Mighty Movie Podcast: Lynn Shelton on Humpday
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.
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.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.08.2009 | Entertainment
Shelton takes on some of the biggest taboo issues in a way that really makes you think.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.07.2009 | New York
In his final decade, by which time he was a multi-millionaire, without a trace of irony or even a hint that he recognized how ridiculous his denial m...
Chicago Tribune | Oscar Avila | Posted 07.07.2009 | Chicago
[I]n a complicated blending of morality and politics, the pastor's possible appointment has drawn protests from gay activists who object to other rhet...
Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
Stonewall was an expression of power and identity in the face of forced anonymity and oppression. The raid at Fort Worth is a different story altogether.
Huffington Post | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
Queen Elizabeth--who is the head of the Church of England--has irked gay rights advocates this week by sending letters described as 'supportive' to th...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World
Ahmed Marcouch, the Muslim mayor of Slotervaart, an uncharacteristically conservative suburb of Amsterdam, is fighting back against a long-lived trend...
Advocate | Posted 07.01.2009 | New York
Following a gay pride weekend marked by hate-motivated violence, advocates in New York City plan a press conference on Wednesday morning to ...
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living
"Homophobia" may range from mild, private feelings of discontent to raging hatred affecting public policies and social institutions such as marriage. When homophobia is internalized, it can affect the behavior and decision-making of the homophobic person significantly.
Gary Cohan | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics
Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.27.2009 | Style
Poor once beautiful Michael Jackson, It's fairly certan that many of us will never be able to adaquately say goodbye to him. Curating the Maysles ...
Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment
The feud between David Letterman and Governor Sarah Palin has ended for now with an apology from Dave on his show and an acceptance by Ms. Palin in th...
Rashad Robinson | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment
It's frustrating to be confronted with demeaning, stereotypical images that feel like they're aimed not at increasing people's discomfort with homophobia, but rather at decreasing their comfort with gay people.
Jackson Katz | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment
The evidence of our culture's unwillingness to address the reality and ubiquity of men's violence against women is not merely contained in the lyrics on Eminem's new album.
Michael Rowe | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media
One doesn't need a primer of transgender or transsexual history in order to appreciate the awesome brutality of the KRXQ shock-jocks' diatribe.
Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics
How do I get through to members of the black community that seem to think if I sneeze on them they will catch some gay disease?
Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Comedy
The abortion debate, I can understand. Gun control controversy: I get it. But arguing against gay marriage? No, I don't get that one at all.
Pam Spaulding | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
Whites don't want to have the difficult conversation and chance being labeled racist for bringing it up, blacks who oppose equality for LGBTs toss out the race card to avoid the discussion.
Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 05.26.2009 | Media
The California Supreme Court may have just weighed in on gay marriage, but participants in the NOW on PBS gay marriage interactive debate are still having their say.
Howie Klein | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics
A few weeks ago I mentioned how clueless Mormon demagogue and extremist Jason Chaffetz volunteered to lead the crusade against gay families in Washing...
Paul Katz | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment
It's a great spot for Lambert to be in because it brings all the attention to the "problem." I just don't think the "problem" in this case is homophobia.
Larry Kramer | Posted 05.19.2009 | Politics
Gay people are victims of an enormous con job. An awful rip-off. A tragic heist. It is time to call its bluff and grow up. This means recognizing that we have been here since the beginning of the history of people.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.19.2009 | Living
Many activist gays have readily embraced the notion that "Queers" are "today's African Americans," with marriage equality an issue comparable to earlier more bitter struggles for civil rights.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Bil Browning | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
(Crossposted from The Bilerico Project) It kills me that so many of the religious right hate groups have to use obviously twisted logic to support th...
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Dan Persons | Posted 07.09.2009 | Entertainment