Dobson was whining about the Judicial filibuster again yesterday(*) and I’ll be honest with you, it’s beginning to exhaust me. I need something to listen to as I’m CAD’ing away at a condo tower we’re doing in Vegas so I…
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According to the Seattle Times (via World Magazine Blog) There are still Christian schools here on the “left coast” that won’t allow their male wrestlers to face female opponents. Of course neither the Seattle Times nor World Magazine mention how…
Gay Marriage = Social Good
Rick Sincere has a post on his blog today, discussing new research that documents a decline in sexually transmitted diseases with the advent of gay marriage in Europe. Proponents of gay marriage have long argued that the stabilizing effects of…
From Medical News Today, there’s news of a biological basis for “gaydar,” the rumored ability of some gay people to identify one another through poorly understood, non-verbal cues: Gay men preferred odors from gay men and heterosexual women, whereas odors…
Punish Peds — But What About Their Hosts?
NGLTF today demanded that (unnamed) people stop extending sympathy to Spokane, Wash., mayor Jim West (because he’s an antigay conservative?), and insisted that West resign and face up to accusations relating to pedophilia. Tough talk — but kinda half-baked, I…
‘Family’: Remembering Akili Tyson
I pause for a moment to remember my former housemate, Akili Tyson, who died nine years ago today. What follows is a transcript from NPR’s All Things Considered, remembering Akili and acknowledging the family at NPR that cared for him…
In The Exodus Impact (April 2005, not available online), a front-page article by Exodus president Alan Chambers: defends his use of the Exodus presidency to support President Bush recalls his testimony to state and federal “judiciaries” about his journey out…
In the April 2005 issue of Exodus’ monthly Impact newsletter (not available online), exgay author and Exodus speaker Joe Dallas joins president Alan Chambers in pressuring Exodus ministries “to become involved in the battle over gay rights.” Following Chambers’ front-page…
Antigay Mother’s Day
It’s Mother’s Day… a day for phone calls, greeting cards, flowers and chocolates. But what can you do for your mother, when an antigay denomination has convinced her to cut you off? Joe Riddle ponders this from a very personal…
Ex-Gay Watch’s Joe Riddle also has his own blog, Purple America. Over at Purple America, Joe observes that the importance that he assigns to his sexuality has changed as he gets older. He and his friends sometimes “forget” he’s gay,…