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Kagan To Be Sworn In On Saturday

From AP News WASHINGTON — It’s all over but the celebrating and oath-taking for soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Kagan is joining President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday for a ceremony to mark her confirmation as the nation’s 112th justice. On Saturday, she’s to be sworn in at the Supreme Court [...]

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PRESS RELEASE: Renwl.org Petitions Courage Campaign To Condemn Americablog Racial Attacks

IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 16, 2010 RENWL.ORG PETITIONS COURAGE CAMPAIGN TO CONDEMN AMERICABLOG RACIAL ATTACKS (LOS ANGELES, CA) -  Renwl.org, an LGBT/African American news Website, is calling on Courage Campaign to publicly condemn Americablog.com, for its racial attacks targeting President Barack Obama and African Americans. In a petition posted on Change.org yesterday,Renwl.org expresses outrage at the July 12, Americablog post by [...]

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So This Maniac Calls Us Yesterday…Part Two

Actress Frances Farmer circa 1944: Right before the shock treatments began. This whole experience (please see part one if you’re just coming into the conversation) has led us down another path in our thoughts about today’s local political climate. Here’s the deal: We’ve been thinking on this for some time now in terms of local [...]

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So This Maniac Calls Us Yesterday…Part One

So yesterday afternoon we’re digging around in the kitchen trying to decide what to make for din din when the phone rings. Okay, so we answer it and there’s this woman on the other end. She’s an acquaintance we’ve met through our LGBT equality and cause related activities (there’s the first red flag). And so [...]

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ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN GAY PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE MAKE ME SICK

By Derrick Mathis Oh, I know I’ll catch hell for this post. I don’t care. Today was a special day in America. The Hate Crimes Bill was passed and the President signed it into law. Yeah, on the official tip I let it be known that I wasn’t happy that the bill was attached to [...]

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