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Bil Browning is a long-time gay activist and writer. He is the founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Bilerico Project, one of the nation's top LGBT blogs.

Known for his political and social commentary, Bil does consulting work for political communications and new media projects. He is an established conference speaker and regularly appears on television and radio news stations like CNN, FOX or NPR.

Bil has fought for gay rights since coming out in high school in rural Indiana. He followed the Clinton campaign across America with ACT UP in 1992 and has organized many protests and direct actions over the years since. Bil has led grassroots coalitions including the effort to pass an inclusive human rights ordinance in Indianapolis and has served in the leadership of several LGBT organizations.

As half of the original ā€œbilerico,ā€ he is thrilled at the response to his dream of a free space where everyone could interact around LGBTQ issues. Little did he know that fifteen years later a word he and a friend invented would stand for equality, dialogue and community. From his personal homepage to a state-level LGBT politics blog and now into an award winning national powerhouse, Bil has guided bilerico.com through its evolution into The Bilerico Project.

He and his partner live in Indianapolis with their four dogs and two cats. Together they own Bilerico Media LLC, a new media and online activism consulting firm.

He has won the Indiana Stonewall Democrats' Chuck Avery Award, the New York City Anti-Violence Project's Courage Award, the Los Angeles Stonewall Democratic Club's Bob Craig Media Award and numerous animal rights honors.

You can join his fan page on Facebook or follow him on Twitter.

Blog Entries by Bil Browning

Indiana Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Favors Constitutional Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage

(9) Comments | Posted May 13, 2012 | 3:28 AM

Flying in the face of the national trend in favor of same-sex marriage, Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg announced his support of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages and civil unions on the same day President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. Gregg's Republican opponent, far-right...

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Weekly Reader: Lady Gaga, Leviticus, and Calling Obama's Bluff

(0) Comments | Posted February 27, 2011 | 10:36 AM

While my threats to out hypocritical Indiana state legislators who voted for a marriage discrimination amendment has been the talk of the Statehouse this week, I held back publication to support the ongoing union protests. I did throw out a teaser tho

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Are CPAC's White Supremacists OK With Gays?

(24) Comments | Posted February 14, 2011 | 8:51 PM

After catching a video of a white supremacist group exhibiting at CPAC this year, DADT hero Lt. Dan Choi and I knew we had to go ask them a few questions. We talked with Devin Saucier, the Vice President of Youth for Western Civilization, about his group's position...

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Weekly Reader: CPAC, Reagan, & Burning Down a Christian's House

(0) Comments | Posted February 12, 2011 | 12:49 PM

With CPAC starting this week, I knew I had to scoot over and get some of the inanity on camera. Be sure to check out today's video of the ex-gay leader who supports LGBT relationships and the Stonewall riots or yesterday's interview with the leader of a white...

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Weekly Reader: The Navy, Kissing, & the Ex-Gay Jesus-Fix-It Perpetual Emotion Machine

(0) Comments | Posted January 18, 2011 | 7:15 AM

This week on Bilerico Project there was quite a bit of discussion about the role of impassioned rhetoric in the media and by politicians in the aftermath of the Arizona shootings. Of course we also brought you tons of navydrag.jpggreat content like these...

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Weekly Reader: Lesbian Priests, Butch Identity, & Shame As a Tactic

(0) Comments | Posted January 8, 2011 | 10:39 AM

This week brought fantastic news - our campaign to have HIV+ Florida inmate Betsie Gallardo freed came to a successful conclusion when she was released to hospice care on Thursday night. Betsie had been sentenced to five years in jail for spitting at a police officer.

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Weekly Reader: Batman, the BBC, & Allen Ginsberg

(0) Comments | Posted January 1, 2011 | 11:37 AM

Happy New Year! What better time to take a look back at the top ten LGBT news stories of 2010 - or at least to the best posts from the past week? We'll be back tomorrow to start 2011 out right.batmangreenlanter.jpg

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The Christmas Miracle: An Update on Betsie Gallardo

(1) Comments | Posted December 27, 2010 | 10:13 AM

When I put out the call on Thursday for a Christmas miracle for Betsie Gallardo, a young HIV+ Haitian woman dying of gallbladder cancer in a Florida prison for the crime of spitting at a police officer, readers came through in a heartbeat - and we have the beginnings...

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Weekly Reader: A Christmas Miracle, Homeless LGBT Youth, & Homonationalism

(0) Comments | Posted December 24, 2010 | 12:26 PM

Several Bilerico Project contributors were honored this week to watch as President Obama signed the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell into law, but our top story this week was our plea for a Christmas miracle for Betsie Gallardo. The HIV+ Haitian immigrant is dying of cancer in...

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TAKE ACTION: We need a Christmas miracle for Betsie Gallardo

(3) Comments | Posted December 23, 2010 | 12:03 PM

Folks, we need a Christmas miracle and we need it today. Get out your cell because you're about to start crying and then start making phone calls.

Betsie Gallardo was a dying HIV+ Haitian child when missionary Jessica Bussert adopted both Betsie and her sister, Germaine. Betsie grew up in...

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Weekly Reader: Queer Harry Potter, the Golden Globes, & Kevin Spacey's Coming Out

(0) Comments | Posted December 18, 2010 | 10:23 AM

The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell again dominated LGBT news this week - even overshadowing Kevin Spacey's psuedo-coming out as a gay man. What else could you have missed while you were waiting for the end of DADT? Great posts like these:

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Weekly Reader: Oprah, the Male Form, & a White Lie

(0) Comments | Posted December 11, 2010 | 12:52 PM

The Senate's inability to pass legislation repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell was this weeks' hot queer news, but we brought you plenty of other posts on a variety of topics. Which posts were must-reads? Every week I pinocchio1.gifpick two posts from every day...

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Weekly Reader: Lady Gaga, Gay Vultures & Covenant House

(0) Comments | Posted December 3, 2010 | 10:10 PM

The Don't Ask Don't Tell hearings sucked most of Covenant House-logo.gifthe air out of the big gay room this week, but there were plenty of other great content on Bilerico you might have missed. I think these were some of...

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Weekly Reader: The Salvation Army, Bigoted Comments, & the Canadian Government

(5) Comments | Posted November 27, 2010 | 10:57 AM

Today is the anniversary of the assassination of gay activist turned politician Harvey Milk. As I ponder this, I sit and wonder if he could have imagined a day when the nation's highest ranking, openly gay public official would make a video to tell queer kids that it gets...

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Weekly Reader: Battling Nuns, Football, & a Teabagger Friend

(0) Comments | Posted November 20, 2010 | 9:02 AM

While all of today's posts on Bilerico Project have honored the Transgender Day of Remembrance and the many transfolk who have been killed for simply being themselves, we covered quite a bit more during the week. Managing Editor Alex Blaze had the week off and contributor

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Weekly Reader: Death, Your Kids, & Ricardo Montalban

(1) Comments | Posted November 13, 2010 | 8:38 AM

Bilerico Project's madcap chaos took on an extra special spin this week when beloved contributor Andrew Belonsky stepped into the driver's seat and took the site out for a spin. Andrew took readers from weighing anti-abortion politics against gay acceptance to Ricardo Montalban's beefcake photos and threw in...

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What Democrats Can Learn From Indiana's Election Results

(4) Comments | Posted November 4, 2010 | 11:08 AM

The midterm election provides Democrats with plenty of lessons they can learn. Gullible pundits and conservative politicians will be throwing out advice like chickenfeed in hopes that media hens and party leader fowls will come peck in the dust at their feet.

When corporate marketers want to test a new...

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Weekly Reader: PeekabooTranny, the liberal agenda & coming to Jesus

(0) Comments | Posted October 30, 2010 | 10:29 AM

I'm really proud that we helped force Apple to remove the transphobic app "PeekabooTranny" this week in conjunction with GLAAD, but what else could you have missed this week? PrinceofPeace.jpgWe had some major traffic to these posts this week:

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Weekly Reader: Rocky Horror, Halliburton, and Meghan McCain

(0) Comments | Posted October 23, 2010 | 1:31 PM

This was the week that Congressional races took over Bilerico Project. First openly gay Providence, Rhode Island Mayor David Cicilline wrote a guest post about his campaign for Congress, and then Congressmen Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Paul Hodes (D-NH) also posted about their respective commitments to LGBT...

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Weekly Reader: Glee De-Gays Rocky Horror & National Coming Out Day Is Like an Aryan Nations Rally

(1) Comments | Posted October 16, 2010 | 1:17 PM

One of our top stories this week was Glee's de-gaying of Rocky Horror Picture Show in their upcoming episode, but we also reported that the musical's writer, Richard O'Brien, is transgender. riff-raff-rocky-horror.jpgHe played the part of Riff Raff in the movie. What...

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