Like the rest of my life, I’m a few days behind on the news.
Just a couple days ago I posted about PlanetOut’s continued financial problems. After posting an accumulated loss of $100 million, it was later announced the first LGBT company ever publicly traded is now facing threats of losing their Nasdaq listing.
Back in March, [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Aug 14
Another gay pub cuts back
Aug 14
More voices from the right
After Brian’s eloquent post praising the brave equality stands of a couple New York Republicans, I thought it was interesting to read a recent article from The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY).
It seems as though the county manager in Otsego County took steps to exclude legally wedded same-sex couples (recognized in New York) from the county’s [...]
Aug 13
My god, it’s Jesse
Anyone can tell you just how pathetically slow I am on the uptake, especially when it comes to all things Hollywood and entertainment. Perhaps that’s the main reason why I leave entertainment reporting and decisions at Q-Notes up to our associate editor, who is more than qualified than I to make such judgments.
But that doesn’t [...]
Aug 13
Introducing ‘CRISIS’
I am excited to be among the 40 contributors from around the nation who are working to announce the forth-coming release of our book, CRISIS, by Mitchell Gold.
CRISIS features my story of growing up in a conservative, fundamentalist Baptist faith community and home in Winston-Salem, N.C. Proceeds from the sell of CRISIS will benefit several [...]
Aug 11
PlanetOut struggles to stay alive?
PlanetOut, the former owner of The Advocate and Out magazines, among others, has seen some bad news in the past few weeks.
At the end of July, the company posted an accumulated loss of $99.8 million. Whew — almost $100 million lost since their creation in 2000.
Today, a press release landed in my inbox announcing PlanetOut’s [...]
Aug 11
Queer youth get a financial heads up
This week, QueerCents.com begins a weekly series by Elizabeth Byrne offering practical steps for Generation Y’ers to grasp the basics of money and fiscal responsibility.
According to QueerCent’s release:
Byrne discovered early on that finance fits in the “easier said than done” category, and is now working to unlearn years of conditioning as a consumer, while trying [...]
Aug 10
‘The Fox News of the gay community’
Seems as though DNC Chair Howard Dean is no fan of The Washington Blade.
In taped depositions in the LGBT-DNC lawsuit, Dean calls the foremost LGBT newspaper in the nation the “Fox News of the gay community.”
In a 2006 interview with IN Los Angeles Magazine, Dean said of The Blade, “First of all we consider The [...]
Aug 09
Change here is doubtful, hope our salvation
In 2007, I felt humbled and privileged to be a part of a journey that I know I will remember for the rest of my life. “Unique” and “life-changing” barely describe the experiences and memories made during those two Spring months on the Ride — although depending on where we were, those months could have [...]
Aug 08
Dem Convention update: platform and gay delegates
The Democratic Party released a draft of their 2008 platform yesterday, according to GayWired.com News.
While advocacy groups report total LGBT participation will be increase these year, the platform makes only two mentions of “sexual orientation,” regarding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and then in a general “non-discrimination” plank. “Gender identity” is only mentioned once [...]
Aug 07
Voices From the Right
While the GOP has done much to hinder equality for LGBT Americans, it’s nice to be reminded that there are also Republicans taking a stand for us. Here are some recent quotables:
“[Amendment 2] could set us back…unnecessarily or could set us on the road to progress and equality because, although some proponents would like [...]
