Tag Archives: washington dc

Gay Republicans: Lost in the Twilight Zone?

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man it is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity it is the middle ground between light and shadow between science and superstition and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge this is [...]

Do what love requires

In a post at Bilerico.com, I write a bit on the current controversy bubbling out of the impending marriage equality vote by the Washington, D.C. City Council. The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is threatening to pull its social services if the bill passes.
They say their religious freedoms and the freedoms of individuals and small [...]

New Media: Moving small and regional LGBT news-media outlets forward

It has been a year, this month, since my day job, Q-Notes newspaper, upgraded its website from a mis-matched collection of simple, static HTML pages to a fully automated content management system (CMS). In the year since, I’ve learned a lot about new media and how it complements and improves traditional news-media, including the gay [...]

D.C.’s HIV blame game

Two D.C. bloggers are battling it out over the new HIV number released for Washington, D.C. Three percent of the total population there is now living with HIV.
Black Informant says the cause is risky sexual behavior among the gay and lesbian community. The Washington City Paper’s Sexist blogger says the cause is more complex than [...]

D.C. House vote bill is unconstitutional?

I feel for D.C. residents. Really, I do. It is a shame that in our Republic the citizens of its capital city are not represented in its legislative bodies.
This week, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would give one vote in the U.S. House to the representative of the District of Columbia. Currently, Rep. [...]

Booing Bush was so un-Obama-like

As I watched the inauguration and heard people booing former President George W. Bush, I quickly Twittered, “Wholly inappropriate: Booing the Pres. Bush. Respect the office, respect our nation, respect the institution, even if you hate the man.”
A friend and fellow blogger, Bil of Bilerico.com, replied, “Not at all. Freedom of speech is a fundamental [...]

Inaugural concert: Powerful symbolism (lost)

From Queerty:
Perhaps the most infuriating moment of the event was when Queen Latifah told the story of Marian Anderson, a black singer who was barred from performing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution and who was subsequently invited to perform on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Eleanor Roosevelt, who [...]

D.C. activists issue action alart on increasing anti-gay violence

The Washington, D.C. GLBT Anti-Violence Task Force, or GLOV (Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence), has issued an action alert on the continued rash of anti-gay violence in the nation’s capital.
From HRC Back Story:
Today Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a program of The DC Center, sent a letter to Mayor Adrian Fenty to request an [...]

D.C. is cold, and other capital gayness

I think I liked the 55 degree temperature in Charlotte last week. While I’m freezing my little white butt off in our nation’s capital I’m getting the chance to meet so, so many people face-to-face, who I previously knew only through written text or pictures online.
The National LGBT Bloggers Initiative has brought together folks from [...]

Off to D.C., and the LGBT blogger conference

Hey all… Posts on InterstateQ will be coming shortly… there will be plenty to say once I get into the thick of this weekend’s 2008 national LGBT Blogger and Citizen Journalist Initiative conference in Washington, D.C.
By the time this post is automatically posted, I’ll (hopefully) be on my airplane headed to D.C. Regular posts might [...]