DC ABC affiliate TV news anchor tells me he would like to punch me 'across the face.'

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Thursday May 07, 2009 · 12:46 PM PDT

2009/05/07 · 12:46

I've been involved in promoting the film, Outrage, which opens tomorrow. It's a film about the subjects of my work. The film is by Oscar-nominated director Kirby Dick, who made the widely-known This Film is Not Yet Rated

I've done my fair share of TV appearances, even having taken down O'Reilly, Hannity and that wingnut "minister," Eugene Rivers. Never have I encountered a TV host who treated me the way. NEVER.

In all of those appearances, even the most rough and tumble of them, the talk has never gone to the suggestion of violent acts against me over my work. Especially from a so-called "journalist."

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Tuesday December 23, 2008 · 9:50 AM PST

2008/12/23 · 09:50

From the moment I heard about the Rick Warren controversy, I knew he would never be pulled off the program. That being said, when planning a community action or reaction, the two most important components are to personify the opponent and to have a clear path to victory.

The personification part is easy in this case. Warren. Case closed. (For our purposes is he is a a far greater choice than directing the attention to Obama.)

The victory part is a bit more complicated, yet just as important. Is victory defined as getting Warren off the program? If that is the case, then why enter a battle that cannot be won? If we are smart, we won't. Instead, let's look at what we have accomplished with this story so far and highlight the victories. And, yes, there are victories:

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 8:56 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 20:56

Whispers about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) military service during the Vietnam War have been floating around Washington for years and were reported in print at least as far back as two campaigns ago. From the <span style="font-style: italic;">Kentucky Kernel</span> of November 1, 1996, Senator's Discharged Questioned:

A letter found in the [University of Kentucky] Library Department of Special Collections of a request from a former U.S. Senator to the then commanding general of Fort Knox created conflicting stories Thursday about the military record of Republican U. S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.

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Tuesday January 08, 2008 · 10:14 AM PST

2008/01/08 · 10:14

Anti-gay pastor and Antioch Bible Church leader Rev. Ken Hutcherson is advancing his battle against corporate giant Microsoft's supposed support of the "homosexual agenda" today, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

"There are 256 Fortune 500 companies alone pouring millions upon millions of dollars into pushing the homosexual agenda," Hutcherson explains to the Telegraph. In what he calls a "David vs. Goliath" battle and part of a larger culture war, the Reverend is instructing his followers to buy and donate shares of Microsoft stock to his church, located near its corporate headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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Saturday November 03, 2007 · 10:06 AM PDT

2007/11/03 · 10:06

The GOP, this time in Virginia -- that's the operation headed by our old friend Ed Gillespie -- is up to the same old dirty tricks. This time they are sending gay baiting and Muslim baiting ads to folks in the district where Jill Holtzman Vogel is running for State Senate. Just who is Jill Holtzman Vogel?

From the law firm website where she is a partner:

[I]n February 2004, she was named Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee. As counsel, she led the national party’s legal effort during the 2004 Presidential election. Prior to founding the practice...she served as Deputy Counsel at the Republican National Committee. During November and December of 2000, she served as counsel in the Florida Presidential Recount, acting on behalf of the Bush-Cheney campaign in West Palm Beach and in Osceola County. (emphasis added)

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Thursday October 11, 2007 · 9:10 AM PDT

2007/10/11 · 09:10

Matt Foreman of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force penned an intresting column that should be shared with the larger progressive community:

At this critical moment in our efforts to pass an Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that includes transgender people under its protections, it is important to recall just why so many of us believe that no one can be left behind.
The last five days have been a grueling and defining moment in our movement’s history. When we learned that protections for transgender people would be stripped from ENDA, an unprecedented groundswell of anger, energy and determination rose up to reverse that decision.

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Friday September 28, 2007 · 4:57 PM PDT

2007/09/28 · 16:57

Congressman Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC), right, purchased a residence in Washington, DC's Capital Hill neighborhood with another man. While he owned the home, McHenry and co-owner Scott G. Stewart claimed eligibility for the District of Columbia's Homestead Tax Deduction, a tax reduction program to encourage homeownership and residence in DC. At the same time McHenry was registered to vote, and did so, in Gaston County, North Carolina.

According to records obtained from the Washington, DC Recorder of Deeds, left (click to enlarge), McHenry, who was first elected to Congress in 2004, and Stewart owned the three bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home from February 2001 to January 2002. The house is located at 1360 D Street, SE, in a neighborhood near the US Capitol.

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Friday September 14, 2007 · 2:35 PM PDT

2007/09/14 · 14:35

The House is Rice and Bean's.

Are you done laughing? Because, while it certainly has its funny side, it's really just another example of the hypocrisy of another conservative politician.

And if she's asking, yes, Condi, it is relevant.

Secretary of State Condi Rice and another woman, documentary filmmaker Randy Bean, own a house together in Palo Alto, California. The story was first reported by Michelangelo Signorile on his Sirius Satellite Network radio show. You can find more details here: Secretary of State co-owns home with female filmmaker.

Rice and Bean (I admit it, i giggle every time write that) not only share a home, but also a line of credit that has been used to renovate the property.

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Monday September 10, 2007 · 2:02 PM PDT

2007/09/10 · 14:02

In the Summer of 2004, I began to share my frustration about closted, anti-gay politicians and high-level staffers with my friends and acquaintances. During those chats and in strategy talks about the launch of the site -- many with my blogfather John Aravosis -- friends and colleagues always used the word 'outing.'

At the time, I did not know that Michelangelo Signorile had written about the origins of the word and that its etymology shows the word was coined by a closeted gay man. Signorile, of course, is the godfather of modern day reporting of these stories. In the early 1990s edgy publications like OutWeek, took on these under reported stories -- with Signorile leading the way.

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Thursday September 06, 2007 · 9:37 AM PDT

2007/09/06 · 09:37

The time when politicians can stand with one foot on the platform of homophobia and the other in the closet has come to an end.

Over three years ago -- within a month of the launch of my site, BlogActive.com - the following landed in the inbox:

From: [redacted]

Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:30 PM

To: Mike Rogers

Subject: Outing

I've hooked up with Craig... why not out some actual members and not their staffers?

That one line note started an odyssey that included trips to places like Boise, Seattle and Columbus. Now, twenty-two months later, the effects of that work are reverberating throughout Washington and the nation. People are finally getting that gay Americans have had enough.

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Thursday August 16, 2007 · 1:27 PM PDT

2007/08/16 · 13:27

I went to YKos with the hopes of asking the presidential candidates who are currently in the Senate a simple question:

If you are really for the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, why haven't you introduced a bill to repeal the law and will you commit to doing so in the next sixty days?"

The most surprising non-answer came from a non candidate...Ned Lamont. He calls himself progressive?

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Thursday August 09, 2007 · 9:00 AM PDT

2007/08/09 · 09:00

"There on the hill outside of Juarez [Mexico], the taste of dust in my mouth, I found myself face to face with the latest manifestation of a virulent capitalism in which masses of humanity become pawns for massive profits for a few. What does this mean, I thought, to gay people?" - Mab Segresst, 1993

If you're gay, keep moving. Hit the 'back' button, click on a recent RSS link, visit one of your bookmarks; this isn't for you. It is, rather, for the 90 or so percent of readers who are, shall we say, homosexually challenged.

Tonight, for the first time on commercial television, the Democratic candidates for President, save Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, will gather to speak on issues of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. It will be the American political system in full force. Candidates, press, political leaders, bloggers, and the bevy of spinmeisters and consultants who make a living at these sorts of things will all be there.

The most important thing we need is you...

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