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What Lies Below: Taking Time to Consider E. Lynn Harris' Literary Legacy

Clarence Haynes | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment


Clarence Haynes

I once missed the point of E. Lynn's work, which provided a safe forum for African-American female readers to think about sex, sexuality and the realities of male desire.

The Anti-Gay Violence to Come

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Wayne Besen

Tiller's death illustrates the danger posed by the violent language used by fanatics, and the aggressive tactics used against abortion providers are seeping into the anti-gay movement.

Polyamory: The Newest Sexual Trend

newsweek.com | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Polyamory--relationships with multiple, mutually consenting partners--has a coming-out party....

Going Gay for Humpday

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Matlack

What Humpday does so well is point out, through great humor, how straight men still have so much trouble really accepting gayness.

Mighty Movie Podcast: The Love That Haunts: Monika Treut on Ghosted

Dan Persons | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

Treut took a pause in her globe-hopping to speak to us about lesbian love stories, Taiwanese ghosts, and the life of the world filmmaker.

HBO GLAAD's Top Network For Showing Gay Characters

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 08.27.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — HBO scored highest among 15 networks for its representation of gay characters last season, according to a report released Monday. In...

Gay, Gay, More Gay: Can't We All Just Get It Straight?

Richard Laermer | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Richard Laermer

A state that recognizes same-sex marriage is entitled to have its "public act, record, and judicial proceeding" (and marriage is arguably all three) respected by all the other states.

The Bruno-Bashers Have Missed The Point

Johann Hari | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment


Johann Hari

Baron Cohen -- one of the great satirists of our time -- is taking a prejudiced position to its logical conclusion, in order to expose its absurdity. It's how satire works.

A City Approves of Lesbians in Love

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


Jennifer Vanasco

And we ARE in love - we are wildly, crazily, insanely in love, though it's been more than nine months since we started dating.

Bush Justice Department Blacklisted LGBT Groups

The Washington Blade | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Applicants for Justice Department internships and honors programs may have been rejected based on their membership in LGBT groups during the Bush admi...

Eddie Sarfaty's Mental -- Funny in the Head -- and Everywhere Else

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 08.13.2009 | Entertainment


Dr. Susan Corso

As our hero describes his first foray into Internet dating, his escapades on Beef4Beef.com dissolved me. An intrepid sexual Livingstone, he exposes the underbelly of cyber-hook-ups.

In Defense of Bruno

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.13.2009 | Entertainment


Emma Ruby-Sachs

Bruno documents the real hatred and craziness gripping many corners of this country. Sacha Baron Cohen pushes people to confront homosexuality, and he exposes violent and shocking intolerance.

High School "Best Couple"

Victoria Cruz | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York


Victoria Cruz

For the past 3 years in Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, I felt comfortable, not only because I am a female that likes the same gender (lesbian,) but my girlfriend Deoine and I were chosen as the "Best Couple" for our senior class.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Lynn Shelton on Humpday

Dan Persons | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

In Humpday, two friends back themselves into a corner when they resolve to make an amateur porn video together, examining the straight male's anxiety over his nascent gay side.

New York City On Parade

Nelson Montana | Posted 08.03.2009 | New York


Nelson Montana

The simple fact of the matter is, parades are an archaic ritual, which are not only annoying, they're costly.

Muslim Mayor's Gay Rights Drive Fights Homophobia In Conservative Amsterdam Suburb

Huffington Post | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


Ahmed Marcouch, the Muslim mayor of Slotervaart, an uncharacteristically conservative suburb of Amsterdam, is fighting back against a long-lived trend...

India Decriminalizes Gay Sex

Indipepal | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


By Mansi Poddar In what many are calling "India's Stonewall", the New Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalized homosexual intercourse between c...

The Importance Of The Gay Cliche

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York


Michelle Haimoff

Gay stereotypes, in this day and age, are relevant enough to be funny but outdated enough to be innocuous.

Gay Pride in New York; 40 Years after Stonewall

Alex Geana | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York


Alex Geana

40 Years after Stonewall, we have many more rights to achieve, the most important being gay marriage, equality, and making sure that every gay person does in fact feel comfortable coming out.

Obama Gives a Good Speech, But Will It Help Lt. Choi?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home


Emma Ruby-Sachs

If the Obama administration can't pass a comprehensive overhaul of health care, then how is it going to repeal laws that a large proportion of Americans don't care about or to which many don't object?

Gay Bar Raid In Texas Protested: Excessive Force Alleged

Associated Press | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


FORT WORTH (AP) -- Protesters upset with the way police conducted a raid on a gay nightclub rallied in downtown Fort Worth. Seven people were arreste...

The Man Goes Through the Mirror

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment


Charles Karel Bouley

He died trying. He kept going. He gathered up his "mess" and always kept it moving forward.

Gay and Lesbian Manners: When Best Friends Have Sex and the Sounds of Silence

Steven Petrow | Posted 11.03.2009 | Style


Steven Petrow

Last week I ended up having sex with my best friend, Richard. At least he used to be my best friend -- we haven't talked since. Did I mess up?

Colbert: The Problem With Exorcisms Of Gay Teens Is That They Put Gay Demons On The Loose (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 07.27.2009 | Comedy


A Connecticut pastor created a stir this week after a video of her performing an exorcism on a gay teen hit YouTube. Pastor Patricia McKinney of Conne...

Code Orange And June Bugs

Rochelle Lefkowitz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics


Rochelle Lefkowitz

It's June, that month more or less identified with weddings -- and Rainbow Pride -- and we seem to have been busily courting a new generation to embrace gay marriage.