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Monday Watercooler: Bachmann is now the face of the GOP

James Withers — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:18:57 +0000

Bachmann wins Iowa Straw Poll. Still refuses to deal with her past. After winning the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, Rep. Michele Bachmann spent Sunday morning selling herself on talk shows. On(...)

Withers: The TV images are always white, part 2

James Withers — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:15:05 +0000

In early February, I pointed to an article at The Root. Writer Michael Arceneaux was not pleased about an Entertainment Weekly cover story on the “gay teen revolution” on television.

Those early(...)

Would you stand up if you saw a waitress insult a gay family?

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:15:48 +0000

I love ABC’s “What Would You Do?” series, a kind of social justice version of Candid Camera. It has been amazing to watch as, in episode after episode, strangers have stepped up in support of(...)

Tuesday Watercooler: Teen commits suicide despite school’s anti-bullying assembly

CStottlemyer — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:11:11 +0000

Nightline goes inside “Journey to Manhood” retreat

A “therapeutic peer counseling” camp that helps men get over their same-sex attractions opened their doors for the first time to ABC’s(...)

Withers: The View lies about HIV and black gay men

James Withers — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:16:13 +0000

When the topic is gay and black, stupidity reigns. Comic D.L. Hughley was a guest host on The View” on June 22; he and Sherri Shepherd decided to opine about AIDS and the black community. In a(...)

Withers: Former Bush adviser calls out fellow Republicans on DADT

James Withers — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:17:00 +0000

Smarter people have talked about the intra-party squabbles in the Republican party. There is the paranoid wing, convinced America is turning into a fascist state (check out the verbiage of(...)

Friday Watercooler: ENDA Protests and Naomi is fierce

rayhunt — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:56:41 +0000

• Make them work. The activist, fantastic GetEQUAL interrupted a House of Representatives hearing yesterday morning demanding the mark-up of ENDA. We have been promised a mark-up since last(...)

ABC, Lifetime among winners of GLAAD Media Awards

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:43 +0000

(New York) Joy Behar, Cynthia Nixon and the ABC drama series “Brothers & Sisters” are among this year’s recipients of media awards from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

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GLAAD pushes for ABC to rethink ending soap opera’s gay storyline

logointern1 — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:49 +0000

The ABC soap opera “One Life to Live” is eliminating its gay storyline. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation announced Friday it is pushing for the network to review the(...)

Support of civil unions jumps

logointern1 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:06:52 +0000

Two-thirds of Americans support allowing gays and lesbians to form civil unions, according to a new Washington Post-ABC poll released Friday. In addition, the poll found 47 percent of Americans(...)