Feminist? Writer?
Melody Berger is currently putting We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists together for Seal/Avalon Press; kinda an updated Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation. Here's the Call for Submissions: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS…
Shades Beyond Gray is Gone!?!
If you haven't been over to Shades Beyond Gray recently, this is the message on their home page: Until Further Notice this website will be closed. We are beyond sad and frustrated by this decision forced upon us by the…
Comment Stuff
Several people have now informed me that they are having difficulty commenting. If anyone else is also having problems, please contact me with what post you tried to comment on, when, and what happened. If you're a new reader and…
More On What Those Gay People Watch
I posted about the Gay and Lesbian Consumer Study, which showed the queer love for A&E, here last week. Today's New York Post has more on the top picks of gay viewers. Lesbians, it turns out, watch "Law & Order:…
Girls, Girls and Conservatives
From News By Us: American Girl, known for promoting "wholesome values," and Girls, Inc., a "leftist agenda" driven advocacy group, are partnering up and leaving some conservative groups outraged. Advocacy Statement on Sexuality by Girls Inc.: Girls Incorporated encourages all…
Demanding Trans Rights Be Included in Gay Rights Legislation: How Good of an Idea is It?
Chris Crain discusses “trans-jacking†in a great editorial at WHEN THE House passed hate crimes legislation last month that included “gender identity†as well as “sexual orientation†as protected categories, transgender rights activists were understandably thrilled. It was, after all,…
Synthia Kavanagh is Transferred to a High Security Penitentiary
Synthia Kavanagh, a transsexual woman who won the right to have reassignment surgery while in prison, has been moved to a high security women's penitentiary after a series of violent incidents in which the lives of others were threatened. Synthia…
Do You Drive an SUV?
Queer hater! '4WD (SUV) drivers are homosexual haters' People who drive large four-wheel drive vehicles are more likely to be fat, conservative men who dislike homosexuals, a major survey of driver attitudes in Australia has
I Just Don’t Know What to Say
Butch Lesbian Limerick There once was a butch from Bremen Who didn't like to have sex with men Then her date wore a strap-on Which she sat herself upon And now she is suddenly fem'nin Submitted by anonymous daily dose…
Best Man in Pink
From The Village Voice's Best of New York, 2005: Best Man in Pink - MORTY DIAMOND Pink is the girliest, most feminine of colors, a sure sign of womanhood, right? Not on MORTY DIAMOND, the transman, porn director, and activist…