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Thursday Watercooler: Obama has done great things on gay issues. It’s not enough

James Withers — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:43:26 +0000

Gay Pride event at the White House. Yesterday the White House held a reception for gay pride. President Obama highlighted his record, from hate crimes legislation, the HIV travel ban, to(...)

Thursday Watercooler: San Francisco Giants believe it will get better

James Withers — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:39:38 +0000

Giants say it will get better. Yesterday the San Francisco Giants released a “It Gets Better” video. While that’s a nice sentiment, it’s not true. Especially for us Mets fans. I kid! Kudos to(...)

Withers: Jackson invokes King

James Withers — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:58:47 +0000

Oh, Bishop Harry Jackson. How much do I despise thee? Let me count the ways. You spend time fighting marriage equality in Washington, DC. How is that going by the way? Unless I’m mistake mo’s(...)

D.C Cab driver kicks gay couple to the curb

logointern3 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:06:36 +0000

Washington residents Christopher Holloway 51, and Ari Fredge 45, were kicked out of a DC cab for kissing in the back seat.

According to the Washington Post, the couple hopped into the cab after(...)

Thursday Watercooler: DADT vote pushed back….for now

James Withers — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:16:02 +0000

DADT vote postponed for another day. Yesterday the news about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell changed every 30 seconds. Senate majority leader Harry Reid announced he wanted a test vote for the defense(...)

Tuesday Watercooler: Ron Howard refuses to remove gay joke

CStottlemyer — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:12:57 +0000

Ron Howard refuses to remove gay joke from upcoming movie

Never mind the fact that Vince Vaughn’s whole schtick is getting tired. Forget that a wave of teens committed suicide after being gay(...)

Lawson: Stewart/Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity recap

amandalawson — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:40:55 +0000

People on the left, people on the right, and everyone in between showed up at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear yesterday in Washington DC. From the Capitol(...)

Monday Watercooler: Drew Brees comes out against bullying

James Withers — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:34:49 +0000

Juan Williams explains away his bigotry. Last week too much time was spent on the Juan Williams’ story. The former NPR commentator shared with Bill O’Reilly his discomfort if Muslims, wearing(...)

Fed grants to address bullying and safe schools

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:30:01 +0000

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday the awarding of $38.8 million in grants to 11 states from a new Safe and Supportive School program. The timing comes just days after a media(...)

Withers: NAACP head talks at NYC gay center

James Withers — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:50:42 +0000

When Ben Jealous, the head of the NAACP, walked to the podium he got a standing ovation. Approximately an hour later, the crowd stood up again. Jealous’ speech was short on details, nor was it(...)