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Wonky Paving Stone Edition [What You Need to Know]
Filed by Bil Browning | February 22, 2012 9:30 AM | 0 commentsWhat 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
Fat Tuesday [Open Thread]
Filed by James Holmes | February 21, 2012 12:30 PM | 0 commentsIt'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
Tuesday Edition [What You Need to Know]
Filed by Bil Browning | February 21, 2012 11:30 AM | 2 commentsYesterday 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
Is AZ Sheriff Babeu's Story About Outing, Immigration or Mitt Romney?
Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 21, 2012 10:00 AM | 1 commentsThe 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
BlogLocal: Infusing LGBT Blogging Into Local "Scene"
Filed by Sue Kerr | February 20, 2012 5:30 PM | 0 commentsI 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
James Buchanan: America's First Gay President?
Filed by Guest Blogger | February 20, 2012 10:30 AM | 0 commentsHistorian 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
Are Kids Coming Out Too Early?
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | February 18, 2012 3:30 PM | 15 commentsDifferent 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
What They Don't Tell You
Filed by Father Tony | February 17, 2012 11:00 AM | 9 commentsI 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
Constitutional Logic 101
Filed by Bil Browning | February 17, 2012 10:00 AM | 2 commentsDavid 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
A More Positive Side of Vegan
Filed by James Holmes | February 16, 2012 4:00 PM | 4 commentsEarlier 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
Erotica, Valentine's Day, & the Missouri River
Filed by James Holmes | February 15, 2012 5:00 PM | 0 commentsLast 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
HIV Criminalization Face-Off: A Poz Man & His Accuser
Filed by Mark S. King | February 15, 2012 1:30 PM | 3 commentsWhat 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
Log Cabin Republican Pioneer Thomas Hunter Russell Dies
Filed by Karen Ocamb | February 15, 2012 10:00 AM | 2 commentsOn 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
Top 10 Reasons To Celebrate Being Single
Filed by Jeff Lutes | February 14, 2012 7:00 PM | 7 commentsToday 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
ADHD: A Drug Helps Daddy Too
Filed by Kergan Edwards-Stout | February 14, 2012 4:00 PM | 0 commentsAs 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
