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Review: Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform

Larry Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Larry Kramer

This is a very important book. It may even be a historic book, one with which gay history can arm itself with more sufficient factual veracity as to start vanquishing at last the devil known as queer studies.

71% Say Newsom Beating Gallagher in Gay Marriage Debate

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Joel B. Schwartzberg

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.

Homo Sex in Colonial America

Larry Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Larry Kramer

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.

WATCH: Speak Out Against The Jim Crow Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lee Stranahan

2009-05-15-jimcrowvid.jpgI'm just personally sick of the stupidity of kicking people out of the military simply because of who they love.

Proposals of "Marriage"

Judith Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Judith Shapiro

Gay marriage will be accepted not just because it reflects basic beliefs about individual rights, but because it is in harmony with the dominant cultural definition of marriage in America.

Same Sex Marriages: What's the Big Deal?

Brendon Ayanbadejo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Brendon Ayanbadejo

How could our society grant more rights to a heterosexual one night stand wedding in Vegas than a gay couple that has been together for 3, 5, 10 years of true love?

CON GAMES: Gay Marriage Wins Again

Michael Conniff | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Michael Conniff

The disintegration of civilization is now officially upon us now that Vermont has legalized gay marriage--the first state legislature to do so. I onc...

Iraq's Newly Open Gays Face Scorn And Murder

New York Times | TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and TAREQ MAHER | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq and the recent improvement in security have allowed a gay subculture to flourish here. The response ha...

Why Is America So Obsessed with Virginity?

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Anastasia Kousakis

As a concept, virginity is more dangerous than not, because it puts us into these virgin or not categories, which doesn't really give us a very nuanced perspective or understanding of sexuality.

A Blessing on Gay Marriage from Iowa

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

The Iowa Supreme Court did the just thing last week when it found laws prohibiting marriage between people of the same gender unconstitutional.

Religious Fundamentalism Spreads... Beyond Islam

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Ali A. Rizvi

It is problematic that characters in these stories -- the Pope, a member of India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, a Knesset leader, a Canadian federal minister -- are influential, mainstream figures.

Prostitutes, the Internet, and Regulation, Part I

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Jane Minogue

Prostitution, whether illegal, tolerated and regulated, institutionalized, or on the Internet, is part the fabric of society.

NAACP National Chairman Julian Bond tells Gay America to Demand a Front Seat on the Bus (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tom Gregory

Bond's response to many of the biblical passages used by Christian conservatives to condemn homosexuality (including those favorite scriptures in Leviticus) is must-see TV.

UN Gay Rights Declaration To Be Signed By US

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday formally endorsed a U.N. statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuali...

Yoga Forbids Homosexuality?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Waylon Lewis

I run a little old media gone new media publication called elephant journal dot com. A week ago, I received one of the best/most interesting/most offensive/laughable/historically valid comments, like, ever.

Compassion and Criticism

Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Sam Greenfield

One day, Ted Haggard may be the first gay evangelical minister. One day those of his faith may come forward and open the closet door and find peace. I wish all this for him.

Some Sympathy for Ted Haggard

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Shermer

To find peace and happiness in life you have to be true to yourself, and herein lies Pastor Ted's conflict: Being true to himself meant being in absolute conflict with his religion, which was also his livelihood.

An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

Questions for Those Who Think I'm Going to Hell

C. Brian Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
C. Brian Smith

You're terrifying lots of people with this Hell shit. So please, at least be more specific. Consult a thesaurus. Then come look sit down with me. Look me in the eye and let me know precisely what I'm in for.

OMG! Rick Warren! BFD!

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
John Wellington Ennis

It is so small, in such a long day of pageantry, on the first day of some long years of the fight ahead. In terms of the fish-frying before us, Rick Warren is a scallop, and Moby Dick is circling us.

'Sodomy Laws' Rooted In British Colonialism

Ipsnews.net | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (IPS) - Although 66 countries signed a statement at the United Nations on Dec. 19 affirming that human rights protections exten...

Sally Quinn: Coming Out of the Closet with LD

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Quinn Bradlee

Being able to "come out of the closet" is the first step. The more who do, the easier it will be for others. Nobody should be ashamed of any disability.

The Rev. Rick Warren Controversy: A "Blessing" in Disguise?"

Gary Cohan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Gary Cohan

I have expressed my outrage at Rick Warren's elevation to the national stage. Yet, if the gay community has the courage to take a deep breath, there's another way of viewing this situation.

Gay and Feeling Hurt by Obama's Warren Choice

Chris Durang | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Durang

I'm trying to be open to the "we must talk to those we don't agree with" idea. Still, this is the first event of his presidency, and gay people's feelings seem so easily sacrificed by Obama.

Not Another Word on Gay Marriage Until They Execute an Adulterer

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Cenk Uygur

The Rick Warrens of the world pretend that the Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman. But the Bible is full of men taking on second wives, prostitutes and concubines. And all the while, God heartily approves.