The Netherlands: First to Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships. First to Recognize Polygamy.
Can you just hear opponents to gay marriage and civil unions? - "Look, if we let them marry, pretty soon polygamy will be legal too." This is dated September 30th. I'm just seeing it now (I'm not so on top…
People Will Do Anything For…
an iPod (you thought I was going to say sex, didn't you? dirty dirty minds). If a gay man will stick his face in a woman's vulva for an iPod, what would he do for a car? Marry her? Hmmm.…
Macalester College Starts Up a ‘Gender Open’ On-Campus Housing Option
Pushed by GLBT students who wanted more flexible living arrangements, Macalester College, starting this fall, allows older students who live in apartment-style housing to choose suite mates of any sex or gender. When matching roommates, the college still does so…
Did Kevin Bacon’s Gay Scene in ‘Where The Truth Lies’ Get His Today Show Interview Canceled?
Bacon says his interview with the Today Show was canceled when they discovered the NC-17 rating of Where The Truth Lies, a movie he was recently promoting that includes a "gay scene" between Bacon and the British actor Colin Firth.…
Barra Gives Gay Arabs in Lebanon a Outlet to Express Their Feelings
Helem, the first Arab non-governmental organization openly fighting for the rights of homosexuals in Lebanon is now publishing Barra (Arabic for Out), a magazine for gay Arabs. Currently releasing its second issue, Barra incorporates several features and news articles written…
You’ve Got Twenty Two More Days Left, My Lovelies
Call for Submissions Queer: Four Decades After Stonewall Editor: Maria Angeline Deadline: November 1, 2005 (*has been extended) Merge Press is currently seeking original and unpublished novellas and short stories of Queer Culture. This is a long form anthology; recommended…
Visibility: How it Does (or Doesn’t) Affect Daily Life
When I read a piece like this one, from New West Network, I'm reminded of all I don't deal with on a daily basis. I've never, and I mean never, received any type of odd or hostile treatment when alone…
‘Sometimes I Annoy Even Myself With How Complicated My Desires Are.’
Does that speak to you the way it did to me when I read it in this post at Lust Laureate? This is why I run random Google blog searches using the search term "queer femmes." Part of the post:…
Fairy Wings and Studying the Talmud From a Queer Perspective
Svara, which calls itself a “queer yeshiva,†is lead by Rabbi Benay Lappe, a 1997 graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Svara is a rabbinic term that Lappe defined as “an internal ethical impulse informed by Jewish learning.†Lappe —…