http://www.tri.org/ en-us Copyright 2010, tri.org Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:30 -0600 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:30 -0600 Community TRI CMS Blogs from TRI.ORG. The Lansing YMCA has sent some confusing messages lately, but arrived at a decision: Gay couples are not real couples! What follows below is the ... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/06/ymca-in-lansing-discriminates-against.html Motor City Pride is coming. Are you ready.40,000 of your closest friends and allies will be in downtown Ferndale on Sunday, June 1st. Come have fun ... Thu, 22 May 2008 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/05/motor-city-pride-is-coming.html Triangle Foundation released their 2007 anti-LGBT hate crime report today.Below is the news media wrap-up.Detroit Free PressProgress MI BlogLansing ... Wed, 21 May 2008 02:26:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/05/media-coverage-of-triangles-hate-crime.html NPR just ran a very cute and funny (although sprinkled with good intentioned stereotypical humor) piece about California and the economic stimulus of ... Mon, 19 May 2008 19:01:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/05/humor-california-marriage-as-economic.html By winning marriage equality in California today, advocates for equal marriage rights were handed a major tool in their campaign to defeat a ... Thu, 15 May 2008 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/05/marriage-victory-is-key-to-ballot.html I was sent this short video, set to a beautiful song by Jewel that really puts personal stories front and center in the LGBT civil rights struggle. Mon, 05 May 2008 13:15:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/05/touching-video-for-your-personal.html It appears that WNEM pulled the story because it was so biased. Still researching how it made it up. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/04/bad-story-pulled.html WNEM has run one of the worst stories I have seen in recent years on LGBT issues by using insensitive and inflammatory terms to cover the Day of ... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/04/horrible-coverage-of-day-of-silence-in.html Cross posting this from Right Wing Watch:http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/04/perfect_timing.htmlApril 23, 2008Perfect TimingAs we noted last week, ... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:43:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/04/mccain-religious-ally-still-blames-gays.html MoveOn.org has put out a great bullet point list for McCain's record.Here it is briefly:McCain voted against establishing MLK Jr. day as a holidayPat ... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/04/10-things-to-know-about-john-mccain.html Gary Glenn, hate group leader who tries to fashion himself as a compassionate Christian, is continuing his support for bullying by 1) bullying ... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:06:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/04/gary-glenn-comes-out-swinging-for.html I am a huge fan of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. I read their Church and State zine cover to cover every month.This ... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:58:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/03/right-wing-leaders-rebuke-right-wing.html The infamous class at U of M, "How to be Gay" is no longer being taught but it still riles up the conservative wing-nuts. Here is another news item ... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/03/how-to-be-gay-class-still-controversial.html One of the reasons I love ComedyFest is that it is one of the rare opporunities our community gets together outside of the bar scene (and don't get ... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/02/2000-queers-laughing-at-ourselves.html Metro Times featured the Detroit Guerilla Queer Bar. See the story hereI personally think the idea of storming straight bars with a hundred GLBT ... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/02/metro-times-featured-detroit-guerilla.html Larry Craig has been publicly spanked by the US Senate for bringing shame on the Senate and for using his position to try to get out of trouble.Read ... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/02/larry-craig-publicly-spanked.html Today my new nephew was baptized and his parents, my brother Jason and his wife Sandy, asked me to be the God Father. Of course I was honored, even ... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:02:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/01/im-god-father.html I recently attended the GM Style event as a kickoff to the North American International Auto Show coming to Detroit. The Style event was amazing and ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/01/fun-gm-style-event-photos.html Here is my most recent column in Between the Lines.My ScarAll Politics is Loco: My scarby Sean KosofskyOriginally printed 01/17/2008 (Issue 1602 - ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:11:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/01/my-scar.html Dissecting the Pledge of Allegianceby Sean KosofskyOriginally printed 01/03/2008 (Issue 1601 - Between The Lines News)All Politics is LocoThis ... Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2008/01/disecting-pledge-of-allegiance.html I am a huge fan of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) and they have a very good analysis of the way the trans issue is being covered ... Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:56:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2007/12/trans-coverage-in-media-improving.html More men are outing Sen. Larry Craig. Check it out here.This man's poor family must be squirming. How painful it must be to watch him implode like ... Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2007/12/more-men-out-larry-craig.html I was recently quoted in a number of places criticizing the FBI annual hate crime report. The numbers are grossly inaccurate and most of the media ... Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2007/11/fbi-stats-are-mixed-bag-on-hate-crimes.html I love this quote from Mark Twain about the Jewish community. It reminds me a great deal of the contributions of the GLBT Community."...If statistics ... Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2007/11/great-quote-from-mark-twain.html Yesterday was the historic and controversial vote on ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act). Three Michigan Republican Congresspersons voted YES ... Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.blogoqueer.org/2007/11/three-mi-republicans-vote-for-enda.html