Queer Long Beach

There was some sorta excitement today… something about protesters storming Speaker Pelosi’s offices, both in DC and SF, trying to force action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. On top of that Lt. Dan Choi, poster boy for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, usurped a press event that HRC was holding on behalf of Kath Griffin’s D-list visit to the nation’s capital by taking to podium and imploring rally attendees to follow him as he marched to the White House… and handcuffed himself to the fence outside.

Geeze it’s almost like this was almost co-ordinated or something. Towleroad and AMERICAblog have more. See Lt. Choi’s speech to the Rally after the jump…

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Sundance channel decided to give Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir his own show. I’m unconvinced that this was a wise idea, however if this clip is any indication it might be worth just to see him walk around in briefs finding various ways to use  a massager…

So apparently having a 100% rating from the anti-gay Capitol Resource Family Impact group for voting against every LGBT rights bill during your tenure means that you’re inevitably going to get busted as a hypocritical douchebag for a DUI as you leave a gay bar in Sacramento with another man in your car.

At least if you’re Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield.

Last week the Westboro Baptist Church decided to march outside Wilson High School in Long Beach. What they were met with was thousands of students counter protesting in a crowd that dwarfed their own. Sometimes I wonder if they realize they’re galvanizing thousands of people who would never take a stand for or against gay issues into strong supporters for the cause they oppose. Probably not, that’d require a little more self-reflection than they seem capable of.

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Don’t forget the LGBTQIA conference at University of Pacific this Saturday. Here’s the rundown of what’s going to be happening:

The LGBTQIA Conference at University of the Pacific promises to offer one of the most robust programs ever seen in the central valley, or anywhere, with workshops on the history and philosophy behind the Gay Games (from a participant in the 2006 Chicago Gay Games!); a talk on race and sexuality called Leviticus Faggot: Being Black and Gay; as well as presentations on Defining the Difference Between a Hate Crime and a Hate Incident; Your Value and Place with Community PRIDE Centers; We Are Family! Adding children to the mix; Between the Mountains and the Bay: Rural Activism; PFLAG-Support for All; The T is Not Silent: Coming Out Transgender; HIV 101; Politics in Contemporary Lesbian Fiction; Spiritual Not Religious; Building a State of Equality; Sexual Assault/Rape Prevention and three films: Were the World Mine (2008); Fish Out of Water (2009) and Two Spirits (2009).

Registration is $30, includes meals and t-shirt, keynote by Queer as Folk actor Peter Paige and performance by Miss Coco Peru! Register online at http://lgbtqia.pacific.edu

I find this new Snickers ad entertaining but I’m not really sure straight guys will get it (Liza Minnelli, really?) and I’m almost positive gay men don’t eat Snickers if they can help it.

On the other hand, this vid has pretty much gone viral at this point so perhaps it doesn’t matter…

Cross-posted at Can’t Win for Losing.