Coming Together After Katrina
In this weeks Time Magazine you'll find "Guess Who's ," which highlights the story of a conservative straight couple who reached out to gay family in need. When Forrest King was told by the American Red Cross and FEMA that…
Back in the Spotlight
Call for Submissions Queer: Four Decades After Stonewall Editor: Maria Angeline (that would be me) Deadline: November 1, 2005 (*has been extended) Merge Press is currently seeking original and unpublished novellas and short stories of Queer Culture.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…
Blithe House Quarterly: Fall 2005
In my inbox this morning: Blithe House Quarterly invites you to browse its Fall 2005 edition (Volume 9, Number 4) featuring new short stories by Pat Alderete, Charlie Anders, Felicia Luna Lemus, Brian Leung, Bronwyn Mauldin, Danton Remoto, Claudia Rodriguez,…
‘Vulgar’ Gay Posters in Italy
Photographer Oliviero Toscani's recent advertisements, which feature "two men kissing and groping on a sofa," are creating quite the stir in Italy. 'These posters are vulgar and a bad example for our children,' said a spokesman for the parents association…
The ‘Baghdad Blogger’ and Shariah Law
Yesterday's Washington Times featured a piece, titled "'Baghdad Blogger' says lives of homosexuals worse now," about Salam Pax's (the Internet name of the "Baghdad Blogger") concerns over the decision to adopt Islamic Shariah law in the draft Iraqi constitution. WASHINGTON…
New Addition to the Blogroll
Check out Spinsterhood is Powerful. It's fab.
Femmes Have Bananas Too
Again with the magnets. What type of message does this magnet send (besides the obvious me butch - you femme - me insert my banana into your donut one)? I'll tell you what type of message: Butches are the healthier…
Anonymous People are So Opinionated
Props to Beth of Ask Beth, a Boston Globe column, for her response to the below letter from a reader. Dear Beth: Your advice to a struggling 12-year-old boy was a dangerous ''mixed message." You missed the first red flag:…
Kenny Chesney?
Renee Zellweger wants her marriage to Kenny Chesney annulled and has listed "fraud" as the reason in the court papers. A rumor that Kenny's one of us and was spotted at a gay bar being overly friendly with another man…