Speaker Pelosi Compares Healthcare Rhetoric to 1970s SF, Milk Murder

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday compared the angry tone of today’s health care fight to the intensity of the gay rights debate in the late 1970s in San Francisco.

Natn’l March organizers planning for 100,000

The lead organizer of a national LGBT rights march on Washington, D.C. scheduled for October  spoke to a media conference call Monday, and declined to estimate the number who will attend. But Washington Blade reporter Lou Chibbaro dug up organizer’s internal estimate anyway:

NLGJA convention attendance, membership down

America’s LGBT journalists have taken their annual national convention on the road this weekend, to Canada. But the NLGJA 2009 convention held over the weekend in Montreal turned out to be a much smaller affair.

CA Lawmakers Pass Pro-LGBT Bills – ‘Harvey Milk Day’ Faces Veto

While LGBT legislation at the national level currently seems to stalled by the national healthcare debate, in California, the state Legislature last week passed a spate of LGBT bills. But the most controversial of those bills – to create a day recognizing slain hero Harvey Milk – still faces a veto from the governor

Right wing campaigns against Harvey Milk Day in CA

While LGBT legislation at the national level currently seems to stalled by the national healthcare debate, in California, the state Legislature last week passed a spate of LGBT bills. But the most controversial of those bills – to create a day recognizing slain hero Harvey Milk – still faces a veto from the governor.  

Gay Life in Iraq Begins Revival, Though Still Risky

Since the American military withdrawal from Baghdad in June, life there has remained stable. That stability has led to a tentative resurgence in nightlife, and with it some re-emergence of gay life in the Iraqi capital. The act of gay men stepping out of the shadows there has brought freedom for some, at the cost of great risk for others.

Activists work to cancel rest of Buju’s tour

After convincing two of the nation’s largest music promoters to cancel seven shows by a reggae performer with an anti-gay history, gay activists are trying to shut down two dozen MORE concerts – by Buju Banton.

Laramie Project Epilogue to Open on 120+ Stages Simultaneously

The team behind the Award-Winning stage documentary “The Laramie Project” are bringing that small Wyoming town to more than 100 stages around the world this fall.

GLSEN Study Looks at Anti-Gay School Harassment in Rural/Poor Communities

New research seems to prove that gay students in rural or impoverished areas experience the most anti-gay harassment at school.

Fury at WashPost puff profile of NOM chief

Gay bloggers and activists are furious at the Washington Post for publishing what they say was a 2-thousand word “puff piece” on gay marriage opponent Brian Brown.