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  • Queer Town: The Holiday Education of My Dad

    published Dec 24, 2008

    I flew back to New Jersey yesterday and on the drive home from Newark International Airport, my Dad and I talked about the Rick Warren controversy and Prop. 8. My Dad is a political guy, but he still ... More >>

  • Queer Town: Obama Insider Tells Gays to See 'The Big Picture'

    published Dec 23, 2008

    Last Friday, Obama insider and spokeswoman Linda Douglass called Frontiers News Editor Karen Ocamb out of the blue, telling the longtime lesbian journalist that gays need to see the "big picture" when... More >>

  • Queer Town: Cardinal Mahony's Dizzying Post-Prop. 8 Spin

    published Dec 19, 2008

    Google alerts can be a wonderful thing, and this morning it delivered Cardinal Roger Mahony's post-Prop. 8 spin a few days after November 4. As the Catholic leader of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Maho... More >>

  • Queer Town: L.A. Prop. 8 Protest Targets Obama, Warren

    published Dec 19, 2008

    This Saturday night President-elect Barack Obama will continue to get an earful he probably never expected.Join the Impact, an Internet-based grassroots group that organizes national protests against ... More >>

  • Queer Town: Gays Outraged Over Obama Invite to Rick Warren

    published Dec 18, 2008

    President-elect Barack Obama has outraged the gay community by inviting Rick Warren, a highly influential evangelical minister, to deliver the invocation at his January 20, 2009, inauguration. Warren,... More >>

  • Is Google Joining AT&T to Shut Up the Little Guy?

    published Dec 16, 2008

    We're fascinated to see a Variety journalist pick up on our last week's cover story, "Shutting Up the Little Guy," as a cautionary tale about not just what AT&T, Fabian Nunez and the Los Angeles C... More >>

  • Vin Scully Inducted into Hall of Fame

    published Dec 16, 2008

    Vin Scully, the TV and radio voice of the Dodgers for 59 years, will be inducted into the newly formed Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in New York City tonight.  Don Ohlmeyer will be joining&nbs... More >>

  • Shutting Down Public-Access TV

    published December 11, 2008

    The day before Thanksgiving, Zuma Dogg, an outspoken community activist who has a comedian’s sense of the absurd, stands... More >>

  • Queer Town: Cardinal Mahony's Double-Speak on Prop. 8

    published Dec 08, 2008

    Cardinal Roger Mahony, head of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, must be fearing some kind of backlash over his quietly active role in the passage of Proposition 8. This weekend, in The Tidings, an arch... More >>

  • Queer Town: Power Lesbian Criticizes "No on 8" Campaign

    published Nov 30, 2008

    On Saturday, in the Huffington Post, power lesbian and longtime gay rights activist Torie Osborn did something few people in her A-list position have been willing to do: Publicly criticize the "No on ... More >>

  • Young Gays Take Reins From Elders on Prop. 8

    published November 27, 2008

    A few days after Proposition 8 passed in California, life for Joe Townley had already changed considerably. The 30-year-old gay... More >>

  • Queer Town: "No on 8" Leadership on the Hot Seat

    published Nov 25, 2008

    For weeks, activists and political observers in the gay community have been calling for a post-Prop. 8 town hall meeting, where "No on 8" staffers can take, and hopefully answer, tough questions about... More >>

  • Queer Town: Prop. 8 Outs Hollywood

    published Nov 24, 2008

    With the passage of Proposition 8, according to the Los Angeles Times, Hollywood has been suddenly compelled to do some soul searching, with entertainment big shots coming under fire for contributing ... More >>

  • Queer Town: Tens of Thousands Protest Prop. 8 at LA City Hall

    published Nov 16, 2008

    On Saturday, tens of thousands of people--young and old, gay and straight--loudly protested the passage of Proposition 8 in downtown Los Angeles near City Hall. The peaceful demonstration, organized b... More >>

  • Queer Town: The Golden Opportunity of Proposition 8

    published Nov 14, 2008

    For a little over a week, I have covered "No on 8" rallies in West Hollywood and at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple, and I have walked with protesters as they marched through the streets of Westwood, Ho... More >>

  • Dirty Laundry Over Prop. 8

    published November 13, 2008

    As president of The Wall Las Memorias Project, Richard Zaldivar is a “local hero” in East Los Angeles. In 2005,... More >>

  • The Ex-Mormon Factor

    published November 13, 2008

    A little before 10 p.m. on Wednesday, the night after Proposition 8 was approved by the voters of California, Levi Jackman... More >>

  • A Debut and Protest at the Los Angeles Mormon Temple

    published Nov 11, 2008

    As Michael Sanchez marched through the streets of Westwood last Thursday night, he kept meeting people--many of them young, a mix of gay and straight--who wanted to do more. The chanting was good, eve... More >>

  • A Safe, Early Night at the Silver Lake March

    published Nov 09, 2008

    By the end of the weekend, the "No on 8" protests had moved out of the gay enclave of West Hollywood. Marches went down in Long Beach, East L.A., and downtown Los Angeles, and an estimated crowd of 15... More >>

  • Los Angeles Protests Stop Mormon Marriages

    published Nov 09, 2008

    It's one of those odd twists that leaders of the Mormon Church probably never saw coming. Whenever opponents of Proposition 8, the ballot measure that eliminates the right of gays and lesbians to lega... More >>

  • A Changing of the Guard at the Westwood March

    published Nov 07, 2008

    Fore more photos, view Ted Soqui's Westwood protest slideshow. Related Posts: Patrick Range McDonald's "The Last, Passionate Rant of a Long Night in West Hollywood" Patrick Range McDonald's "The Lo... More >>

  • The Last, Passionate Rant of a Long Night in West Hollywood

    published Nov 06, 2008

    The protesters were different this time around. They were young and gay and straight and angry and ready to walk for miles, up and down and across West Hollywood and Hollywood. It had been something t... More >>

  • The Long March to the Mormon Temple

    published Nov 06, 2008

    It was a little before ten o'clock on Wednesday evening, the day after Proposition 8 appeared to be approved by the voters of California, when Levi Jackman Foster arrived at the Los Angeles Mormon Tem... More >>

  • Prolonged Battle over Proposition 8

    published November 6, 2008

    By 12:37 a.m., on Wednesday, November 5, the “Yes on 8” campaign, which via Proposition 8 seeks to eliminate the... More >>

  • Queer Town: Human Rights Campaign's Shameless Spin

    published Nov 05, 2008

    Photo by Erin Broadley. Click image for entire slideshow. After spending several hours at the Music Box Theater in Hollywood last night, watching the voter totals for the passage or defeat of Propo... More >>

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