( Hear noted researcher Dr. Lisa Diamond speak about the topic of sexual fluidity and her Lambda-nominated book 'Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women’s Love and Desire' at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center this Saturday )

( Attention Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid + Queer-identified Youth (25 and under) Robyn Ochs, Editor of the quarterly newsletter 'Bi Women' invites you to submit pieces for the Spring 2010 issue )

( by Sharon Jayson in USA Today, Estraven in BiNet USA News and Opinions and Rachel Kramer Bussell in The Daily Beast )

It's an interview with Richard Rodriguez (whom some of you may know from his book, The Hunger of Memory)While conservative churches are busy trying to whip up another round of culture wars over same-sex marriage, Rodriguez says the real reason for their panic lies elsewhere: the breakdown of the traditional heterosexual family and the shifting role ( Read more... )

     The LGBTQ community is obviously relevant to all kinds of feminism. Many of you consider yourselves feminists, and many of you, especially the trans community, have all sorts of disagreements with various forms of feminism. So instead of hurling around phrases like "Privilege!" or "Go back into your cave!" when a disagreement arises, I suggest ( Read more... )

From CNN.com:

Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87.

She won it just in time.

Who are you calling a metrosexual? Is it time to return to when 'men were men'? (yes, it's a DailyMail article)( the metrosexual )

Feministe: Gender policing hurts kids. (for more discussion, see this post from last week)

Does gay marriage threaten the Gospel"The California Supreme Court has decided that gay couples should be allowed to wed. The decision went into effect last month (June 2008). Not surprisingly many of my fellow evangelicals are up in arms. Does gay ( Read more... )

Uncle Bobby's WeddingRecently, a library patron challenged (urged a reconsideration of the ownership or placement of) a book called "Uncle Bobby's Wedding." Honestly, I hadn't even heard of it until that complaint. But I did read the book, and responded to the patron, who challenged the item through email and requested that I respond online (not ( Read more... )

There was a brief piece in the New Scientist about this topic but unfortunately it is not available to non-subscribers. I am going to briefly quote a section here. It begins by discussing some famous cases of nineteenth and eighteenth century men who were discovered to be women upon their death. In some cases it appeared the reason was so that ( Read more... )