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WATCH: Straight People Struggle To Answer Question That Gay People Are Asked Constantly

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.10.2013 | Gay Voices

The "man-on-street" interview is rarely an insightful exercise in news gathering, but sometimes it can be a revealing window into American culture -- ...

When Did You First Realize You Weren't Straight?

Allison Hope | Posted 01.27.2013 | Gay Voices
Allison Hope

I admit that I was totally clueless until I got hit with the gay stick at age 15. I knew I was different. I knew I didn't want to wear dresses or get married, but I didn't get the memo that the way I liked boys wasn't the way that other girls my age felt.

WATCH: Confessions Of A 'Heterophobe'

Posted 10.03.2012 | Gay Voices

A hilarious new video aims to turn the tables on the societal wealth of anti-gay sentiment by presenting "heterophobia." Produced by members of t...

The Paradox of Gay Genes

Simon LeVay | Posted 12.01.2012 | Science
Simon LeVay

One of the commonest questions I get is this: If being gay is genetic, and gay sex doesn't produce children, why don't those genes die out?

Stop The Heterosexual Agenda!

Domenick Scudera | Posted 11.04.2012 | Comedy
Domenick Scudera

I would like to offer a deal to the GOP. Just stay quiet about your heterosexuality and live your lives, and we will keep mum about our little "gay issues." All you have to do is deny your spouses, your families, and your friends, plus ignore your interests, passions, and entertainments.

How Reliable Is 'Gaydar?' New Study Yields Surprises

Posted 05.17.2012 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/16/2012 02:19 PM EDT on LiveScience People can judge with surprising accuracy whether...

The Surprisingly Short History Of Heterosexuality

Hanne Blank | Posted 04.18.2012 | Books
Hanne Blank

Since I began to tell people that I was working on the project that ultimately became my new book, Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality, I've been getting two major, fascinating reactions to it. One is straightforward disbelief.

10 Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality

Hanne Blank | Posted 04.12.2012 | Gay Voices
Hanne Blank

Not only does the history of heterosexuality offer up surprises that make you rethink what "heterosexual" is and means, it also makes you realize how little we really know about this thing about which most of us assume we already know everything we need to.

Could The Symmetry Of Your Face Reveal Your Sexuality?

Posted 01.23.2012 | Gay Voices

For better or for worse, a person's sexuality is not usually something that can be determined simply by looking at them. But that doesn't mean that pe...

For The Love Of God: LGBTQ Allies In Faith

Nancy Cronk | Posted 12.24.2011 | Religion
Nancy Cronk

Being a compassionate human being is not the same as endorsing, condoning, or encouraging one sexual orientation over another. It is about compassion and justice.

I'm With Stupid: Pride (In the Name of Heterosexual Love)

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.05.2011 | Comedy
Todd Hartley

I'm fully aware that more than a few people out there will heartily disagree with the following statement, but it's something I've felt for a while no...

Could Same-Sex Marriage Benefit Traditional Marriage?

Gabe Lyons | Posted 02.07.2012 | Religion
Gabe Lyons

Is it conceivable that as the focus of many Christians narrowed to the political debates surrounding "marriage," that our attention was diverted from assessing the health of our own marriages?

Tracy Morgan's Homophobic Rant Was About Black Manhood

Irene Monroe | Posted 09.04.2011 | Entertainment
Irene Monroe

Morgan's homophobic rant is not about LGBTQ people, but rather it's about the tightly constructed hyper-masculinity of black manhood.

Schwarzenegger, DSK and Heterosexual Privilege

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 07.31.2011 | Media
Abby L. Ferber

No matter how many stories we hear about heterosexual men committing adultery and destroying their marriages, why is it that we continue to hear that it is LGBT people that are the greatest threat to the institution of marriage?

Gay Judge Who Struck Down Prop 8 Never Thought About Recusing Himself

Reuters | Dan Levine | Posted 06.06.2011 | Los Angeles

April 6, 2011 11:33:59 PM By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. judge who struck down California's gay marriage ban never conside...

Oprah Is Not Gay, Folks!

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Irene Monroe

Oprah is known everywhere around the world, and has touched nearly everyone. Her media stardom and public ministry make her omnipresent as well as om...

Pill That Shapes Fetus Genitalia Cuts Chances Of Homosexuality In Girls

LA Times | Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

A prenatal pill for congenital adrenal hyperplasia to prevent ambiguous genitalia may reduce the chance that a female with the disorder will be gay. C...

The Sometimes Sordid History of the American Quest for Bliss in Marriage

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Bella DePaulo

Instead of simply teaching people to have 'healthy' marriages, marriage counseling taught Americans to define marriage itself as a healthy state of being.

California Considers Repeal Of 1950's Law To Study Causes And Cures For Gays, Sexual Deviancy

AP | By CATHY BUSSEWITZ | Posted 05.04.2012 | Los Angeles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California lawmakers narrowly advanced a bill Tuesday that would repeal a state law designed to find the causes and cures of hom...

Bruno and Bromances: Modern Masculinity Goes to the Movies

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Caroline Hagood

There seems to be two opposing forces powering films of late: an desire to pay tribute to the unique relationship that exists between men and a fear that this relationship may contain homosexual undertones.

Yes, Virginia, There Will Be a Clause

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mark Olmsted

If this advice is followed, it will be possible to fire someone in a Virginia public college or university on the basis of his or her homosexuality. No other justification need be given.

Richard Cohen: Gay-To-Straight 'Therapist' Spars With Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Richard Cohen claims he has helped thousands of people come out of ... homosexuality. His work has drawn the ire of the LGBT community, and has als...

Why Straight Women Dig Women

New York Times | Andy Newman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Today's New York Times Thursday Styles section has a very intriguing piece on a recent study conducted by a Dr. Meredith Chivers at the Center for Add...