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Bil Browning

Wonky Paving Stone Edition [What You Need to Know]

Filed by Bil Browning | February 22, 2012 9:30 AM | 0 comments

What do you need to know today? I've rounded it all up into one post for you. Convenient, no? Be careful of the wonky paving stone though...Read More

James Holmes

Fat Tuesday [Open Thread]

Filed by James Holmes | February 21, 2012 12:30 PM | 0 comments

It's the last day of sinning for some of us (not me) before Lent begins tomorrow. Have any great Mardi Gras plans? Cock and boob flashing for shiny plastic? Hurricanes during your lunch break? Let us know. Read More

Bil Browning

Tuesday Edition [What You Need to Know]

Filed by Bil Browning | February 21, 2012 11:30 AM | 2 comments

Yesterday was President's Day but the news didn't take the day off (and I'm pretty sure the President didn't either!). What do you need to know this morning? Here it is.Read More

Karen Ocamb

Is AZ Sheriff Babeu's Story About Outing, Immigration or Mitt Romney?

Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 21, 2012 10:00 AM | 1 comments

The story of Arizona's Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu - an anti-illegal immigration hardliner and a Republican rising star running for Congress - has been firing up news outlets that think they've hit the trifecta.Read More

Sue Kerr

BlogLocal: Infusing LGBT Blogging Into Local "Scene"

Filed by Sue Kerr | February 20, 2012 5:30 PM | 0 comments

I was recently invited to submit my blog to a new resource, Blog Local, which bills itself as the resource "putting local blogging on the map." Read More

Guest Blogger

James Buchanan: America's First Gay President?

Filed by Guest Blogger | February 20, 2012 10:30 AM | 0 comments

Historian James W. Loewen has extensively researched the personal life of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, and he's convinced Buchanan was gay, having shared much of his life with William Rufus King, a senator from Alabama.Read More

E. Winter Tashlin

Are Kids Coming Out Too Early?

Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | February 18, 2012 3:30 PM | 15 comments

Different people have different trajectories for becoming aware of their sexual orientation and their gender identity. Denying the experience of someone like me does not positively contribute to the fabric of our community, even if we may represent a slightly uncomfortable reality.Read More

Father Tony

What They Don't Tell You

Filed by Father Tony | February 17, 2012 11:00 AM | 9 comments

I assumed that physical attraction was like those fuel barrels that boost a rocket through the heat of the atmosphere and then are detached and are cast off to orbit the earth. Like debris. Like memories.Read More

Bil Browning

Constitutional Logic 101

Filed by Bil Browning | February 17, 2012 10:00 AM | 2 comments

David Mixner shared this graphic from his niece on Facebook and the logic behind it is infallible. This should become one of our most regularly used arguments.Read More

James Holmes

A More Positive Side of Vegan

Filed by James Holmes | February 16, 2012 4:00 PM | 4 comments

Earlier today I published a post condemning PETA's newest pro-vegan ad that promotes violence rather than compassion. After seeing the comments coming in, I thought I'd post a few videos that put veganism in the positive light it deserves. Read More

James Holmes

Erotica, Valentine's Day, & the Missouri River

Filed by James Holmes | February 15, 2012 5:00 PM | 0 comments

Last night for Valentine's Day, my partner and I decided to go for a less traditional approach. Rather than going out for dinner and a movie we accepted an invitation to an erotic book reading.Read More

Mark S. King

HIV Criminalization Face-Off: A Poz Man & His Accuser

Filed by Mark S. King | February 15, 2012 1:30 PM | 3 comments

What if you could witness a face-to-face confrontation between a man living with HIV and the sex partner accusing him of not revealing his status? Wouldn't you like to be a fly on that wall?Read More

Karen Ocamb

Log Cabin Republican Pioneer Thomas Hunter Russell Dies

Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 15, 2012 10:00 AM | 2 comments

On Monday, longtime activist Jeanne Barney sent me an email telling me that Thomas Hunter Russell died peacefully at his home last Wednesday, on Feb. 8. He was 71.Read More

Jeff Lutes

Top 10 Reasons To Celebrate Being Single

Filed by Jeff Lutes | February 14, 2012 7:00 PM | 7 comments

Today I am reminded that many people remain single. Let's include our whole community in today's festivities by recognizing the top ten advantages to being single on Valentine's Day.Read More

Kergan Edwards-Stout

ADHD: A Drug Helps Daddy Too

Filed by Kergan Edwards-Stout | February 14, 2012 4:00 PM | 0 comments

As gay people, many of us have been told time and again that we are not good enough - that there is something wrong with us. Being judged by others fed into that messaging. Still, they didn't have to deal with Marcus every day.Read More