Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Start spreading the news... New York's Legislature is meeting in extraordinary session to confront a $3.2 billion deficit and possibly hold a landmark vote to provide final legislative approval of same-sex marriage. However, there were no agreements Monday that were certain to be part of Tuesday's session. The Senate may also take up a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. Even if the issue comes to...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
With his approval ratings stuck somewhere between Dick Cheney and botulism, New York Governor David Paterson is staking it all on the line with a push this week to have the New York State Senate address the issue of marriage equality . Paterson has placed a gay marriage vote before state senators, scheduled for tomorrow, that could make New York the next state to recognize marriage equality. Paterson...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Will Gays Again Squander A Ballot Loss Crisis? Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff to President Obama, believes no serious crisis should be wasted to bring forth necessarily and valuable changes unlikely to happen at any other time. Such a crisis befell the American gay community in the wake of Prop 8 passing in California last November, and despite many street protests, angry blog postings, the formation...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The furious explosion of nutjobs over the passage of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act continues... Our old fundie friend, Pastor Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission (yeah, that's clue number one about his point of view), is back at his gay hating ways. But this time he's taking it to a whole new level. Cass and crew are headed to DC on November 16th...
Petrelis Files (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Maine: Gayja Vu All Over Again x31 The Urban Dictionary has two entries for " gayjavu " and two more for "gay ja vu ," and I will soon submit a fifth entry, spelled " gayja vu " because the ones already listed don't sum up my definition of the phrase. To me, gayja vu is when you have the same gay leaders and advocacy groups, with the same political thinking, waging the...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I think this was one of Bilerico's best weeks ever. Not only did we have some highly popular emotional and entertainment posts this week, but our political coverage was spectacular. What other LGBT site covered the hate crimes bill signing - and gave you personal posts from contributors who attended? Combine that with our Ryan White Act reporting and a big dose of health care breaking news and you've...
Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 02/08/2009
Congressman Jared Polis (D-Colo) and National LGBT Activist Matt Foreman will be the keynote speakers at the First Biennial Statewide Conference of the Texas Stonewall Democratic Caucus (TSDC) on February 28 and March 1 in Austin. Polis, who was elected to his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives in November, is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a freshman. Foreman is the...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 01/23/2009
Former National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman sends us the below Op/Ed piece on the Proposition 8 battle. Foreman is now program director at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. This essay is rather long and I have linked below to other LGBT blogs where it can be read in full, which I recommend. California's Proposition 8 - Ours to Lose? Nope - It Was Always an Uphill...
Gay Patriot (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Almost exactly a year before I joined my current congregation, West Hollywood’s mostly gay synagogue, Congregation Kol-Ami, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Executive Director Matt Foreman, addressed the membership. And while I have great respect for our rabbi, Denise Eger, we don’t always see eye-to-eye on matters political. Last March, she [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Page Six: MSNBC hiring "glam squad" for Rachel Maddow, forcing her to doff glasses, wear skirt? Lance Bass and his dance beard Lacey Schwimmer. London hotel records Josh Hartnett on sex tape. The Guardian on Guy Ritchie's 'gay movie': "I’ve...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
A hearty homo congratulations to Matt Foreman! The former Task Force leader and his long-time love, Francisco Adex De León, who married in Los Angeles this weekend. [NY Times] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Francisco Adex De León, Gay, gay marriage, Gossip, Matt Foreman, News
Blabbeando (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Four of my favorite people got married this weekend in California. Jo Kenny and Gloria Nieto got married on Saturday at their San Jose home surrounded by friends and family on a glorious sunny day. The couple asked guests to donate to the Barack Obama campaign or to the Equality for All campaign in California in lieu of gifts. Equality for All is the lead organization in fighting efforts to nullify...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Two more of my friends have made it official. Former National Gay & Lesbian Task Force executive director Matt Foreman has married his partner Frank De Leon in San Francisco. The couple has been together for 18 years. From the New York Times : Mr. De León, 46, is the owner and president of FADesign, a graphic design firm in New York. He graduated from the University of Houston. He is a son...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Conservative Orange County Register says high court's decision on marriage was justified. MAG: What's on Obama's iPod. Matt Damon's summer look: flab with pornstache. Rea Carey to succeed Matt Foreman as executive director of Gay and Lesbian Task Force. REPORT:...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Rea Carey, deputy executive director under Matt Foreman for the last four years, has been tapped to replace Foreman as executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. Foremen left the Task Force four months ago to helm the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. Foreman reacts to Carey's appointment: “Rea is an extraordinary leader, a brilliant thinker and passionately committed...
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