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Friday, February 5, 2010 - 11:46am By Asher BauerNina is the most punk rock person I know, but I didn’t think so when I first met her. I thought she was musically and culturally naïve, with her Hot Topic skinny jeans and devotion to Green Day. She gravitated towards me in my heavy leather jacket...
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Monday, November 23, 2009 - 1:08pm By Tim McElreavyHow do you make women's college sports more attractive to both potential players and fans? Well, if you're Florida State University, you get the team all gussied up in evening gowns and make-up. FSU, with the assistance of Ron Sachs Communications,...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 2:19pm By Tim McElreavyA high school senior in Wesson, Mississippi, has been banned from her high school yearbook because she wore a tuxedo in her photo. Ceara Sturgis was told by school officials that her attire in her yearbook photo was inappropriate for her gender....
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 11:13am By John PettittMostly when you read stories about internet-filtering software on sex-positive and free-speech web sites, they are about errors in the filters, the evils of censorship, and the lack of sensitivity on the part of corporations. This story...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 10:11am By Tim McElreavyU.S. Army Private Bethany Smith fled to Canada after her fellow soldiers discovered that she was a lesbian. Pte. Smith was seen by other soldiers holding hands with another woman at a mall near the base in Fort Campbell, KY. After that, according to...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 1:26pm By Tim McElreavyThe Irish gay marriage lobbying group MarriageEquality has released a new ad that is taking the Internet by storm. Entitled "Sinead's Hand," the ad is simple, direct, and succinct. It may be one of the best arguments yet for gay marriage...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 12:27pm By Tim McElreavyWhen you log into Facebook, do the advertisements that appear on your wall seem a little too... well... targeted? It should come as no surprise that Internet advertisers use the information that you post on your profile in order to sell you things....
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 4:10pm By Liz FarsaciAmsterdam is often referred to as the gay capital of Europe and, throughout history, the city, as well as the country as a whole, has proved to be at the forefront of gay rights and culture. Homosexuality was decriminalized here in 1811 and as you...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:12am By Chris HallThe Australian Herald-Sun reports that Pinkalicious, a company which organizes dance parties for lesbians and bisexual women, has won a court case which allows them to exclude men from their events. According to organizer Samantha Stevens, a women-...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 11:38am By Tim McElreavyMassachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 federal law that limits marriage to the union of...
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Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 10:15am By John PettittThe armed forces of the world have come up with some odd games over time, some more politically correct than others.. The latest, incorrect, game comes from the Australian navy ship HMAS Success where sailors ran a complex game to see who could...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 4:22pm By Tim McElreavyThe series finale of the much-loved Showtime production The L Word, about a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people living in West Hollywood, aired on March 8, 2009. Rumors have been circulating for years about the possibility of this...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 3:21pm By Tim McElreavyThe University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, announced today that it has received an anonymous gift of $1.7 million (U.S. $1.5 million) to create Canada's largest endowment for the study of human sexuality. The gift was made in the...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 1:05pm By Tim McElreavyOn March 5, 2009, the California Supreme Court heard arguments for and against Prop 8, the ballot measure that restricted the definition of marriage to heterosexual couples and eliminated the right to same-sex marriage. The court's ruling is due any...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 9:01am By Tim McElreavyThe Concord Monitor reports that a University of New Hampshire Survey Center Poll has revealed that the majority of New Hampshire residents support legalizing same-sex marriage in their state. The poll surveyed 491 voters on the issue and found that...
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