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Cathy Bilerico Post Dec 10, 2007
Remembering Ali Forney – Last week, I had the privilege to take part in a memorial service that marked tens years since the murder of Ali Forney, a then 22 year old African-American gay man living on the streets of New York. It was the kind of gathering that re-energizes me, gives me hope and was a chance to see a great example of a group in our community who struggles every days to save lives and demonstrate the true family and community values I believe most of us try to live out every day…
Read more...posted: 23 July 08
Cathy Bilerico Post Nov 13, 2007
My Weekend with Rosie O’Donnell and Gloria Steinem …One would think such a diverse and interesting conference would attract the interest of a wide variety of media – but I knew from experience it would be difficult. The most receptive media were exactly who I expected: LGBT media, fascinated by the historical angle and the high profile lesbians associated with the conference; progressive media, looking to take the pulse of the feminist movement; and youth based media, who wanted to see what the inter-generational work that was happening was all about…
Read more...posted: 23 July 08
Cathy Bilerico Post: Pope Benedict and I Agree, Finally
While at GLAAD, much of my time in the early 2000’s was focused in the Catholic Church abuse scandal. We saw very early on that it was going to be a “let’s blame the gay priest” strategy. At a press conference in Rome in 2001, then president of the US Bishops’ conference, Wilton Gregory, said “we do not have a pedophilia problem, we have a homosexuality problem.” Vatican City, we have a problem. My media “spider -sense” had gone off months before, so we were ready with experts, allied groups, messages and a strategy to deal with this. We were certainly not going down without a fight. And that fight paid off, as we saw from this recent visit by the Pope.
Read more...posted: 18 April 08
SATIRE! Cathy's Bilerico Post
April 1, 2008 I am done, and so begins my new life as an ex-lesbian.
Read more...posted: 4 April 08
Cathy Bilerico Post: Where has the feminism gone in the LGBT movement? Sisters are doing it for themselves.
“By focusing Q-Me Con 2008 on topics that affect the queer women’s media making community, Jennifer and Sandra are taking the conference into a new and much needed direction. I think that more so than gay men, queer women need a safe space to discuss the issues that specifically affect them. They’re also in need of increased opportunities to foster creative solutions and spaces to network and come together.” (John Baez, QMeCon)
Read more...posted: 28 March 08
Cathy Bilerico Post March 12, 2008
If you haven’t heard (and how could that be??) that Oklahoma state representative Sally Kern made some vociferously homophobic and inflammatory remarks about LGBT people recently, take a listen.
Read more...posted: 14 March 08
Cathy Bilerico Post March 10, 2008
For me, it feels like yesterday, although I said the same thing at the 5 year mark in a piece published in the LGBT media. Matt Shepard has been gone for ten years.
Read more...posted: 14 March 08
Cathy Bilerico Post Feb 24, 2008
Yes, I Am. – …Ric Weiland, one of the first employees at Microsoft, has left an unparalleled legacy to our community – $65 million dollars to ten of our best and brightest community organizations…
Read more...posted: 25 February 08
The Bilerico Project: Daily Experiments in LGBTQ
Cathy Renna and Simon Aronoff are regular writers for the Bilerico Project, a nationally recognized blog that explores issues of gender and sexuality. See their blog posts here.
posted: 15 May 07
$500K Awarded For Groundbreaking Research in LGBT Youth and Familly Intervention
San Francisco State University is pleased to announce significant support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local funders to develop the first comprehensive interventions to help families increase acceptance and decrease rejection of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children.
FriendsYouKnow.com Launches New Home on the Web for LGBT and Allied Community
Social networking that gives back to LGBT Organizations
Family Equality Council Congratulates President-Elect Obama
The American people have overwhelmingly elected a candidate for change. President-Elect Obama’s victory is particularly meaningful for the millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents raising children in this country and their extended family and friends.
New Novel on Gender Non-Conforming Teen Draws Praise
…recently released a unique work of young adult fiction, written for pre-teen and teen readers. If You Believe in Mermaids…Don’t Tell is a novel that explores an underrepresented yet timely story of a gender variant teen…
RennaComm Highlights Issues Facing LGBT Seniors in the Associated Press
Long overlooked by society at large, and even by younger gays, elderly gays and lesbians are emerging as distinct community, getting more help and attention as they confront challenges that differ in many ways from their heterosexual counterparts.
