Email Author Steven Thrasher

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• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 27, 2010

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2011 Stories by Steven Thrasher

• Mayor Bloomberg to Axe More Than 6,000 City Teachers

  published Feb 17, 2011

  Mayor Mike Bloomberg is set to announce that he plans to eliminate 6,100 teaching positions from the city's schools -- that's one out of every 12 -- according to Mike Bloomberg's media company. Bloom... More >>

• Proposition 8 Decision: We Will Decide In a Year or So

  published Feb 16, 2011

  The California Supreme Court made a decision today -- kind of -- in the ongoing case of Proposition 8, the California ballot proposal that banned gay marriage in 2008. The California Supremes decide... More >>

• Gay Boy Off the Menu in Bushwick

  published Feb 15, 2011

  Looks like you can't just walk up to a counter and demand to eat a gay boy anymore. The Post reports that when Williamsburg haunt Hana Food opened a new location in Bushwick, it changed its "Gay Boy... More >>

• Dan Savage and Dan Choi Hunt for Gay Men at CPAC Using Grindr

  published Feb 11, 2011

  Lt. Dan Choi created a stir when he announced on Twitter that he was going to attend CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Turns out he wasn't the only gay activist named Dan at the ann... More >>

• Halle Berry and the 'One-Drop Rule'

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Halle Berry's interview with Ebony magazine is raising some eyebrows, as the actress, involved in a custody battle with her white ex-boyfriend over their two-year old daughter, cited the "one-drop" r... More >>

• Coney Island in Winter: Our Own Antarctica

  published Feb 07, 2011

  Things may be looking grim for Coney Island's future. Old haunts like Ruby's have poured their last beer, and although Central Amusements International and Sodexo plan to make the neighborhood into a ... More >>

• Black FDNY Electrician Confronted with Noose

  published Feb 07, 2011

  Looks like race will continue to be a hot issue with the FDNY. According to the Daily News, a black FDNY electrician allegedly found a noose outside of his work locker over the weekend. The News repo... More >>

• 12 More Schools Closed; Crowd Blasts Cathie Black; Mayor Bloomberg Blasts Crowd

  published Feb 04, 2011

  In front of a raucous crowd of 2,000 in Brooklyn (see video above), a New York City panel voted early this morning to close 12 more public schools, bringing the week's total carnage to 22. Jeered by... More >>

• David Kato, Slain Ugandan Gay Rights Activist, Memorialized in NYC Tomorrow

  published Feb 02, 2011

  David Kato, the slain Uganda gay rights activist found murdered on January 26, will be remembered tomorrow here in New York City. The memorial, sponsored by 35 organizations including ACT UP and the ... More >>

• Eva Moskowitz Scores Successes at Raucous School Meeting Last Night

  published Feb 02, 2011

  Eva Moskowitz's Success Charter Network, subject of our cover story this week, won several major victories at last night's meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy. The PEP voted to allow Harlem Su... More >>

• Fight Night at the Schools Meeting

  published Feb 01, 2011

  Brooklyn Tech High School will play host to tonight's meeting of the Panel for Educational Policy, and it promises to be doozy. Barring interruptions from the weather, the panel should have quite a la... More >>

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  Class Struggles at a Bronx Charter School

  published February 2, 2011

  In New York City's public schools, the most common problem for teachers is that they cannot get their kids to shut up. From kindergarten... More >>

• Challenger Went Down 25 Years Ago Today, Scarring Schoolchildren Forever

  published Jan 28, 2011

  The Space Shuttle Challenger went down 25 years ago today, killing all seven astronauts on board, and scarring school children forever. American kids were watching the launch live in schools across t... More >>

• Lt. Dan Choi: Government Billed Me After Kicking Me Out Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

  published Jan 27, 2011

  Do tell, do payr Lt. Dan Choi, the feature of our October cover story, released an open letter to President Obama this morning. In it, he's rather upset about being charged money for being kicked out... More >>

• Dan Halloran Lacks All Evidence in Sanitation Snow Charges, Times Says

  published Jan 26, 2011

  Merlin's beard, freshman Councilman Dan Halloran is in the spotlight again! America's highest elected Heathen, and perennial favorite Runnin' Scared Councilman, is in the hot seat today after charges... More >>

• Just Because Teachers Are Paranoid Doesn't Mean They Aren't Right, Apparently

  published Jan 24, 2011

  From the dailies to the multiplex, we are used to seeing stories peddled of bad teachers who don't want to be held accountable. It's a common motif, from Waiting for Superman to tales of the rubber ro... More >>

• Don't Ask Don't Tell's Cost: $53,000 Per Dismissal

  published Jan 21, 2011

  Stars and Stripes is reporting that the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy cost $53,000 per dismissal. According to the Government Accounting Office, the military newspaper reports, the Departmen... More >>

• Dixie is So Gay: Surprising Census Info About Gay Parents in the South

  published Jan 19, 2011

  The Times has a great piece today that defies a lot of the common stereotypes of what it means to be gay in America. Since 1990, the Census has been a gold mine of information about LGBT couples for c... More >>

• Prop 8 Case Sent Back to California Supreme Court

  published Jan 05, 2011

  The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sent the Proposition 8 case, Perry v. Schwarzeneger, back to the California Supreme Court. In something that could potentially aid the marriage-equality side, the fe... More >>

• Cathie Black, Embattled Chancellor, Starts First Day of School

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Cathie Black, Mayor Bloomberg's newly appointed Schools Chancellor, is starting her first day on the job with a tour of schools in each of the five boroughs. (Though it remains unclear whether she had... More >>