Marriage, child rearing
"As a young boy my room was plastered with photos of bodybuilders. Naked, oiled male bodies. That got my mother so concerned, she asked our family doctor one [...]
Mirror, mirror ...
I popped into a bar and, for the life of me, couldn't tell who was gay. The same thing happened at church, where presumably the guys kneeling (there were a [...]
Babies: not so bad
By John Corvino This is my first column after a month's hiatus. My biggest news during my break was the birth of my niece, Tess, followed a few weeks later by [...]
Civility after Arizona
By Eric Rader As the nation reels from the horrible tragedy in Arizona, it's important to consider what lessons we can draw from this awful episode. Over the [...]
Creep of the Week: Joseph Allen
For many years people have been trying to figure out what makes a person gay. Scientists, psychologists, and theologists alike have been stumped. Of course, [...]
LGBT movement, hate crimes
"In a messy world where rights often collide, we can't avoid arguing about where legitimate dissent ends and intolerable discrimination begins. What we can [...]
Whatever floats your boat
Alfred Kinsey – the sexologist who 62 years ago turned American morals head over heels (position sound familiar?) – said that "sex is an ocean." We've been [...]
Heard on Facebook: Should Michigan have a statewide anti-bullying law for schools?
Yes, it absolutely should! Parents should be the front line, but that isn't happening, nor is it going to change overnight. I have kids in kindergarten to [...]
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I suggested to a school secretary that she might experience the frustration that a child goes through in the process of learning to write if she tried writing [...]
Creep of the Week: Cindy Jacobs
Thanks to Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist thugs, everybody knows that God hates fags. But you know what else God hates? Birds and fish. Because of the [...]
