Following outrage over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's advice last week that public universities should rescind their bylaws protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination, Governor Bob McDonnell issued a "directive" late yesterday saying the state should not discriminate based on sexual orientation. The WaPo:   "The directive is a formal statement of McDonnell's position that hiring, promotion, compensation, treatment, discipline and termination of state employees can be based only on an individual's job qualifications, merit and performance. 'We will not tolerate discrimination based on sexual orientation or any other basis that's outlawed under state or federal law or ...

Bart Stupak, democratic representative from Michigan, has been single-handedly holding up health care legislation. The question is why? This has nothing to do with integrity. It has nothing to do with standing up for his beliefs. Instead, I think this has everything to do with ego. He has been a representative who has been mostly ignored by the national media. (I have no idea how well he has received in his home state of Michigan.) He is not sponsored any legislation of any significance. He is on the energy and commerce committee. During his eight terms in Congress, I know ...

My friend Mike Almy did a fantastic job on Rachel Maddow's show tonight, putting the lie to claims by John McCain and Joe ("You Lie!") Wilson that Don't Ask Don't Tell is working. Mike was discharged as a major in... ...

On last night’s show, Rachel Maddow included two brief clips about the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy. [see clips at end of this post] In the first clip, Maddow points out that the US Navy has quietly dropped a 100-year-old ban on service by women on submarines. Maddow comments: Secretary of Defense Bob Gates has told Congress that the ban will be repealed. Women’s service will be phased in, starting with officers on larger submarines within a year or so. Without fanfare, without Congressional hearing, without a year-long review, without a peep from Sen. John ...

THE SIMS: Football player Brian Sims talks about how his team came out to him. From I'm From Driftwood. SMIITH COLLEGE: Loves Rachel Maddow. This is the announcement that she'll deliver their commencement address. She'll also receive an honorary degree. JIM BEACH: Straight dudes slam the NJ Camden County Democratic Committee chairman for refusing to vote on marriage equality. MO ROCCA: Spent a night as a male escort. For recent Guides to the Tube, click HERE. ...

Monday’s gay headlines reveal Rachel Maddow’s conundrum, “Twilight’s” Robert Pattinson doesn’t like the pussy, Mr. Gay World crowned, and an anonymous Olympian on why athletes stay closeted. • Rachel Maddow (top photo): “I’m not on a gay crusade.” This revelation as the MSNBC lesbian sharpens her show’s focus on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” • Matt Damon signed on to play boytoy to Michael Douglas’ Liberace in upcoming movie. Now, that’s a step or two away from the “Bourne” trilogy. • Dick Cheney, Gay Rights Advocate. Well, at least he has endorsed the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” • Olympian: Why gay jocks don’t ...

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'Glee's openly gay character Kurt in football uniform It would be tough to beat last year’s lineup of LGBT on TV but 2009 has some decent contenders. Alas, none of them have the same newsy sex appeal as last year’s winner Rachel Maddow but how often does a butch hottie grace our anchor seats? 5 – The sci-fi outbreak of Heroes, Stargate Universe, and Virtuality Sci-fi can often push the envelope more easily by creating gay metaphors in addition to all the present day issues they address with fictions of possibility. In the past couple years, however, we are getting some ...

Rachel Maddow speaks with Bishop Gene Robinson about President Obama's attendance at the National Prayer Breakfast sponsored by The Family. (via JoeMyGod) ...

The Daily Caller news website founded by Tucker Carlson is getting attention not for their content but their insulting and childish material. Carlson already has a bad reputation in the queer community after bragging about beating up a gay man, and calling gay families controversial. Now the website is taking their aim at MSNBC's lesbian political talk show host Rachel Maddow.On the site there is a picture of Maddow and below it says:"Whoops, how did that one get in there? Sorry, man. I mean dude. I mean Rachel! Sorry, Rachel."Really Daily Caller? Are ...

Should President Obama attend the National Prayer Breakfast that’s scheduled for March? Rachel Maddow discussed the question yesterday with her guest, Melanie Sloan, the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). [see video clip after the break] Every president since Eisenhower has attended the annual political-religious event. The White House yesterday told TRMS that President Obama will attend this year’s event. But this year’s prayer breakfast presents unique challenges for the president or other politicians who attend the event. That’s because the group that sponsors the event is tied in a number of ...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) appeared on Rachel Maddow's show last night to discuss what we might hear in the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' hearings, the possibility of a stop-loss order, and expectations about the timeline of the repeal. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy ...

Rachel Maddow spoke with Biden's Economic Policy Advisor Jared Bernstein, who went over some of the details in Obama's proposed three-year spending freeze on some programs.The response has been tepid, if not hostile. Paul Krugman calls the plan "appalling on every level." Says Krugman: "It’s bad long-run fiscal policy, shifting attention away from the essential need to reform health care and focusing on small change instead. And it’s a betrayal of everything Obama’s supporters thought they were working for. Just like that, Obama has embraced and validated the Republican world-view — and more specifically, he has embraced ...

Via Box Turtle Bulletin comes news from Uganda’s largest independent newspaper, The Sunday Monitor that Uganda’s, the lead sponsor and probably most vocal proponent of the “Kill Gays” bill, is scheduled to speak at the National Prayer Breakfast — the annual event sponsored by The Family. Yes, as in the super-Conservative, super-religious organization that Rachel Maddow has reported on extensively over the past year because, well, it seems to have had its fingers in pretty much every major political scandal over the past year. Even more troubling, if this report is true, is that Obama ...

On Rachel Maddow's show, Haitian Ambassador Raymond Joseph responded to Pat Robertson's despicable remarks that the earthquake in Haiti was a result of the island nation's "pact with the devil." Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy ...

Nutty Pat Robertson has claimed that the tragedy in Haiti is the result of the people of Haiti's pact with the devil to remove the occupying French years ago.  Somebody has watched Damn Yankees once too many times.  The disaster there does seems to be beyond imagination.  If you want to help (rather than talk nonsense about the devil), see my post below about giving to Americares.  They have very low administrative expenses, so 99 percent of the money donated goes to actually helping people (and fighting the work of the devil).  On a much lighter note, kudos to Conan O'Brien ...

Perry v. Schwarzenegger Federal Trial news resources January is a slow month for queer news in PDX, but there is a lot happening on the national level, with the Perry v. Schwarzenegger federal trial going down which may set the stage for queer rights and queer activism for the next, oh, decade at least, if not more, and providing a touchpoint for gay marriage in the US. Kristin Perry (left in photo) and Sandra Steir’s (onthe right) relationship and lack of recognition therof is at the heart of this lawsuit which may become gay America’s Roe v. Wade. With me hanging out ...

Ted Olson and David Boies were guests on Rachel Maddow's show and spoke about the merits of their case against Prop 8. If you haven’t been following the federal trial, this segment is well worth the watch. ...