the-union/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:12:36 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11698 According to news reports, the White House asked Sen. Carl Levin to postpone his hearings on Don't Ask, Don't Tell until next month. The rumor is that in tomorrow's State of the Union, President Obama is going to ask  Congress to repeal the policy. How this will be received ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/012610-obama-dadt-and-the-state-of-the-union/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012510-new-york-times-article-focuses-on-transgender-court/ http://www.365gay.com/blog/012510-new-york-times-article-focuses-on-transgender-court/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:49 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=11683 The fundies have another reason to say New York City is "not real America." An article in yesterday's New York Times focused on a Manhattan court that has turned into the place where transgender New Yorkers go to have their names officially changed. "Changing a name might seem like a minor ... http://www.365gay.com/blog/012510-new-york-times-article-focuses-on-transgender-court/feed/