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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 Aiken, having seen the light at the end of the...
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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. Apparently the Oscar folks simply love straight...
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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 antigay snit, calling queers "lower than pigs and...
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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 promise. Representative Duncan D. Hunter told NPR...
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“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 Church—you know, the delightful folks who picket...
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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 obviously.
But marriage is not, sorry, the...
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The Diary of Jim Queen #39: Sunday, January 31, 2010
CarnalNation is sorry to report that Aaron Frey is moving on to pursue other artistic projects
and that this will be his last installment of The Diary of Jim Queen. It's been...
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One of homophobia's biggest and most tenacious myths is the idea that gay men are child molesters by their very nature. It's one of the first things that most people are taught to associate with homosexuality, and like some undead aristocrat...
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First they make us put on clothes, then they take theirs off!”
I’m talking story with one local guy and I’ve never heard a better summation of the first and most enduring insult inflicted on the Hawaiian people. From the dour...
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The Diary of Jim Queen #38: January 24, 2010
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The Diary of Jim Queen #37: January 17, 2010
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The Diary of Jim Queen #36: January 10, 2010
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It's one thing to know that you live in a place where homosexuality is locked up, locked down, punished by draconian laws and vigilante "justice". It's another to, well, know. When I first moved to southern Africa this year to do...
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The Diary of Jim Queen #35: January 3, 2010
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The Diary of Jim Queen #34: December 27, 2009