http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/080409-2010-census-will-count-gay-couples/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/080409-2010-census-will-count-gay-couples/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:47:57 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=8944 Remember a few months back when it was announced that gay couples, even married ones, were going to be listed as "unmarried partners" in the 2010 Census? Well you can put away the harangue you had all prepared for the census taker. Hitched gay couples will have their relationships counted. The ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/080409-2010-census-will-count-gay-couples/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/davis-positive-steps-in-the-face-of-tragedy/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/davis-positive-steps-in-the-face-of-tragedy/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:01:57 +0000 Ali Davis http://www.365gay.com/?p=8935 This weekend’s attack at the gay and lesbian center in Tel Aviv left me with a familiar feeling: helplessness. That awful moment of wanting to do something but knowing you’re half a world away. I spent much of Saturday scouring the Internet for news and shaking my head. Fortunately there are ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/davis-positive-steps-in-the-face-of-tragedy/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/lgbt-nominees-up-for-promotion-in-episcopal-church/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/lgbt-nominees-up-for-promotion-in-episcopal-church/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:16:55 +0000 21 http://www.365gay.com/?p=8934 The Reverend Bonnie Perry is among three nominees to become the next Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, and the Reverend Canon Mary D. Glasspool and the Reverend John L. Kirkley have been nominated as assistant bishops in the Los Angeles Episcopalian Dioscese. The promotion of LGBT priests has been a huge source ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/lgbt-nominees-up-for-promotion-in-episcopal-church/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/new-york-city-councilmember-works-for-lgbt-homeless/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/new-york-city-councilmember-works-for-lgbt-homeless/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:49:24 +0000 Ali Davis http://www.365gay.com/?p=8932 City councilmember Bill de Blasio has introduced a bill to help the city's homeless LGBT youths. Young people who identify as LGBT make up a third of the city's homeless youth population, but according to de Blasio, they are underserved by the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The bill ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/new-york-city-councilmember-works-for-lgbt-homeless/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/080309-ten-random-thoughts/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/080309-ten-random-thoughts/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:14:08 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=8914 1. Slogging through The Brothers Karamazov. Hopefully will be done in three more weeks. Right now all I can say is Grushenka was not worth the effort. 2. Still no one in custody for the murder of three at a Tel Aviv gay and lesbian center. There might have been a ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/080309-ten-random-thoughts/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/down-with-doma/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/down-with-doma/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:00:40 +0000 Lisa Neff http://www.365gay.com/?p=8917 One of the community's staunchest advocates in Congress, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, is sponsoring legislation to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Nadler has long been on record in defense of equal marriage rights. Who can forget his attack on the vile, anti-gay Marriage Protection Act in 2004? ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/down-with-doma/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/two-dead-after-shooting-in-tel-aviv-lgbt-youth-center/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/two-dead-after-shooting-in-tel-aviv-lgbt-youth-center/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:10:57 +0000 Ali Davis http://www.365gay.com/?p=8907 A gunman wearing black began shooting at a Tel Aviv gay and lesbian center called Café Noir Saturday night, killing three people and wounding at least eight more - other reports put the number of wounded as high as 15. The shooter walked into the center during a meeting for LGBT ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/two-dead-after-shooting-in-tel-aviv-lgbt-youth-center/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/073009-president-obama-honors-kemp-and-milk/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/073009-president-obama-honors-kemp-and-milk/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:28:13 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=8892 When I read the White House announcement about the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom I laughed out loud. Wasn't too boisterous because the day job is getting funkier by the minute (if my boss is reading this I only mean that as a compliment). Only President ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/073009-president-obama-honors-kemp-and-milk/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/ruby-sachs-what-is-it-about-gay-athletes-that-is-so-threatening/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/ruby-sachs-what-is-it-about-gay-athletes-that-is-so-threatening/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:51:03 +0000 Emma Ruby-Sachs http://www.365gay.com/?p=8886 The recent reports of bombings during the Danish Gay Games have shocked many. It would be like someone launching a gay bashing in the middle of gay pride, in San Francisco. Copenhagen is a gay friendly city. The deputy mayor is gay, it shares much of Europe's tolerant atmosphere for ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/ruby-sachs-what-is-it-about-gay-athletes-that-is-so-threatening/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/ruby-sachs-what-is-lost-when-we-settle-for-civil-unions/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/ruby-sachs-what-is-lost-when-we-settle-for-civil-unions/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:28:37 +0000 Emma Ruby-Sachs http://www.365gay.com/?p=8881 [caption id="attachment_8882" align="alignleft" width="352" caption="photo by Kimberly Bednarski, KB Image Photography"][/caption] In the marriage debate, the focus is always on rights, those granted federally and by each state: immigration, taxation, hospital visitation. It's a way to talk about inequality concretely so that those around us can understand what all the fuss ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/ruby-sachs-what-is-lost-when-we-settle-for-civil-unions/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/chicago-considers-set-asides-for-lgbt-businesses/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/chicago-considers-set-asides-for-lgbt-businesses/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:31:46 +0000 Ali Davis http://www.365gay.com/?p=8874 Out gay Chicago alderman Tom Tunney has reintroduced a proposal to add contract set asides for LGBT businesses in addition to the set asides that already exist for women and racial minorities. Tunney made a similar proposition in 2003 that died almost immediately, but this time around city lawyers seem more ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/chicago-considers-set-asides-for-lgbt-businesses/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/davis-syfy-promises-more-lgbt-characters/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/davis-syfy-promises-more-lgbt-characters/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:11:16 +0000 Ali Davis http://www.365gay.com/?p=8873 Of all the networks that received failing grades from GLAAD’s Network Responsibility Index, so far only Syfy has responded. Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president in charge of original content, made a statement to TV Guide that is sensible enough that I can almost forgive the network for its recent, terrible ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/davis-syfy-promises-more-lgbt-characters/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/vanasco-iraqi-gay-situation-gets-worse/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/vanasco-iraqi-gay-situation-gets-worse/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:40:47 +0000 Jennifer Vanasco http://www.365gay.com/?p=8868 Iraqi gay men - and straight men who are too flamboyant or too Western - are being hunted down by militants in Iraq and publicly executed, USA Today reports in a chilling story:   "At least 82 gay men have been killed in Iraq since December, according to Iraqi LGBT. The violence ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/vanasco-iraqi-gay-situation-gets-worse/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/072909-is-dadt-still-around-because-of-us/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/072909-is-dadt-still-around-because-of-us/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:34:54 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=8859 Spend anytime reading the comment sections on gay political sites and there is lots of vitriol for President Barack Obama. From DOMA to DADT, there is a palpable sense the Obama administration has turned its back to the  LGBT community. That is a fair reading few would dispute, even those ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/072909-is-dadt-still-around-because-of-us/feed/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/072809-rural-gay-life-in-america/ http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/072809-rural-gay-life-in-america/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:54:26 +0000 James Withers http://www.365gay.com/?p=8845 In April 2005, NPR had a piece called "Gay in the Heartland." The reporter looked at the lives of rural gays and lesbians through the lens of her mother and friends. When I first heard the report I was a mess at the end. Blubbering in the coffee when a ... http://www.365gay-q.mtvi.com/blog/072809-rural-gay-life-in-america/feed/