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GBLTQ and genderqueer youth are some of the biggest targets for school age bullying so it is with great joy that Basic Rights Oregon reports that the Oregon House just passed HB2599, the Oregon Safe Schools Act, on a 50 to 9 vote. Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director of Basic Rights Oregon says of the bill: “Bullying and harassment are far too common in Oregon schools. This proposal will help keep children safe.” Continue reading » Everyone’s favorite lesbian anchor, Rachel Maddow, continues to light up the screen on her show…and everyone else’s. Last night she appeared on Jimmy Fallon and they had adorable banter about drinking and masculinity. Although they may have already been a little tipsy, as both kept spilling the vermouth. […] We all know the L Word ended, or rather didn’t, badly…and we are all dying to talk about it. Well aren’t we? Is Mama Chaiken going to take over the world with L Word spin-offs? Is Helena saving herself for Winkle? Will we get a better microphone? And is incest really relevant to who killed Jenny? Continue reading »  Two gay men, Samson and Kevin were severely beaten in a hate crime this weekend in Seaside, Oregon. Photo courtesy KATU. I am very privileged to almost always feel safe in Portland and I usually feel fairly confident that I will not be gay bashed in most of Oregon, certainly in our laid back coastal areas. But this weekend 2 young gay men, nursing students from western Washington, were beaten severely in Seaside, Oregon. Continue reading »  Beau Breedlove on the cover of Unzipped magazine Though the print issue (as if anyone cared…you can print out the picture to put above your bed right?) will not be on newsstands until April 7th, Unzipped has released the cover photo of Portland’s infamous mayor canoodler Beau Breedlove. (Breedlove had an affair with Mayor Sam Adams quite near his 18th birthday, just in case you missed that…) And I gotta say, despite your feelings on the whole debacle, it’s pretty damn hot. Continue reading »
Oddly enough I don’t see any viewing parties that have popped up around town on first glance so please use this post as a forum to let us all know about your special part-tay. (If you happen to be living in NYC you have a lot more options.) Continue reading » Logo news interviews prominent and openly gay Congressman Barney Frank about the current major political issues facing the LGBTQ community today. He keeps his comments quick, simple to the point and, for the most part, fairly positive. He identifies 3 major steps forward he believes Obama can accomplish in his first term: 1 – A trans inclusive ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act) 2 – A trans inclusive hate crimes bill 3 – Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell And while he was less sure about the timeline of a repeal of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) he thinks the fight is coming and it is worth it. Best yet, he blatantly and loudly calls Justice Antonin Scalia a homophobe. Go Barney! (I love you…You love me…) For the full video (which is actually only 3 minutes) click below Continue reading » My favorite part of this video is that the spot was paid for, in part, by the National Coalition of bonobo chimps. They’re my heroes after all.  Is one of these vests really worth $100 and another $10? Newsflash! Gay folks are not all richy rich. Is anyone really surprised by this study? It is supposedly the first of its kind but I have known for a long time that us fags don’t wear Prada because we all can afford it but because we sacrifice. On a sidenote, as I was so elegantly reminded in San Francisco, high fashion still continues to rip off our cheaper trendsetting secondhand treasures and marking them up times 10…at least. Then H&M makes a less quality version and sells it for only twice what the original beat up pair of trousers cost. This is what capitalism is all about folks… Continue reading » Perhaps not quite as hot is it sounds but definitely cute. Also the irony and post-queering of Katy Perry singing a song about lesbian experimentation and then Ellen, an out lesbian, sort of covering the song is just too much. I could write a paper on it. |
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