The planning for the Left Out Party organized by Pride at Work and others, is heating up and garnering lots of local media attention throughout the Bay Area. QueerToday.com leaders are proud to endorse and support this organizing. We'll be there with signs… Continue

The case for broad family recognition and true queer liberation is clearly explained and examined in this new book by Nancy Polikoff. Excerpt: "A consumer of current news might imagine that access to same-sex marriage is the most contested issue in contemporary family policy, and that marriag… Continue

Next time you hear someone defending Obama's "compromise" on FISA, remember that anyone who supports more restrictions on civil liberties is basically enabling outrages like this. Truly frightening behavior done in the name of Heimatssicherheit. Lord only knows what other localities and even the FBI have been doing. The ACLU of Maryland has discovered that the Maryland police were infiltrating and spying anti-death penalty activists and anti-war activists. According to… Continue

You want to know what libertarianism looks like? Try $400,000+ in medical bills dumped on your family after you die. In what might be the most (cruelly) ironic story of the month, Kent Snyder, the gay campaign chair for "libertarian" Republican Ron Paul has died, leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills. Paul's campaign did not offer health insurance. I'm sure Snyder's family will be sin… Continue

Protest planned for the HRC Chicago Gala Dinner Another testament to LGBT solidarity. Please attend this event and show your support for the inclusion of Gender identity and expression in the Employment Non-discrimination Act. We need protections for our whole community, not just a select and privileged few. When: On Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM Where: Hyatt Regency hotel, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill. Contact: Cyndi Richards tgcyndi@yahoo.com Send Cy… Continue

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/07/senate_passes_r.html Senate passes repeal of 1913 marriage law July 15, 2008 03:36 PM By Globe Staff The Massachusetts Senate today passed a bill that would repeal a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples from most other states from marrying in Massachusetts. The bill, which had the support of Senate President Therese Murray, passed with no objections on a voice vote. Proponents of the repeal called the 1913 law archaic an… Continue

July 11, 2008 – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) are encouraging people to contact the Boston Herald and ask editors to apologize for the paper's offensive slurs and sensationalistic coverage of transgender people. On July 7, the paper posted an article online about a police operation headlined "Undercover 'john' takes on trannies, pimps" and focused on a Boston-area detective who goes undercover to arrest sex wor… Continue

A national sexual rights organization is encouraging people to purchase more McDonalds food in a misguided attempt to show their opposition to the radical right. Below is the action alert they issued followed by my e-mail exchange with the Executive Director. Be sure to let them know how you feel! ACTION ALERT "BUYCOTT" to show your support of McDonalds! Washington, D.C. July 9, 2008 Woodhull Freedom Foundation calls for McDonald's BUYCOTT-that is buy more at McDonalds by making an extr… Continue

HEADLINE NEWS: SAN FRANSICO CALIFORNIA GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY REJECTS HRC'S GENDER EXPRSSION EXCLUSSIONARY POLICY. San Francisco Califonia The city by the bay has once again lead by example and is the consciousness and eyes of the American GLBT people in rejecting Joe Solmonese and HRC's unrepentant gender exclusionary policy Among the speakers was Donna Rose who said she joined HRC because she believes in Equality, Integrity and Principle. She then said she later left… Continue

Race, Class and the Same-Sex Marriage Movement Jasmyne Cannick is one of the few recurring women of color commentators to appear in mainstream gay* publications (along with the Rev. Irene Monroe) but recently, Cannick has been th… Continue

This was essentially just a rant in response to this article being posted. I'm posting my response though. Article on homosexuality by Robert Kunzig: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20080420-000003&print=1 “If there is one thing that has always seemed obvious about homosexuality, it's that it just doesn't make sense. Evolution favors traits that aid reproduction, and being gay clearly doesn't do that. The existence of homosexuality amounts to a profound evolution… Continue

For those of you who don't know, the Boston Celtics CREAMED Los Angeles last night in game 6 of the NBA finals, winning 131-92. While this might seem an odd thing to write about on Queertoday because it initially doesn't seem to have anything to do with being queer, neither does Hurricane Katrina or the 9/11 attacks, both of which fundamentalist Christian pundits have blamed on queers (go here and… Continue

so, it's not specifically a queer video, but folks should still check it out. and ok, so it's a bit cheese filled- but it also has some useful and (at least not to me) little known information about mr. john mccain and his women's health platform... Continue

On July 26 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, there will be a party and protest in front of the HRC Gala. HRC has a long record of endorsing war-mongers and republicans like Joe Lieberman, weak and shameful support of transgender, genderqueer/gender variant communities, and focusing their attention and money on the needs and desires of the most well-off members of the LGBT community. As queer activists it is our responsibility to let the donors to HRC know just what they are giving to… Continue

Hey everybody! I'm in Cairo, Egypt right now and I'm having a great time. I got here on May 26. The weather's really hot but (as I joke with the locals and my friends) it's a nice break from all the humidity in Houston. I'm living in Cairo in Nasr City's 7th district. Right now I have an apartment by myself. There's an old lady and her daughter, Hind (22 years), who live next door. Hind knows English so she helps translate if I don't know the Arabic words for things. The weather is really hot b… Continue

MTV reality queen Tila Tequila says she played a part in California recently dropping its ban on gay marriage. "It is because of me — I definitely think [my show] has helped the movement," she told Usmagazine.com at the Hollywood premiere of The Love Guru on Wednesday. "Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships]," she said. "Then they realized, 'Wow, everyone is really into this stuff, and it is fine.' The next thing you know, [gay marriage] is… Continue

Boston, MA: Katherine Patrick, daughter of Gov. Deval Patrick, gave a sweet coming out interview in Bay Windows today. We congratulate her! Excerpts from Bay Windows: "I think when Katherine started to memorize all the episodes of The L Word, there was some hint that maybe she was sending us." - Gov. Deval Patrick "And we also ... wanted people to know that it’s not only something that we… Continue

I am writing to announce an exciting new project I am launching, called Driving Equality (… Continue

Wow! Check it out: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b141769_brokeback_opera.html Brokeback Mountain apparently ain't over until the fat lady sings. The New York City Opera has commissioned an opera based on the 2005 Oscar-wrangling flick about closeted cowboys that starred Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger. In a statement, the opera house says American composer Charles Wuorinen will take his cues from both the Ang Lee film and the original short story by Annie Proulx about the tragic,… Continue