The Gay Moralist: Gay parents and biological bonds
by John Corvino Those who argue that same-sex parenting "deprives" a child of its mother or father sometimes ask, "How would you feel if your mother or father [...]
Creep of the Week: Tom McClusky
Call me overly sensitive, but I always thought it was an insult to black people when Bill Clinton was called America's "first black president." For one thing, [...]
Parting Glances: Humpty Dumpty's glibido
'Twas brillig on the slithy toves did smog at brunch and talkathon …" This mixmaster of poem "Jabberwocky" and movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More" (at [...]
S/he said: Fight Stigma, Ricky Martin
Compiled by Howard Israel "No human institution is perfect, and it would be foolish to suggest that incidents are always investigated and that abusers who [...]
Voices from an Urban Bush Sistah: A Time for Healing
By C. Imani Williams April offers an end to winter and is a time for fresh starts and new love. April is also Sexual Violence Awareness Month, and once again, [...]
Creep of the Week: Gen. James Conway
It's no secret that there's a horde of gay guys waiting in the wings to join the military the second "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" gets repealed. And we all know [...]
Parting Glances: Ex-Southpaw Journal
For six months now I've been using my right hand only. See the block lettering in this journal. Some parts illegible. My p's look like q's. My i's blend into [...]
S/he said: Catholics, DADT and coming out
compiled by Howard Israel "What's fascinating in the steady onslaught of new incidences of previous cover-ups of child rape and molestation in the Catholic [...]
Viewpoint: A winter you never expect to come
by Dave Ellison My favorite professor in college once remarked that, for many students, education was like "so much grain stored against a winter they never [...]
Creep of the Week: John Sheehan
A quick history lesson: In 1995, during the Bosnian War, thousands of people were murdered in the town of Srebrenica. It was – and still is – horrific. But it [...]
Parting Glances: Sister's L24J "Moonmidata"
I feel remiss to the many PG fans of Sr. Serena Scatterpin, Renegade Sisters of Mary, who've sent worrywart e-mails about her absence from these [...]
S/he said: Azad, David Mixner, Simon Strikeback
compiled by Howard Israel "I didn't want to overwhelm them or make them have to deal with this thing that they didn't ask for. But then I realize that that's [...]
