Email Author Steven Thrasher

Awards

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

  "Bad Lieutenant"

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2012 Stories by Steven Thrasher

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  The 'Black/Gay' Divide Continues, as Pro-Gay Marriage Hakeem Jeffries Beats Anti-Gay Charles Barron 3 to 1

  published Jun 27, 2012

  Hakeem Jeffries beat Charles Barron nearly three to one yesterday in the Democratic primary for the open Eighth Congressional District seat being vacated by Ed Towns. We've been watching this race cl... More >>

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  Nora Ephron, R.I.P.: We'll Always Have What She's Having

  published Jun 27, 2012

  It's no understatement to say that this New Yorker would not be a New Yorker but for Nora Ephron. It's kind of bizarre, given how much my writing life has drifted from what first, in a roundabout wa... More >>

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  SCOTUS: No Life Without Parole for Juveniles, Citizens United Trumps Montana Election Law, S.B. 1070 Largely Dead; No Obamacare Ruling (Yet)

  published Jun 25, 2012

  Another Monday in June, another nail-biter waiting for the Supreme Court of the United States to rule on the biggest cases of the year. It seems, so far, that the Supreme Court will not rule today o... More >>

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  'Drill Ass, Not Gas' and Other Messges We Heard at Pride 2012 [PHOTOS]

  published Jun 25, 2012

  Yesterday's Pride Parade was marked by extremely beautiful weather and a much more relaxed tone than last year's march, which was frantic right after Marriage Equality Act had just passed. Although ... More >>

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  It's the First Anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act Passing and the Weather is Perfect: Happy Pride Sunday!

  published Jun 24, 2012

  One year ago today, we had the chance to travel to Albany for our first and only day of reporting there. As days of political reporting go, it did not disappoint. On arrival, the halls were filled wi... More >>

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  La Raza Endorses Gay Marriage, Joining the NAACP, President Obama, a Majority of Americans, and Even Prop 8 Defenders!

  published Jun 23, 2012

  Happy Pride weekend. Here's some more good news on the marriage beat to share with you this beautiful weekend here in New York. La Raza, the nation's largest Latino civil rights organization, unanimo... More >>

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  Pack It In, Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown: the Gay Marriage Debate is Over

  published Jun 22, 2012

  When you've lost the likes of Prop 8 proponent David Blankenhorn, Jutice Anthony Kennedy can't be far behind. Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage can't recover f... More >>

• 'Madea Goes to the White House'

  published Jun 22, 2012

  From Cult Comedy Picture Show, presented without comment, except to say Neil Murno and Madea together would have made quite the White House duo. You can follow staff writer Steven Thrasher on twitt... More >>

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  Try Googling 'Gay Pride Parade' Right Now

  published Jun 21, 2012

  Do it now. Go to Google.com, and type in "gay pride parade," before the parade passes by. As Voice web editor Nick Greene just pointed out to us, something fun and unexpected will happen when you do... More >>

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  Will GLAAD Condemn Dan Savage for His "House Faggots" Tweetr

  published Jun 21, 2012

  In this week's feature in the Voice Pride Issue "Does 'Gay Inc.' Believe in Free Speechr" we take a long look at GLAAD, the self-described "PR firm for the LGBT community." Since the story was publi... More >>

• ACT UP Did March for Single-Payer Health Care

  published Jun 21, 2012

  In this week's Pride Issue feature "Does 'Gay Inc.' Believe in Free Speechr" we report about how the mainstream gay organizations, even the AIDS groups, were largely absent from Zuccotti Park in 2011 ... More >>

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  Does 'Gay Inc.' Believe in Free Speech?

  published June 20, 2012

  When Siege Busters Working Group planned its "Party to End Israeli Apartheid" in March of 2011 at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, &... More >>

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  For Gay Pride, The Voice Takes Over SiriusXM's OutQ Channel 108 Today

  published Jun 19, 2012

  The Voice's annual Pride Issue comes out later today, and to mark the occasion, we're taking over SiriusXM Satellite Radio's OutQ Channel 108 to celebrate. Your truly will be guest hosting The Michel... More >>

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  Neil Munro of The Daily Caller: Here's The Only Clean Audio Of What He Heckled At President Obama [EXCLUSIVE]

  published Jun 19, 2012

  After reading Megan Carpentier's Raw Story article about our experience in the White House Rose Garden standing next to Daily Caller heckler Neil Munro, we decided to go back and listen to the audio w... More >>

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  Comptroller John Liu Talks Racial Profiling at Stop and Frisk Father's Day March

  published Jun 18, 2012

  During yesterday's Silent March to End Stop and Frisk, the Voice caught up with Comptroller (and mayoral hopeful) John Liu. Liu, who was marching with a small contingent at the midway point of the as... More >>

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  Thousands March Down Fifth Avenue in Silence in Protest of Police Brutality on Father's Day

  published Jun 18, 2012

  SPANISH HARLEM -- It was the sound of the birds that was most startling. As thousands of protestors marched, in silence, down Fifth Avenue yesterday, it was a strange thing indeed to hear so many New... More >>

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  Neil Munro of The Daily Caller: Here's the Immigrant (Journalistr Hecklerr Assholer) Who Interrupted Obama's Immigration Speech

  published Jun 18, 2012

  Update: Listen to the Voice's exclusive audio of what White House heckler Neil Munro actually said. WASHINGTON -- President Obama's Rose Garden announcement of a kind of DREAM Act-like executive b... More >>

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  The Evil Ways Immigrants Destroyed America When Reagan Granted Them Amnesty

  published Jun 18, 2012

  There has been the expected nuclear hay made by Republicans out of President Obama's decision to give temporary relief to the children of undocumented immigrants in lieu of the D.R.E.A.M. Act passing.... More >>

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  How Will Rodney King's Death Affect Today's Stop and Frisk Marchr

  published Jun 17, 2012

  The reminder of police brutality couldn't be clearer, the timing couldn't be more creepy: as many New Yorkers prepare to join the NAACP's Silent March to End Stop and Frisk, Rodney King was declared d... More >>

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  NBC Advertises 'Recent Job Opportunities' Right Before Kicking Sue Simmons To The Curb

  published Jun 16, 2012

  That was awkward. As you may have heard, NBC Channel 4 fired Sue Simmons after 32 years when it didn't renew her contract. Last night, the channel chose to use their final ad spot right before Simmo... More >>

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  White House Pride Cookies, the First BBQ, and Culinary Secrets From 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

  published Jun 16, 2012

  Yesterday, we took our first-ever trip inside the White House. There were all kinds of culinary secrets we discovered that we weren't expecting. First, as we waited to go through security, we saw a ... More >>

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  Philadelphia Gay News' Mark Segal Talks About 'Christopher Street Liberation Day,' the Old Village Voice Office, and Love in the White House

  published Jun 16, 2012

  There was a small, touching moment while covering President Obama's address to the White House LGBT Pride Month reception that caught our eye: this gay couple holding each other, silently and wordless... More >>

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  White House Hosts First LGBT Pride Month Reception With Out Military, Married Same-Sex New Yorkers; Obama Gives GMHC Shout Out

  published Jun 15, 2012

  After a contentious press announcement on immigration earlier in the day in the Rose Garden, President Obama hosted his third LGBT Month Pride Reception in the East Room of the White House. Even thoug... More >>

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  Betty White Meets Obama, Drops "White Power" Presidential Bid

  published Jun 13, 2012

  The black/gay "Kumbaya" moment continues. First we had President Barack Obama support same-sex marriage, followed by the NAACP and a bevy of black leaders getting on the gay rights bandwagon. Then ... More >>

• So Why Is Stop and Frisk a Gay Issuer The Voice Discusses with Michelangelo Signorile on Sirius [AUDIO]

  published Jun 08, 2012

  Over the past couple of years, we've had the chance to report about stop and frisk, the controversial NYPD practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of black and Latino young men each year. We've als... More >>