December 29, 2009
Ex-gay mom flees with child to avoid custody dispute
Filed by Bil Browning | December 29, 2009 7:30 PM |When will the drama with Lisa Miller ever end? At this point I just feel so sorry for her former partner, Janet Jenkins... Jenkins and Miller have been involved in a custody dispute that's spanned two states after Miller went...Read More
The other founding fathers
Filed by Phil Reese | December 29, 2009 6:30 PM |Back in the days when I wrote for the now defunct Queer Magazine, my first cover story was called "Founding Fathers," where I researched the gay founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton, Pierre L'Enfant, and Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben among...Read More
Why get married abroad when you can get married at home?
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 29, 2009 5:00 PM |Colin Farrell's brother Eamon just got married to his partner Stephen. Congrats to the couple. But I can't help but wondering why they did it, and I know that there are more than a few people who read this site...Read More
We All Need 5 Things
Filed by Michele O'Mara | December 29, 2009 4:00 PM |My partner and I argue about spending time with each other. She works nights and sleeps during the day. I am starved for time. How can I make her understand? ~ starved Dear Starved, Opposing schedules can be very...Read More
The forest and the trees of the trans community
Filed by Austen Crowder | December 29, 2009 2:30 PM |The LGBTQ community is riddled with emotional wounds and animus. Our identity and validity is under constant attack, both by political enemies and personal relationships. Our family ties are often strained with the pain of living an open, honest life,...Read More
Third gender in Pakistan
Filed by Alex Blaze | December 29, 2009 1:00 PM |I posted about a month ago about India's decision to allow people to choose "O" for "other" under gender in voter registration forms. Today, I found this story from Reuters on the Pakistani Supreme Court requiring the government to allow...Read More
Fly No More
Filed by Sara Whitman | December 29, 2009 12:00 PM |Perhaps we won't come home. I cannot imagine standing in the airport for hours and hours to have my body searched, bags checked- no books? I mean... no books??? Hello? I have two six hour flights ahead of me and...Read More
Neil Patrick Harris: My new goal
Filed by Bil Browning | December 29, 2009 11:00 AM |I can't say why yet, but I'll be in Los Angeles in late March. Hopefully, dreamboat Neil Patrick Harris will be there too since he doesn't stop by Indianapolis often ever. Even though Neil missed my birthday party and didn't...Read More
Law professors' conference addresses needs of same-sex partners in a "defense of marriage" state
Filed by Nancy Polikoff | December 29, 2009 9:30 AM |Next week, the Association of American Law Schools will hold its annual meeting in New Orleans. This is the annual meeting of law professors from across the country. In acknowledgment of the needs of same-sex and unmarried partners in a...Read More
The Year of Gay
Filed by Ed Team | December 29, 2009 7:00 AM |"One catalyst was the Olympic Games in 2008, a landmark event that many in the LGBT community have interpreted as a "coming out" event. LGBT websites have allowed for communities to build, to advertise events, and to allow contact and...Read More
The crappiest Lady Gaga parody yet
Filed by Bil Browning | December 29, 2009 7:00 AM |Drag queen Sherry Vine's parody of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" is rather shitty. Or something like that....Read More
