What The White House Whine Says About The LGBT Blogosphere
Last week, Brian Bond (White House liaison to the LGBT community) met with state-level LGBT equality organizations. At one point, Morgan Meneses-Sheets of Equality Maryland urged that we need the President to support full equality, full inclusion on ENDA and marriage. Bond agreed, but expressed frustration at the often intense criticism levied, particularly by bloggers, [...]
The (Apparent) Power of the Word “Cowardice” (And Why I Write Critically)
Yesterday, I used the word “cowardice” to describe my interpretation of Equality Pennsylvania’s decision to not counterprotest the National Organization for Marriage and to do discourage others from counterprotesting as well. From my point of view, it was an accurate word to use. The definition is “lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, [...]
Some Ups and Downs From Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation has been a wonderful experience, but I have a few complaints that have made it just a little less magical than I’d hoped. Here are a few critiques and a few celebrations.
Reflecting on the Netroots LGBT Precon
Whoo! Netroots hasn’t even officially started yet but I’ve already had a great day with the LGBT Precon today. It was an odd sensation to be looking at the feeds I read every day and then look around and the bloggers whose sites I read daily were right there. For the whole morning, Pam Spaulding [...]
A podcast w/ Peterson Toscano!
