At lunch today, I mentioned that my Sunday morning church -- the one I usually think of/refer to as my generic mainline rainbow flag church -- had a Drag Gospel brunch this past Sunday. In explaining their mainline-ness, I mentioned T. asking me (in advance of visiting the church) how they were on kink/poly ( Read more... )

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approves change in ordination standard
‘submission to the lordship of jesus christ’ replaces ‘fidelity and chastity’
Yeah, I have lots of thoughts about that :D

So, I'm reading Susan Wendell's The Rejected Body, and she talks about the social and cognitive authority the medical profession has in our society -- including how the "objective" third-person Authority gets privileged over (and against) subjective lived reality (e.g., regardless of your experience of bodily suffering, we tend to think there's ( Read more... )

(1) This post makes me want to see the movie Jennifer's Body.

(2) A flister recently linked to this this NY Times article on prayer which has one paragraph which, as she put it, "basically plagiarizes inaccurately paraphrases closely adapts an excerpt from this 2008 news article" (and I'm here quoting from the 2008 article):Among the most ( Read more... )

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I didn't know what to expect, exactly.

Alicia [who told me about this] was at The Crossing forum, and the panel that night consisted of: a gay man, a straight man, and a MtF straight woman, so I figure anyone there can't be conservative in a way that would make me uncomfortable ( Read more... )

Community Forum: Sexuality and Relationships, Keeping it Real
When: Thu, February 12, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Where: St. Paul's Cathedral, 138 Tremont St, Boston, MA (mapDescription: Using a format that includes panel discussions and small groups, we'll create space for stories, questions and an honest exploration of how we integrate the gift of our ( Read more... )

[I started this entry during work today, and it took far too long to finish it tonight.  Sleepytime ( Read more... )

I saw Mr. Carver on my way to the library this morning; he asked me if I was looking for a place on my own and I said I wasn't eager to move again anytime soon, that I got along with my roommates, and he interrupted and said he hadn't realized I'd moved in to an apartment.  Oops ( Read more... )

I read Lauren Winner's Real Sex a while back and sadly got no discussion on it.  [Note: I get comments e-mailed to me, so you can always comment on old stuff of mine.  And anything of interest is likely in my Memories.]  The topic of sex-having has come up yet again on the flist, so I'm making a poll.  Clarifications are delineated beneath the poll ( Read more... )