Wash Blade

Daily Digest for November 18th

Amanita.net (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

... handling the shutdown in a professional manner, Naff responded, “I should probably not comment.” #washblade [ etoile ] Am I correct that I cannot delete my own tweets from HootSuite? [ etoile ] Oh my god. I got a good peek at a Kindle. I WANT ONE! Except I can’t afford $10 for books, I’m a library kind of girl. [ etoile ] *peers suspiciously* Is this a kissing book? [ etoile ] Naturally...

Frank: DADT repeal to be rolled into 2011 defense bill

Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Again, as with hate crimes legislation, the conventional wisdom on the Hill is that politically, a vote on repeal of this ludicrous policy can't stand on its own, despite massive public support to end the ban on gays and lesbians openly serving in the military. ( Wash Blade ): Frank said in an interview with the Blade that repealing the 1993 law barring gays from serving openly...

• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal to Be on Fiscal 2011 Defense Bill? - Towleroad
• Could "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" be Repealed Next Year? - Horserace
• See the 5 articles on the same subject

Fed DOMA may leave LGBT couples out in the cold re: health care reform benefits

Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Here we go again -- as the House vote on the $894 billion health care reform plan is looming on Saturday, a teensy problem affecting LGBTs seems to have cropped up in the language of the bill that will leave eligibility at the whim and interpretation of the Health Choices Commissioner position. ( Wash Blade ): [T]he bill, H.R. 3962, uses the terms "family" and "dependent,"...

My Place and Yours: A View of Your Secret Weapon

Chatiryworld (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

... to food processors after the first week. You just need to be very, very careful when washing the blades up though...

Harry Jackson and Walter Fauntroy tag team bigotry at anti-marriage equality rally in DC

Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

The tools of the religious right continue to stoke anti-gay sentiments. ( Wash Blade ): Chanting "let the people vote," Bishop Harry Jackson, pastor of a church in Beltsville, Md., and Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Washington's former congressional delegate, were among a series of speakers to call on the D.C. City Council to allow a voter initiative that seeks to ban same-sex...