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Oct
31
Bilingual school teacher Mitrice Richardson is a 24 year-old graduate of California State University of Fullerton and a doctoral candidate at Psychology Professional College. On September 16, 2009, Mitrice disappeared.
On the night of September 16, 2009, Mitrice was arrested at Geoffry’s restaurant in Malibu, CA. The initial charge was DUI, but Mitrice was later charged with failing to pay her restaurant tab. While dining with friends at Geoffry’s, Mitrice allegedly stated she was from Mars. Mitrice’s family believes she is suffering from depression.
Mitrice was taken into police custody shortly after 10:00pm. She was released at approximately 12:38am. No one has seen or heard from Mitrice since then.
Mitrice’s friends and family are asking for help locating her and they’re offering a $10,000 reward for anyone who can provide information that results in her safe return.
Although Mitrice is an out lesbian, the family is unsure if her sexual orientation is related to her disappearance.
Oct
12
National Equality March Was Way More than Obama and Lady Gaga
Filed Under LGBT, News, iQreport | 3 Comments
I’m preparing the agenda for tonight’s She Said, She Said episode of SistersTalk Radio and I feel one thing: overwhelmed. The plan is to discuss our experience at the National Equality March this weekend. So much happened for us in a 24-hour time period that I’m having a hard time condensing that 24 hours into a 2 hour podcast.
It’s great to see that CSPAN did a nice job covering this weekend’s big speakers (here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here) but so much happened this weekend that no single media outlet could’ve possibly captured every single moment. That’s where iQreport came in. A team of 15+ bloggers and podcasters liveblogged and tweeted throughout the weekend, making sure we covered what we thought mainstream media wouldn’t touch. I won’t spend anytime focusing on the Obama speech or Lady Gaga’s public relations segment. Other media outlets have beaten those two items to death.
Andrea and I landed in DC at about 3:45pm on Saturday. We then spent about 2 hours figuring out the metro so we could get to our hotel in time for me to head over to the End AIDS Rally. I made it to the rally in time to complete my liveblogging mission. The crowd gathered at the End AIDS Rally was one of the most diverse and passionate group of activists I’ve ever seen. Blacks. Whites. Hispanics. Gays. Straights. Women. Men. Intersexed. Transgender. It shouldn’t have been a surprise since I know HIV and AIDS does not discriminate. The most touching moment during the End AIDS Rally was when a 23 year old straight woman took the stage and discussed the importance of universal healthcare for everyone. She was born with HIV and because she had good health care, she’s still alive today to talk about it.
After the End AIDS Rally, Andrea and I met Jay Morris (a blogger, podcaster and team member over at GayWallet.com), Jonathan (on assignment for his company), Jude (a straight ally who blogs with Jay), Mickey and Lester (fellow iQreporters and a married gay male couple) and a young lesbian couple (forgive me, I can’t remember their names) for dinner at the District Chophouse. I absolutely love talking politics and activism with people who give a damn. It was the highlight of our Saturday evening.
The work began Sunday morning. I was scheduled to cover the Cadence Run but I woke up to a non-responsive BlackBerry Storm and I spent about 2 hours trying to figure out why the damn thing didn’t work. By the time my Storm was in working order, the Cadence Run was over. So, my BlackBerry Storm review is: 3 out of 10 (with 10 being the absolute best experience ever).
Thankfully, Andrea and I made it to the march with a working Storm, Andrea’s working (yet dinosauric) cell phone, a working digital camera and a fully charged mp3 recorder. We were determined to capture as many memories as possible. And capture we did! You can see our pictures and videos here.
Andrea and I were immediately in awe of the amount of people gathered at 11am for the march – mostly because the gays we know never make it to anything on time. This large and excited group of gay activists were gathered an hour early – waving their signs, chanting, meeting other activists, hugging, kissing, and asking people “where are you from?” We thought there was at least 100,000 activists participating in the march. Time Magazine says there were 200,000 of us.
The most impressive thing about the march was its people: all age groups, all races, all gender classifications, all classes. I’m guessing the youth groups made up at least half of the march population. We even saw high school youth groups participating. That was quite impressive!
Our straight allies were out in full force. PFLAG had an organization from almost every state and local straight supporters held up signs like “This straight woman supports you.”
When Andrea and I finally made it to the Capitol building (the march’s final destination), we watched protestors continue to flow in for well over an hour. We’re not in the best shape, so if we made it in while thousands and thousands of protestors came in before and after us, we knew the crowd was much larger than we first thought it was.
The funniest thing we saw at the march was the SocialistWorker.org organization. They’re anti-capitalists,yet they were pimpin’ their magazine and books at the march. I said to one of them, “How can you be anti-capitalist, yet ask people to pay for your magazine and your books? Don’t you think that’s a bit contradictory?” One SW volunteer wearing funky expensive Adidas shoes and trendy jeans, said “No.” I had everyone around us laughing – except the SW volunteers. Andrea said, “You WOULD be the person to notice that, wouldn’t you?” Yep, there isn’t much that gets past me.
I tried to keep my Facebook and Twitter page updated as much as possible, but to be honest with you, there were so many distractions: funny signs, bitchy signs, cute babies in backpacks, sexy gay men (Andrea and I joked that we would be gay men by the end of the weekend), outrageous outfits, awesome shoes, smokin’ hot asses (I saw a lot of them), hilarious protest chants, anti-gay religious people protesting the march, hometown friends you NEVER thought you’d see at the march, helicopters and news crews everywhere.
By the time Andrea and I made it to Regan airport, we were so tired we could hardly keep our eyes open. We were a bit pissed that, even though we booked our tickets together, United Airlines didn’t give us seats together. Bitches! I ended up sleeping the two hour flight home. Andrea tried sleeping after we got on the VanGalder bus to head back home, but I kept her awake by reading passages from Lisa Lampanelli’s hilarious book Chocolate Please. If you want a copy, let me know. Her people sent me 2 copies for review purposes.
The National Equality March was probably one of the best experiences in my life (right behind childbirth and back-to-back episodes of Family Guy). We’re really hoping this event will breathe life into a new generation of gay activists. We’re also flippin’ off the HRC and its parrots, the folks who once said no one would go to the march because we’re in a recession. At least 200,000 people disagreed with them.
Sep
18
Megan Fox Horrified by Lesbian Kiss Scene
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Gay News Digest: September 18, 2009
Aug
14
Family Guy’s Stewie Gets Outed; Samantha Fox Plans to Marry a Girl; Lesbians Save the World
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News you shouldn’t miss . . .
Aug
6
Raising Awareness of HIV/AIDS One Mile At a Time
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My partner Andrea and I want to thank everyone who helped her raise money for ACT 7, the annual 300 mile bike ride that raises money for (and awareness of) HIV/AIDS. Her fundraising goal was $1200 and as of this morning, her progress chart says she’s raised $1370! Woot! Woot!
The ride started this morning and will span over the course of 4 days. On day one, the riders will do 65 miles and stop at Argyle High School in Argyle, WI to camp overnight. On day two, the riders will do 75 miles and camp at Albany High School in Albany, WI overnight. On day 3, the riders will do 103 miles and stop at Columbus High School in Columbus, WI overnight. Day three is the century day – the day to acknowledge what it’s like to live with HIV/AIDS. And finally, day four is a 50 mile ride that brings the riders back to their starting place Madison, WI. If you’re near any of these areas, please stop by and give the riders some words of encouragement. If you see them along the highway, honk your horn and show your support.
I will update this post using the comments section as the ride progresses. For now, here are a few pictures Andrea sent me from the road:
Getting ready to get on the road.
On the road, let the fun begin.
Pit stop at mile 27.
Broken spoke right after leaving pit stop for mile 27!
Back on the road and loving the challenge!
Update: 9:00pm – Day 1
Hear Andrea describe the first day of the AIDS Ride:
More updates to come throughout the weekend.
Apr
10
Attempts To Force Legislature To Take Up Gay Marriage Issue Fail: The first attempt by Republicans to bring the measure of defining marriage as including one man and one woman, failed to be brought to a vote. Democrats refused to bring up the issue on the basis of procedure.
Republicans attempted to force a second vote later in the day, but the only vote that was really taken was to determine if the House should suspend its rules. That too failed.
Question raised in NJ town about gay flags: Flags that symbolize sexual orientation might be stirring a flap in one New Jersey town.
The Neptune Township Committee has been asked to address the issue at the April 28 meeting of the Shark River Hills Property Owners’ Association.
One of 23 questions seeks the municipal government’s comments about flags showing the occupants’ sexual orientation. The person writes, “not just the multicolored “gay’ striped flags, but also banners indicating fetishes and or other “lifestyle’ choices.” The person says there’s no justification for it in a “family oriented neighborhood.”
Colorado Governor Signs Law Protecting Same Sex Couples: A bill that expands the rights of same sex and unmarried couples in Colorado was signed yesterday by Governor Bill Ritter. The legislation (see PDF) allows for individuals to legally identify a ‘designated beneficiary’ with many of the rights and privileges of a married spouse, including the right to inherit property, to act as a medical proxy, to be designated as a beneficiary in retirement plans and pensions, and to visitation in a hospital or other medical facility.
Paterson promises N.Y. same-sex bill: New York Gov. David Paterson says he will introduce a bill to the state Senate that would legalize same-sex unions in his state.
The New York Post said Paterson vowed to introduce the controversial legislation if members of the state Senate do not take action.
“I’m going to put the bill out and just let people fight it out,” Paterson said Thursday.
Wis. high court asked to review gay marriage vote: The Wisconsin Supreme Court was asked Thursday to decide whether the state’s 2006 ban on gay marriage was properly put to voters.
William McConkey, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh political science instructor, claims the referendum illegally put two issues to voters at the same time: whether to ban gay marriage and whether to outlaw civil unions. A Dane County judge dismissed the case last year, and the 66-year-old Baileys Harbor man appealed to the District 4 Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, the appeals court in Madison asked the seven-member Supreme Court to take the case instead. The appeals court said the case presents several new legal issues that should be decided by the state’s highest court.
Feb
20
Adam Carolla hangs up on Ann Coulter – Calls Her a Bitch
Filed Under Bitch Slap, News, WTF? | 1 Comment
Holy shit!
I don’t even know what to say about this. Except . . . holy shit!
I’m guessing some feminists out there will come to Ann’s defense because Adam called her “baby doll.” It would be funny to watch feminists defending a woman who thinks feminists are the spawn of Satan.
And by the way, Ann Coulter is indeed a bitch.
Feb
18
ProtectMarriage.com Urges Lawmakers to 86 HR 5, SR 7
Filed Under Gays, LGBT, Lesbians, News, Politics, Religion | 2 Comments
ProtectMarriage.com issued the following press release:
Urging the Legislature to stop wasting time and resources on non-binding resolutions concerning voter approved Proposition 8, Protect Marriage.com today urged legislative committees to shelve HR 5 and SR 7, resolutions stating that the Supreme Court should overturn Proposition 8 when it hears the matter next month.
“Proposition 8 was adopted with over a 600,000 vote margin, gaining approximately the same vote percentage as Barack Obama did nationally,” said Ron Prentice, Chairman of ProtectMarriage.com – Yes on 8, the campaign committee responsible for passage of the measure. “It passed in 42 out of California’s 58 counties, including the five largest counties in California. It is wrong for legislators to disrespect the vote of the people and attempt to substitute their values for the decision of over 7 million voters.”
HR 5 (Ammiano) and SR 7 (Leno) are authored by legislators who have long opposed Prop 8. Their views were well known and rejected by voters when 52.3% of the electorate approved Prop 8. These same legislators have also signed onto amicus briefs before the Court asking that Prop 8 be overturned. Now they are authoring meaningless nonbinding resolutions that take up the time of legislators and legislative staff who should be focused on appropriate legislative priorities such as solving the state deficit.
“Disrespecting the will of voters and wasting taxpayer resources on meaningless legislative resolutions are among the reasons that public approval of the Legislature has fallen to 15%, the lowest in history.” Prentice said. “We urge the Judiciary committees of the Assembly and Senate to shelve these inappropriate resolutions and return the Legislature’s attention to more appropriate work.”
I’m still waiting for ProtectMarriage.com to start a movement that bans heterosexual divorce. Seems to me that’s really the best way to protect marriage. But what do I know, right?
Feb
16
Republicans Demand IL Senator Burris Resigns
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Illinois just can’t seem to get it right:
Jan
26
Was Clarence Thomas Sleeping at Obama Inauguration?
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I received a picture of what appears to be Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas sleeping at Obama’s inauguration. This picture landed in my email box about 20 minutes ago:
The sender of the email didn’t identify him/herself and he’s using the alias Joe Bob.
My first thought? Someone’s trying to make it appear that the only Black Supreme Court justice was bored by the inauguration of the very first Black President. It’s quite possible that Thomas was simply brushing something off his robe, checking his watch, or textin’ a young hottie (ha!).
If you view a larger version of this image, you’ll see that it looks Photoshopped. Look closely at the top left corner of the image and notice the guy in the shades. See the funky Photoshop work? Also, take a look at the top right hand side of the picture. There’s an older white guy with his head down. Just above his head you can see even more crappy Photoshop work.
Since it’s a well-known fact that Clarence Thomas questioned Obama’s citizenship and his right to assume the role of POTUS, I’m guessing this is an attempt to ride that rift between the two highest ranking Black men in Washington. It’s a good try and it just might work with the right group of gullible sheep.
Update Jan. 27, 2009: cfishy5, one of my Twitter followers said, “I saw that. But its only a snapshot, not a video Part of larger view, thats why it looks Shopped.” I was directed to an even larger image. After zooming in, I still say it looks shopped. Take a look.