MORNING GOODS â€" If you had the option of gazing at that in the mirror all day, wouldn't you take yourself up on the offer? We're glad to see 26-year-old New York model Nicholas Baggetta has no qualms about enjoying a little narcissism. CONTINUED » CONTINUED » Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Models, Morning Goods, [...]
You might remember the drag performer Erickatoure Aviance when she was nearly kicked out of The Wendy Williams Show's audience for dressing too dramatically (read: in drag). But here's something new to know Aviance for: "My Pumps," her ode to footwear. And it's no amateur effort. CONTINUED » Permalink | 6 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Drag, [...]
No, we're not talking about Dan Choi or Victor Fehrenbach. We're talking about Lawrence King, Lateisha Green, and Sean Kennedy. The queer Americans who lost their lives because somebody thought they were less than. Through GayAmericanHeroes.info, anyone can "adopt" one of these heroes and commit to keeping their memories alive. It's part of the Gay [...]
The cool air wakes me. Â Leaves changing colors around. Alas! Autumn’s here! 
When President Obama was elected last year It year I was ecstatic. Not ecstatic enough for it to override the disappointment I felt at the passage of Proposition 8 but still I though to myself, “A smart, articulate, progressive politician is in the White House for the first time in my adult life. This might mean that [...]
In the days leading up to my departure for Maine, I wasn't sure what to expect from the people I'd meet here. I'm no stranger to ballot campaigns; we've had our share of those in Oregon. I rode on Tuesday to a suburb outside of Portland, Maine with another volunteer staff to meet with nine high school students about their interest to get involved with the No On 1 campaign. Our goal was to start a “Friends and Family†Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank with them on the spot, and to organize a few times when they and their friends could volunteer together, canvassing door-to-door the weekend before Election Day. We rolled up to their neighborhood Starbucks at about 3 o'clock and met the students inside. They'd come straight after school, and had heard about the campaign at an all-ages concert, where they'd been watching their favorite local band. Three of the youth were band members! A few of them had worn few of them had worn their No On 1 buttons to school that day, and mentioned that they'd started conversations with other students about the issue, and what it meant to them. After introducing ourselves and briefly describing the state of the campaign, we read through a script and role-played it, making sure to arm the students with the facts needed to express to their friends and family members how much this means to them and why we need their help in the last two weeks of the campaign. When we asked the students to get out their mobile phones and start calling to sign their friends up for volunteer shifts with the campaign, they excelled at the task! After about a half hour, the students made a plan to gather together with their newly signed up volunteers for a morning canvass on Halloween, knocking on doors to get out the vote. None of the nine students were affiliated with the Gay Straight Alliance at their school, (and none mentioned that they identified as LGBT,) but all shared a sense that whoever you are and whomever you love, couples deserve to be recognized equally under the law.
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