Archive for the 'Queer' Category

News Flash: Ahmadinejad is a Blow Hard

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Ever since Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia, all I’ve heard about it is his outlandish claim that Iran doesn’t have any gay people. Everyone was quick to point out how this is the opposite of true. Of course people living under brutal, oppressive authoritarian rule aren’t exactly forthcoming about their sexual preferences. Thank you, Captain Obvious […]

Sick Day News Roundup

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

I don’t know how much I’ll be posting this week since I have some sort of sinus plague and am home sick. This means I yet again missed the Cleveland Web Standards Meetup, which I hear had a great microformats presentation. Here’s some queer news links I didn’t post in my recent absence (some are […]

Advertisers: The Queer Community Is Paying Attention

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Marketers now have statistical data to prove what I could’ve told you all along.
Some 88% of gay men and 91% of lesbians claim that a brand’s sponsorship or support of LGBT events favorably influences their buying decisions, according to a study released today from Community Marketing, Inc., San Francisco. The study also found that […]

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Joan Garry weighs in on the LOGO / HRC presidential debates.
“What I will remember is that one of the candidates actually said the name of a real live gay person. Why do I care about this? Because I’m tired of being referred to as an ‘issue.’ I sound like a big problem, don’t I? […]