Barney Frank provides invaluable lobbying advice to the lgbt community and other Tuesday midday news briefs

Gays' right to live and learn in peace: Not a 'but on the other hand...' back-and-forth! - The Day of Silence for 2010 is almost here, which means the religious right will push their phony 'Day of Truth' event.

Barney Frank: lobby like the NRA; President's already nixed 2010 DADT repeal - Barney Frank is correct. We are big on venting via blogs and online but are very uncoordinated when it comes to lobbying. It takes discipline to become a viable political force and we can do this. But we have to start somewhere.

Pope's No. 2: Pedophilia linked to homosexuality - Well this sucks. Let me guess. God told him.

Science Needs To Get Off The Sidelines - This is personal for me. I've found so many instances in which credible researchers and physicians have complained about how the religious right distort their work. But the complaints and the needed blowback from these complaints are uncoordinated. We need more coordination with this as well as provide a list of all of the offenses. I've tried to do so and am still compiling the list.