Columns
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Corrupting Influence
With friends like Jonathan Clayton of London's The Times newspaper, gay Africans hardly need enemies. Clayton declared on May 22, ''Africa's gays are paying the...
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The Right Side of History
The ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' (DADT) statute, which bans gays and lesbians from open service, is the only remaining federal personnel policy which places discrimination...
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Learning Experiences
I am terrified to write about transgender issues. That's not an easy thing for me to admit, given my own self-image as a writer who's...
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Gut Check
Initially, I was going to use this opportunity to recount my July 4 exercise in acquiescence – filling out my juror application for federal court....
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Show, Don't Tell
Tyrese loves roller coasters. He goes to Adventure Park USA from open to close, every weekend. And he does it all alone. Tyrese is gay,...
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Big Lies
As gays and lesbians, we're not unused to hearing lies told about us. For decades, homophobes and anti-gay activists have relied on the big lies...
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Court of Public Opinion
The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan left more questions than answers, since she quite properly refused to prejudge matters that might come...
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Stories of Life
As a transgender woman writing at Feministing.com, I regularly cover trans-related stories. I also critique the almost-always poor coverage from mainstream and even LGBT publications....
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Reality Distortion
Reality can be so confusing. Once again, as we traipse our way through a Supreme Court nomination hearing in the Senate and as Republican presidential...
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Questionable Consumption
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Tampa, Fla., to spend a weekend with my mother and two of my teenaged San Diegan nephews...
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Finding Faith
For a godless homosexual, I'm unusually interested in the religious faith of LGBT people who are believers. This comes, in large part, from my own...
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Perkins's Washington Warning
If you are on the Family Research Council's e-mail list, you may have seen this alarm from Tony Perkins in his June 16 ''Washington Update'':...
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Family Feuding
Last Thursday morning, June 10, the humidity was already thick by 9 a.m. But that's D.C. No surprise there. Still, it was a beautiful morning,...
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The Wedding Singer
Elton John's performance during the celebration of Rush Limbaugh's fourth attempt at successful matrimony has become like the inappropriate and unwanted wedding gift that keeps...
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Feels Like the First Time
I was 19 years old and newly out of the closet -- not entirely by choice -- when I saw my first gay Pride parade....
