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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  Edith Windsor, Octogenarian Widow, Beats Down DOMA (and Gives John Boehner a Piece Of Her Mind)

  published Jun 07, 2012

  Pride month has just started, and yet over the course of May and just the first few days of June, the fight for gay marriage has arguably seen more progress in the last four weeks than in any time in ... More >>

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  The Stonewall Stop and Frisk Summit - Or, Al Sharpton, Chris Quinn and the NAACP Walk Into a (Gay) Bar...

  published Jun 06, 2012

  An historic coalition of traditional race-oriented civil rights organizations, labor unions, and LGBT groups met yesterday at the Stonewall Inn to endorse the upcoming SIlent March to End Stop and Fr... More >>

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  Gay Inc Takes On Stop and Frisk, the NAACP Goes to the Stonewall Inn, and Other Signs of the "Black/Gay Divide"

  published Jun 05, 2012

  So, the promised fallout between blacks and gays continues! Four weeks after President Obama came out for same-sex marriage, today will see one of the most significant signs of a new alliance between... More >>

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  Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly on Why Yesterday's Ruling Against DOMA Is The Most Important Gay Marriage Case Right Now

  published Jun 01, 2012

  Yesterday saw a major legal blow (perhaps the most significant one yet) to the Defense of Marriage Act, as the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the federal government's definitio... More >>

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  Locked Out Sotheby's Art Handlers, No. 84 On the Voice List of "Most Powerless New Yorkers," Back On the Job

  published Jun 01, 2012

  We guess we'll have to strike the art professionals who handle some of the world's most expensive items when they head to auction from our list of the "100 Most Powerless New Yorkers." Crain's report... More >>

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  Obama Finally Loses Support Of A Black Leader Over Gay Marriage, And It's...Farrakhan!

  published May 31, 2012

  Over the past few weeks, we've been waiting for some fallout -- any fallout -- with black Americans over President Obama's support for same-sex marriage. Instead of the promised backlash, we've mostly... More >>

• Q&A: Jason Crane Takes The Jazz Session On the Road With The "Jazz Or Bust" Tour

  published May 30, 2012

  Jason Crane is the creator, producer, distributor and host of The Jazz Session, an excellent in-depth interview show. This summer, Crane's taking the show on the road with the "Jazz or Bust" tour, a j... More >>

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  How Many Negroes Must Support Gay Marriage Before "Black Homophobia" Stops Getting Overblownr

  published May 24, 2012

  Here are the three biggest hand-wringing fears/misnomers people have had about gay marriage, even those who support it: 1. This unimportant issue will cost Obama re-election! 2. Marriage equality wo... More >>

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  The Voice Talks Black Voter Support for Gay Marriage with Michelangelo Signorile on Sirius [AUDIO]

  published May 24, 2012

  We're approaching, if not looking in the rearview mirror at, a watershed moment in American civil rights history. A majority of the American public now supports marriage equality for same-sex couples.... More >>

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  Black Pride: Majority of African Americans Support Gay Marriage, Says ABC News. The Voice Speaks to Their Pollster, Gary Langer

  published May 23, 2012

  Maybe they should have called Barack Obama the homosexual "Black Abe Lincoln." Buried in the polls showing that Obama's same-sex marriage support has had no effect on his own re-election prospects (... More >>

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  Sexist, Anti-Labor (Anti-Humanr) Robots Take Over Customer Service Duty At Area Airports

  published May 22, 2012

  WNYC reported yesterday that five "avatars" are going to be taking up customer service duty at Port Authority airports. The above video is a demonstration of what one of these projected robots will ... More >>

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  The Obama Effect: From the NAACP to 50 Cent, Black Leaders Back Gay Marriage

  published May 21, 2012

  It's fair to call it the Obama Effect: leaders in the black community, old and young, political and cultural, are coming out of the closet to back same-sex marriage. And they are a motley crew, from t... More >>

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  Donna Summer Has Danced Her "Last Dance"

  published May 17, 2012

  TMZ is reporting that disco legend Donna Summer has danced her last dance, having lost a battle with cancer. She was 63. We just happened to be listening to "Last Dance," Summer's 1978 hit, when we ... More >>

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  Yes, Evan Wolfson, the "Godfather Of Gay Marriage," Was Booked At Barnard's Graduation Today Before Obama Came Out

  published May 14, 2012

  From the Department of Karma and Fortuitous Timing: President Obama will be speaking at Barnard's graduation today, but the women's college will also be honoring Evan Wolfson. Wolfson, who will be... More >>

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  Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly on the Big, Gay Week at the White House [VIDEO]

  published May 11, 2012

  There are many culprits who helped push Obama out of the same-sex marriage support closet this week, with Malia and Sasha (who didn't see the difference between their friends' parents who are opposite... More >>

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  The Voice Talks Gay Marriage and Race on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show [AUDIO]

  published May 11, 2012

  After publishing our piece yesterday "5 Reasons Why Toure Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama," we had the chance to talk about the president's new support for marriage equality with WNYC's Bri... More >>

• Mitt and Barack's Big Gay Week Get the Taiwanese Animation Treatment

  published May 11, 2012

  What a gay week! The President came out for gay marriage, while his opponent, Mitt Romney, had another kind of coming out. In timing that couldn't have been more poetic or suspicious, depending on yo... More >>

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  Gay Republican Group: Obama Was...Rightr

  published May 10, 2012

  After President Obama came out for same-sex marriage yesterday, it didn't take the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's oldest and most prominent group of gay Republicans, long to pile on him. They cal... More >>

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  5 Reasons Why Toure Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama

  published May 10, 2012

  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy We like the idea of Toure, but as a person and concept, he's got two sides. There's the Good Toure, who writes beautifully,... More >>

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  James Alesi, Gay Marriage Supporting Republican Senator, Not Running For Re-Election

  published May 10, 2012

  State Senator James Alesi, one of four Republicans to cross the aisle and vote for the Marriage Equality Act last summer, announced last night that he's not running for re-election. He was for same-... More >>

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  Christine Quinn, Bride To Be This Month, Reacts To Obama's Gay Matrimony Approval

  published May 09, 2012

  Christine Quinn, the Speaker of the City Council, frontrunner for being the Democratic nomination as the next mayor, and bride to be this month, gave her pleasant reaction to Obama's endorsement of s... More >>

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  Barack Obama, "The Leader Of The Free World," Endorses Same-Sex Marriage; New Yorkers Share Reactions With The Voice

  published May 09, 2012

  President Obama has told ABC news that he supports the right for same-sex couples to get legally married. Obama told ABC, in an interview where he appeared relaxed and calm (even if he'd been pushed ... More >>

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  President Obama: Will He Come Out Today For Gay Marriager

  published May 09, 2012

  Update: President Obama has indeed come out of the closet, telling ABC news that he does, in fact, support the right for same-sex couples to get married. Read our report, with reactions from New York... More >>

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  At Last! North Carolina Becomes Final Southern State to Constitutionally Ban Gay Marriage!

  published May 08, 2012

  North Carolina made history today. Not only did voters approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but they made the Southern States of Bigotry set complete, in becoming the last holdout state ... More >>

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  Maurice Sendak Has Gone On To Where The Wild Things Are

  published May 08, 2012

  Brooklyn born writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak has died. He was 83-years-old. Sendak was the author of Bumble-Ardy, In The Night Kitchen, and, of course, Where The Wild Things Are. We just wen... More >>