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When ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ looks like baked apple pie.

Friday, November 20th, 2009

President Obama has a full plate as we approach Thanksgiving in America.  Part of the plate, a much too small part, is GLBT rights.  Most people recognize by now that allowing gays to openly serve in the military we are…

When being gay is convenient

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

 
Oh, Barbara.  That’s my new favorite line whenever I watch the ladies of The View gab it up over the latest Hot Topics, including one several weeks ago that had Barbara confused over a new phenomenon in America where…

Massachusetts divorce rate remains lowest in the country

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

 

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Bruce Wilson over at Alternet.org presents unsurprising findings that not only has Massachusetts remained the state…

Think you’ve got good gaydar?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

A new study from Tufts University finds that our gaydar is actually pretty good, if we don’t think about it too much.  If the gut reaction is what is internalized, we’ll know if someone is gay or not right off…

U.S. on killings of Iraqi gays: Homosexuality is legal

Monday, August 17th, 2009

 
By now we have all seen the horrific stories of dozens if not over a hundred systematically persecuted gay men in Iraq, especially in the conservative city of Sadr. Unfortunately, this is not surprising. In general, Islam has been…

Cayman Island Paradise, unless you’re gay

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

The Cayman Islands are a tourist hot spot, but not if you are homosexual.  Several British MPs are taking issue with the Islands new draft Constitution that deliberately leaves out protections for sexual orientation.  This follows several incidents beginning in…

Professor Li-Ann Thio agrees to interview then backs out.

Monday, July 27th, 2009

 
“There are many ridiculous and wild misrepresentations.”  Those were the opening words Professor Li-Ann Thio exchanged with me in my attempt to sit down with the once incoming visiting professor to New York University to discuss the uproar that…

Christian Family Group Compares Homosexuality to Nazism

Monday, July 27th, 2009

 
Michael Jones over at Change.org brings us news of an alarming find at the Illinois Family Insitute that argues that homosexuality and the rise of Nazism are very similar.  A staff member at the Family Insitute argues that the…

In Pakistan, transexuals get equal rights, gays get prison time

Monday, July 20th, 2009

In the Western world, transexuals are often subject to even more discrimination than gays and lesbians.  In some legislation even, some have pushed Congress to drop transgender folks from discrimination legislation in order to attract some more support because some…

Gay kiss in front of Mormon church irks police.

Monday, July 13th, 2009

 
Steve W. at Care2 posted earlier today alerting us that a gay couple who had a pass on each other cheek, were cited over the weekend and cuffed for the behavior.  Officially, the church says that it was not…