September 23, 2010
Sexual Freedom Day, Laura Flanders, DOMA, DADT & more
Filed by Bil Browning | September 23, 2010 | 6:00 PM |Today has been a really hectic day. I'm still settling into the new routine here in DC and I was honored to speak at the Woodhull Freedom Foundation's Sexual Freedom Day celebration event at the National Press Club this afternoon...Read More
September Is The Cruellest Month
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 23, 2010 | 5:00 PM |SEPTEMBER is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. --The Waste...Read More
Dressed up like a boy
Filed by Kate Clinton | September 23, 2010 | 4:00 PM |A recent New York Times article "When Boys Are Prized, Girls Live the Part" written by Jenny Nordberg, described the Afghani tradition of 'bacha posh' which translates as 'dressed up as a boy.' Since boys are so valued over girls,...Read More
On Fear: The Islam Edition, Or, Do You Know My Friend Wa'el?
Filed by Don Davis | September 23, 2010 | 3:00 PM |We last got together about ten days ago, when I put up a story that hoped to explain to the Islamic world that, Qur'an burning aside, we don't really hate either them, or our own Constitution. I pointed out that,...Read More
Meeting Girlyman: How the Band Uses Social Media
Filed by Leone Kraus | September 23, 2010 | 2:00 PM |Being at the right place at the right time does have its benefits. Over the summer, I was at a work event and had the pleasure of meeting the band Girlyman. One of the writers at Slate wrote a piece...Read More
Recognizing National Gay Men's HIV Awareness Day - Six Things for Gays to Know About HIV/AIDS
Filed by Dan O'Neill | September 23, 2010 | 1:00 PM |Monday, September 27, 2010 marks National Gay Men's HIV Awareness Day, a new addition to the growing list of CDC-sponsored efforts that draw attention to the terrible toll this disease continues to have on high-risk communities. Sadly, I fear this...Read More
When suffering has meaning
Filed by Alex Blaze | September 23, 2010 | 12:00 PM |Two weeks ago I posted on the "boring life" myth in LGBT activism. I've noticed it for years - we say something along the lines of "Our lives are actually really boring. We go to work, mow the lawn, wash...Read More
Let's Get Physical: Lesbian pulp fiction
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | September 23, 2010 | 11:30 AM |Fun cover from the late 50s/early 60s. "Peggy Swenson" was a pseudonym used by science fiction author Richard E Geis when he wrote pulp sex books (he penned over 100 of them!)....Read More
Next Stop: Minnesota
Filed by Father Tony | September 23, 2010 | 10:30 AM |Have you learned the pattern? Things percolate in a particular state where homophobes hatch strategies equal in strength to those in the pro-equality camps. Money flows in from out of state, and sometimes we win and sometimes they win. Meanwhile,...Read More
Cricket: Jimmy Anderson naked
Filed by Bil Browning | September 23, 2010 | 9:30 AM |Suddenly I'm a fan of cricket! Attitude magazine's cover this month features British cricket star Jimmy Anderson and the athlete shows some skin that's well worth viewing. Take a peek at Anderson's naked photos after the jump. They just show...Read More
Redefining Intimacy
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 23, 2010 | 8:30 AM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Sara Beth Brooks recently completed the Leadership, Organizing, and Action: Leading Change program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is pursuing a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and lives in Sacramento, CA. Sara...Read More
Because women's breasts are shameful
Filed by Bil Browning | September 23, 2010 | 7:30 AM |"We do not believe that it can be seriously disputed... that Hoosier society, in general, considers the female breast to be an erogenous zone but does not consider the male breast to be one: public display of the former is...Read More
Google "Montana Hate"
Filed by D Gregory Smith | September 23, 2010 | 7:00 AM |Montana's becoming known as the "GOP Hate State". Voting is now more important than ever. This great little video shows why....Read More
