Speak Out: The DADT report makes the case
By Eric Rader The Pentagon has released its long-awaited report on the potential impact of allowing lesbians and gays to serve openly in the military. [...]
Creep of the Week: John McCain
I wish I still had my dog-eared and tattered copy of Conduct Unbecoming so I could send it to John McCain. Not that he'd bother to read it. The U.S. [...]
Parting Glances: We got soup to purrrrrr for
"Freaks of nature, odd crimes, shocking deaths, devastating disasters, bloodcurdling rites, crazy conspiracies & much, much more …" Golly. Gee! Who could [...]
She/He Said: Allies, Well-Being and Propoganda
compiled by Howard Israel "I don't know the hardships of growing up gay, or being a gay adult, but I'm not blind to the acts of homophobia and anti-gay speech [...]
Viewpoint: Pope on Condoms: Half Right Church, Still Wrong Pew
Hello, I'm Michelle and I'm a recovering Catholic. I usually don't out myself as a Catholic unless it's for shock value or an excuse to get out of contentious [...]
Creep of the Week: Peter LaBarbera
Have you ever been at an airport looking around you at all of the harried travelers in flip flops and sweatpants stuffing their faces with dinner plate sized [...]
General Gayety: Transgender steps forward
By Leslie Robinson Recently our community marked another annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a somber day devoted to memorializing those murdered for their [...]
Parting Glances: Get stuffed, Rosie!
As a kid growing up after World War Two, I was fascinated by two women living on the fourth floor of our Peterboro apartment building. Each had short-cropped [...]
She/He Said: Living rooms, setbacks, and handcuffs
compiled by Howard Israel "I think it does a lot of good. I think any time we're getting into people's living rooms showing them complicated, interesting, [...]
Letter: Plymouth-Canton has taken steps to protect students
I recently read the "Michigan 'not listening' to bullied kids" article in the Nov. 10 edition. While I wish to emphasize that I am not denying or belittling [...]