One More Smell Study
This one is way more interesting than the former, in my opinion. Homosexual people apparently have a nose for each other. Philadelphia scientists collected samples of underarm sweat from 24 donors of "varied gender and sexual orientation" and then asked…
Just Keep it to Yourself
I really don't see how telling people you're gay is a form of recruitment (or how outing yourself holds any "secret purpose" at all), but this keeps coming up. In Out of the Closet, In the Classroom Jennifer Ives tells…
Our Agenda
Jen (who got this from Sue who got this from Chari. heh.) forwarded this to me. It's from We can all make this agenda our own by personalizing it. I've made some changes in italics so that it better suits…
Frappucinos on My Mind
I'm way excited about the new addition to the Frappucino family; Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino. If you go try one, tell someone at Starbucks they should pay me for advertising. we're on the topic of coffee, I came across Is…
Friendly Belgians
To some extent. People are just so iffy these days. BRUSSELS – The average Belgian is generally tolerant towards gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, it was reported on Wednesday. However, a survey in Flemish daily De Morgen revealed that 19…
HRC Responds to The Smell Study
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese released the below statement in response to this study. “How we treat people should be based on principles of basic fairness, not scientific evidence. However, studies like this help people understand each other and…
Boston College Gets More Welcoming, But Not Really
Boston College is about to change their statement of non-discrimination to make it more wolcoming to gays, but they will not be prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Where's Kerry from again? (looks like I'm not the only…
Sex or Gender
I'm really becoming a big fan of Global Politician. Sex and Gender is just one of many great pieces I've read there lately. In nature, male and female are distinct. She-elephants are gregarious, he-elephants solitary. Male zebra finches are loquacious…
The Gay Male Brain
A new Swedish study shows that when sniffing a chemical from testosterone, straight women and gay men share a similar brain reaction. WASHINGTON - The brains of homosexual men respond more like those of women when reacting to a chemical…
More on Gays, Ex-Gays and Ex-Ex-Gays
This post has been getting a lot of attention in the last two days. Ex-Gay Watch referred to it here yesterday, and Scattered Words posted the following today: This blog brings up an interesting point, one I've spoken out against…