"Foe of Gay Marriage in New York Says It's Nothing Personal" ran the headline in a New York Times piece on November 9 about New York State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr.

Nothing personal? Really?

I suppose if you believe in talking snakes, it's not such a stretch. As...

It's certainly a funny day to be a gay Iowan. When you leave the Midwest, you'd better be prepared to renounce your allegiance to your home state, especially when you become a New Yorker, as I did about four years ago.

City folk like to imagine Iowans all live on...

It's not hard to see why using "human shields" is a nasty, offensive, evil tactic. Whether the "shields" are volunteer martyrs or hostages, one thing is clear: the whole thing distorts the numbers.

Of those 1,300 some Palestinians who died in Israel's January siege, who's to say after all how...

Maybe I'm a sucker for a revolution... or maybe just for the accessories of one.

Shortly before Christmas, I attended a gay-marriage equality rally here in Midtown New York, "Light Up the Night," hosted by Join the Impact NYC and spearheaded by a group of infectiously passionate college...

If you see one film this year, see Gus Van Sant's Milk -- if not for Sean Penn's and James Franco's phenomenal performances or Danny Elfman's score or a beyond-engaging history lesson, then see it to be inspired as you haven't been in years.

Something is stirring in the...

Dear Latter-Day Saints,

I couldn't help but be impressed by your swift mobilization in support of Prop. 8, and even more so, your unstoppable stand in sanctifying marriage. Indeed, your Church has become a shining example for the kind of moral stance this country must adopt in ushering in a...

If the passing of Prop 8 taught us any lesson, it was that we gays have been far too generous. We have been bandying about accusations. We have been wagging fingers at the Mormons, at the blacks and Latino evangelicals, at anyone and everyone we can pin blame on.

It probably goes without saying that John McCain and Barack Obama's tributes to "Joe the plumber" in tonight's debate were transparently treacly, even manipulative. When a commentator on CNN remarked that the Joe comments had an "insider" tenor, however, this struck me in more ways than the most obvious: that...