Transmissions: Existence is crucial
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith One key thing about being a transgender person today is simply being able to exist. Taken to its most extreme, this refers to those who [...]
Creep of the Week: Itawamba County School Board
When I was in high school I did not take my girlfriend to prom. It didn't even seem remotely possible. Instead I took a boy, who turned out to be gay. And my [...]
Parting Glances: W.W.J.Dust?
Times are tough for artists. Times are tough for shrinks. When it comes to saving money, art and psych-me-outs are luxuries, seldom necessities. The bottom [...]
S/he said: Massa, Africa and half-dykes
Compiled by Howard Israel "There hasn't been a lot of research in this area … specifically on cyberbullying and the LGBT youth population. One of the things [...]
The Gay Moralist: Village Atheist
by John Corvino This past week I had a relatively new experience: debating Glenn Stanton, Focus on the Family employee and frequent opponent of mine, before [...]
Creep of the Week: Roy Ashburn
Closet Pro Tip No. 1: If you go to a gay bar and pick up a dude, don't drink and drive. Closet Pro Tip No. 2: Especially if you're an anti-gay state [...]
Parting Glances: Your quincunx or mine?
One of the pleasures of English is the imaginative and poetic use of its collective nouns. Their fanciful pedigree as names for person, places and things goes [...]
Voices From an Urban Bush Sista: Celebrating Herstory
By C. Imani Williams As we enter into wimmen's herstory month I say "congratulations." As sistas in a still very male-dominated, patriarchal society, we [...]
A penny for her thoughts: Caring about LGBT aging
by Penny Gardner It has been a while since my thoughts have been seen on these pages and I have something to say. As a commissioner on the Michigan Commission [...]
Creep of the Week: Cliff Kincaid
Last month when the Conservative Political Action Conference let gay conservative group GOProud cosponsor, they sure raised a shit storm. Ryan Sorba, last [...]
Parting Glances: Sarah's Rose of Cairo
Last Tuesday I chanced to find myself four fast food commercials into "Purple Rose of Cairo," at the magic moment when Mia Farrow (who, by the way, turned 65 [...]
S/he said: Elton, Olympics and Dr. Oz
Compiled by Howard Israel "While persecution remains a reality for most of these gay characters, just as it does in many movies and television shows [...]
