Category: gay issues
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The GOP war on science, Exodus edition
Via Politico: Under the new plank, the Texas GOP recognizes “the legitimacy and efficacy of counseling, which offers reparative therapy and treatment for those patients seeking healing and wholeness from their homosexual lifestyle.” The American Psychological Association and other major health organizations have condemned such counseling, which generally try to change a person’s sexual orientation…
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#MostPatheticHashtagCrusadeEver
Meet Tye Marini. He wants to have a pretend same-sex fiancee. But in a cruel twist of social injustice, Nintendo’s new life simulator game, Tomodachi Life, doesn’t recognize gay unions. So, like any hero would, Marini is staging a hashtag protest, #Miiquality. “I want to be able to marry my real-life fiancé’s Mii [the digital avatar used in…
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Self-promoting activist Dustin Lance Black is no Harvey Milk
My more successful nemesis, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Milk” — a phrase likely incorporated in his voicemail greeting — is fond of depicting himself as the lone voice in the wilderness, fighting for justice while others stand on the sidelines. The sun was warm and the reception from the town even warmer. I hadn’t run…
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If Clintons get a pass, why not Mozilla CEO?
Excellent post by Andrew Sullivan on the inconsistency of the Petty Queer Establishment , which remains among the most ardent Clinton supporters. If it is unconscionable to support a company whose CEO once donated to the cause against marriage equality, why is it not unconscionable to support a candidate who opposed marriage equality as recently…
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Gay MSNBC anchor something of a buffoon
Courage is contagious. I have felt that way since coming out publicly in 2006. I’ve never regretted it. This November, I will co-host Miss Universe in Moscow partly because it is a huge, visible opportunity for LGBT people. Everywhere. Thomas Roberts, like any true journalist would, says he fought hard for the chance to co-host…
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One celebrity’s compliment is another man’s insult
Jake Gyllenhall, discussing his role in “Brokeback Mountain” with “Inside the Actors Studio” host Mary Hart James Lipton, said he took the gay rumors as a “huge compliment.” How so? You’re born gay, you don’t choose it. Why praise something one has no control over? I’m not picking on Gyllenhall (his mom was one of my…
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