Author of ‘The Lavender Scare’ Responds to Military Surveillance of Gay Student Groups
I previously posted about military surveillance of “don’t ask, don’t tell†college protests here after reading a post by Denise at Life, Law, Gender. Yesterday, AScribe, a public interest newswire, featured an article titled "Military Surveillance of Gay Student Groups…
What’s Better Than Marriage?
Living Apart Together. From The Australian: A SOCIAL revolution is under way with the emergence of a new form of committed relationship in which couples do everything together while maintaining separate housesholds. Known as Living Apart Together, or LAT, a…
U.S. Military Spying on College ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Protests
From 's " military appears to be spying on 'don't ask, don't tell' protests": A secret Pentagon document shows that the military has been spying on what they call "suspicious" civilian meetings—including protests over "don't ask, don't tell" held at…
Don’t Hit that Delete Key So Quickly
Los Angeles launched this week and became the second city (San Francisco being the first) to provide a way for people to tell sexual partners that they may have an STD via email (the card below is one of six…
Christian Vanneste to be Sentenced for Homophobic Speech
Christian Vanneste, who, in one of a series of anti-gay speeches he made in Parliament, called gays a "threat to humanity," is the first person to be prosecuted under France's law against homophobic speech. More: His speeches, in the lower…
Crack Whore. Lesbian. Same Thing.
When you're Bill O'Reilly, that is: On the December 8 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly offered a Factor jacket to radio "shock jock" Howard Stern. After Stern said, "I won't wear it, but I will…
Lampeter-Strasburg High School Stops School Paper Distrbution Because of Gay Ad
From : Administrators at Lampeter-Strasburg High School stopped the distribution of a school newspaper containing an advertisement by a gay and lesbian support group, then distributed it two weeks later without the ad. Faculty adviser Adam Zurn wrote in an…
Boston College Welcomes and Accepts Gay Students. Kinda. Sorta.
I previously posted about the cancellation of “AIDS Benefit Gala, A Celebration of Diversity,†a AIDS fundraiser sponsored by a Boston College student LGBT group, here. Boston College officials are now discussing the possibility of a January dance (you know,…
Dykes on Bikes Can Call Themselves ‘Dykes on Bikes’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lesbian motorcycle enthusiasts in San Francisco have won their fight to trademark the name "Dykes on Bikes," a lawyer for their group said on Thursday. The Patent and Trademark Office had denied applications by the San…
British Columbia Court: Trans Woman Cannot Become a Rape Counselor
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has sided with Vancouver Rape Relief and their decision to remove Kimberly Nixon, a trans woman, from a training session for volunteer counselors when they learned that she was born male. While I see…