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Women, Pants, & Politics

Tove Hermanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Tove Hermanson

In every major instance of feminist upheaval, women's clothing has been examined as both a symbolic and literal reflection of women's inequality in society.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Season 3, Ep. 1

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Season three launches with "Bad Blood," and it is heavy with responsibility. The exceptional writing, credited to Daniel Minahan, makes exposition emerge organically out of compelling situations.

Spanish Clinic Probed For Offering To 'Cure' Gays

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The government in Spain's Catalonia region said Tuesday it was investigating a clinic in Barcelona that is allegedly offering treatments to "cure" hom...

Vatican Distances Itself From Cardinal's Claim Of Link Between Homosexuality And Pedophilia

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Wednesday tried to defuse growing anger over remarks by the pope's top aide that the problem behind the pedophile ...

Mark Simpson and Caroline Hagood on Wo-Metrosexuality and the City

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Caroline Hagood

The most oft-repeated clichƩ about Sex and the City is that "They're not really women. They're gay men." Of course, this is palpably untrue.

Albert Snyder, Marine Father, Wages Court Battle Against Funeral Protests

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

YORK, Pa. — Some nights Albert Snyder wakes up at 3 a.m. Other nights he doesn't sleep at all, tormented by thoughts of the hateful signs carrie...

Easy Reader: James Lord's My Queer War on Gays in the WWII Military

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
David Finkle

James Lord's memoir, My Queer War, recounts his experiences in the World War II years following his 1942 enlistment as a naĆÆve 19-year-old homosexual.

Christian Fundamentalism, Anti-Gay Bigotry, and Conservative Fratricide

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Michael J.W. Stickings

According to Coral Ridge Ministries Senior Writer Robert Knight, if you are not a bigot, then you're a "moral relativist -- this even includes conservative voices like George Will and Charles Krauthammer.

Janet Porter: Homosexuals and 'Baby-Killers' Are On The Same Side As The 'Enemies Of God'

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Alvin McEwen

How could Porter be a "respectable" religious right figure if she didn't attack the LGBT community in her diatribe?

CNN: 'Homosexuality, Is It A Problem In Need Of A Cure?' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

In the context of a California Assemblywoman trying to repeal a 1950s law that obligated doctors to examine "the causes and cures of homosexuality," C...

Phony Medical Group Attempting to Peddle Anti-Gay Propaganda to Schools

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Alvin McEwen

What Facts About Youth does is push almost every anti-gay talking point and distortion repeated by various religious right groups over the past 30 years under the guise of unbiased research.

"Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin" And Other Modern-Day Heresies

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.

I believe those Christians who "hate" LGBT sexualities and gender expressions while allegedly "loving" LGBT people are nothing more than modern-day gnostics, who were condemned as heretical by early Church theologians.

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...

Episcopal Head Lashes Out At Anglican 'Colonial' Uniformity, Discipline

Religion News Service | Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has forcefully defended her church's embrace of g...

Funeral Protests Should Not Be Protected Free Speech: 48 States File Brief In Supreme Court Case

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia have submitted a brief to the Supreme Court in support of a father who sued anti-ga...

BREAKING: Rep. Boehner to Resign Amid Allegations

D. Brad Wright | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
D. Brad Wright

Wright on Health has heard from sources that do not wish to be disclosed that House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) plans to resign after allegati...

A Timeline of Men's Feminine Fashions

Tove Hermanson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Tove Hermanson

Male attire was designed to emphasize the soft, curvy lines of the male physique rather than sharp angles at this time -- ironically, women wore corsets that virtually flattened their busts.

TBN Harassment Lawsuit Settlemed: Christian TV Network, Gay Former Employee Reach Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A gay former engineer at the Christian broadcast giant Trinity Broadcasting Network has settled a civil lawsuit that alleged...

Not Turkish? Inconceivable!

Elcin Poyrazlar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Elcin Poyrazlar

Under Turkey's new regulation, it's forbidden to use sperm banks abroad and women trying to have babies through non-Turkish donors could be charged with up to three years in prison.

Father Of Dead Marine Ordered To Pay Legal Fees Of Westobro Baptist Church Protesters

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Newsmax reports that Bill O'Reilly will pick up the tab for the legal fees, calling the situation an outrage: That is an outrage," he said. "I will...

Italy Debates If Calling Someone Gay Is An Insult

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

By Stephan Faris ROME, Italy -- Is it an insult to call somebody gay? That is the question Italians are pondering as they await a pivotal court d...

Malawi sets grave example with conviction of gay couple

Navi Pillay | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Navi Pillay

In January this year, I wrote about an outrageous draft bill before the Ugandan Parliament that would have sanctioned blatant discrimination against g...

Gay Rabbi Seeks Recognition

Yermi Brenner | Posted 04.08.2012 | World
Yermi Brenner

2010-05-21-HOD.jpg The first time I met Rabbi Ron he was lecturing at a tolerance festival about his life as an orthodox rabbi who is also gay. He is battling against homophobia, and doing so bravely.

Is Kagan's Sexuality Fair Game?

Christopher Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Christopher Ryan

It's high time an openly gay person could be nominated to the Supreme Court without his or her sexual orientation being of any more import than religion or ethnicity.

Swingers On Trial In China: State Says 21 Broke Law With 'Partner Swapping'

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BEIJING — A college professor accused of organizing a swingers club and holding private orgies in China was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison, ...