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The latest manufactured drama from the world of basketball (the previous one was Grant Hill vs Jalen Rose) centers around one of the best players in the NBA, Kobe Bryant. During last night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, TNT cameras caught him calling referee Bennie Adams a faggot after being hit with a technical [...]
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Do you doubt there are similarities between racism and homophobia? Check out this sign, spotted at a recent “One Man, One Woman” rally sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage. The photo comes courtesy of the Bilerico Project. Think about it – people are ready to suggest lynching as an acceptable activity! Even the Tea [...]
Several months ago, I wrote about a BBC poll question asking if gays should be executed. It seems that CNN is determined to show American media can be as homophobic as its British counterpart. On March 6, anchor Kyra Phillips had a discussion on whether homosexuality could be cured. Its guest was noted ex-gay Richard [...]
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Media visibility is an issue I feel strongly about, as the representation of people in popular culture reveals much about society’s feeling towards that group. That is why I was pleased to read about Flipping The Script: Beyond Homophobia in Black Hollywood, a panel sponsored by the Writers Guild of America to discuss homophobia and [...]
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New Hampshire is currently debating HB1590, which would repeal the state’s marriage equality laws. Representative Nancy Elliott, a Republican, saw this as an opportunity to go into a lengthy description of anal sex as a way of explaining why she supports the bill. You’ll have to watch the video to get her statement in its [...]
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A piece of gay history was recently made available online. CBS aired The Homosexuals on March 7, 1967. Hosted by Mike Wallace, it was the first major television special dedicated to homosexuality. Considered a pioneering broadcast at the time (homosexuality was still classified as a mental illness in 1967), viewing it today is a bittersweet [...]
Since the 1990s, gay Republicans have remained loyal to their party in spite of a platform that opposes marriage equality, adoption rights, open military service, employment protections, and most other items of interest for the LGBT community. When asked why they continued to support people who don’t support them, the rationale was that they were [...]
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Last week I wrote about Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who held the first public gay commitment ceremony in Malawi’s history. (Monjeza is on the left, Chimbalanga on the right) At the time, I mentioned how their bravery in stating their love for each other, considering that homosexuality is illegal in Malawi. The BBC reports [...]
One of the many absurdities gay people have to contend with is dealing with people who believe same-sex desires can be modified with a little heterosexual lovin’. A benign form of this is challenging gay people by asking if they’re sure and trying to find out if they have had heterosexual sex, as if sexuality [...]
With this being the holiday season, you would like to believe that people are being a bit more charitable to each other. Unfortunately, there are always reminders that some individuals are not feeling the holiday spirit. On December 19, a friendly snowball fight in Washington, DC was interrupted when an off-duty policeman pulled a gun [...]
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