Simon Sheppard, Monday, March 22, 2010 - 2:38pm
The last couple of weeks, I've wrapped up watching the fourth season of the HBO series Big Love, a high-end soap opera about Bill Henrickson, a Mormon fundamentalist with three wives. It's a really...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:06am
It's a tried-and-true truism that many of the folks who most loudly condemn the ostensible sins of others are really struggling against something in themselves. Repression leads to oppression. That...
Marty Klein, Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 5:23pm
I’m teaching this week in Buenos Aries, Argentina.
It’s still warm here (it’s their autumn), and the streets of this cosmopolitan metropolis (13,000,000 people) are filled, day and night. The...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, March 8, 2010 - 1:54pm
One does so hate to seem churlish about the internal struggles of others.
And whenever someone even semi-famous comes out, it's Good For The Gays, right?
So sure, American Idol runner-up Clay...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, March 1, 2010 - 12:53pm
And the hunky little naked golden dude with the oh-so-phallic sword goes to….
First Tom Hanks, then Heath Ledger's nomination, Sean Penn's win, and now Colin Firth is nominated for A Single Man....
Simon Sheppard, Monday, February 22, 2010 - 1:53pm
What the fuck is going on with Africa?
There's a tsunami of homphobia deluging the lands south of the Sahara. Zimbabwe's dictatorial headman, Robert Mugabe, has spent the last half-decade in an...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, February 15, 2010 - 1:05pm
Thanks to The Colbert Report, I now know that one of California's best and brightest young rightwing congressmen is fretting over "hermaphrodites" in the military.
I'm not making this up, I...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, February 8, 2010 - 12:17pm
“Feces is dripping out of your fag mouth,” the nice middle-aged lady said to me.
Yes folks, the Fred Phelps freak show had come to town. Members of the gay-bashing, Jew-hating Westboro Baptist...
Marty Klein, Monday, February 1, 2010 - 8:07pm
You’ve heard about the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Overturning the heart of the McCain-Feingold Act, the Court said that corporate donations to...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, February 1, 2010 - 1:53pm
Listen, some of my best friends are married.
And yes, I celebrate their happiness. I think it's a valid lifestyle choice. Honest I do. And sure, same-sex marriage should be legal. Obviously. Way...
Marty Klein, Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 12:09am
The verdict is in: the guy who murdered physician George Tiller will spend the rest of his life in jail, feeling good about what he did.
Yes, the verdict shows that the justice system works,...
Clarisse Thorn, Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 2:12pm
In Africa, many sex educators use what has become known as the ABC strategy to talk about HIV/AIDS prevention. There are three components to the strategy: Abstinence, Be Faithful, and Condoms. In...
Marty Klein, Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 12:47am
A pair of transportation giants revealed last week that as parts of Western society become more comfortable acknowledging sexuality, discomfort and fear of sexuality are still as powerful as...
Clarisse Thorn, Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 2:56pm
In Africa, many sex educators use what has become known as the ABC strategy to talk about HIV/AIDS prevention. There are three components to the strategy: Abstinence, Be Faithful, and Condoms. In...
Marty Klein, Monday, January 18, 2010 - 10:14am
Today was a satisfying day on the Delta.
Rice is the principal form of food for half the world. And we saw its entire life cycle in just a half day.
We started by taking a boat to a small...
Marty Klein, Monday, January 18, 2010 - 10:03am
The Mekong Delta was already hot and humid at 8:00 on a winter morning.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
After driving south from Hue I checked into the Golden Sands Hotel in Hoi An, and...
Clarisse Thorn, Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 1:50pm
In Africa, many sex educators use what has become known as the ABC strategy to talk about HIV/AIDS prevention. There are three components to the strategy: Abstinence, Be Faithful, and Condoms. In...
Marty Klein, Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 10:54am
As planned, I drove south from Hue today. But the day was nothing like I’d planned. It was, in fact, amazing—a perfect example of why even a great book or video about a place can’t match the...
Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 11:49am
Lillith is a queer femme currently living in the Dallas area. Part diva, part academic masochist, her favorite hobbies are hula-hooping, rounding up fresh leather, scalping fundamentalists, and...
