My relationship with my dad is rough, in the way in which we get along spectacularly well. We just sort of go all emotionally unavailable at one another, and once the possibility that we might be Talking About Feelings is off the table, we're good to go ( Read more... )

Okay, first you have to go read Queer Quest: Constantine straightwashing and fan fundamentalism, because that is my lovely wife doing what she does best, and because I'm not going to bother rehashing everything she says there ( Read more... )

This letter was sent to the Germantown Mennonite Church by a disgruntled visitor. I found it in the archives yesterday and I had to reproduce it. I typed it up and sent it to their current pastor, who probably had no idea it was tucked away in there between the finance reports and mission statements.

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Let's gather up some dates and make some timelines, shall we?

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A while back, I got a great comment on my 'Bless Your Heart' author's notes that went like this:
I liked the story. The issue you raised of lesbian performance and the male gaze, got me wondering about this whole genre of BL with its principally female audience (understand that I quite enjoy said genre and am not trying to criticize it). I feel ( Read more... )

I've been thinking for a while about how I've had sort of a three-step journey when it comes to processing cutting-edge progressive media. Let me see if I can talk this through with an example.

There's an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine called Rejoined, and in that episode a lady kisses another lady. Or, well: a lady who was a lady in a ( Read more... )

The question, out of tumblr, goes:Hi, this is a random question, but a friend and I had conversation about your story Heterogenesis. It provoked some really interesting conversation about ethics of the fake study as well as just changing something that is an inherent part of you. I wonder if you would be willing to, could you talk about your ( Read more... )

I lived in Massachusetts for a while during college, then a year or so after I moved away, it allowed gay marriage. Then I lived in New Jersey for a while, and just as I left, the state instituted civil unions. Though I did not live in New York, I worked there for a time, and now tonight we have marriage equality in New York ( Read more... )

One of the things that really sucks about being a gay teacher is that when I tell a middle-school boy not to use 'gay' as a synonym for 'stupid', and then follow it up by saying, "I am, so don't," I know instantly I shouldn't have done that ( Read more... )

Dear ladysisyphus,

Please, find attached to this message an official Letter of Acceptance for
Aids in Culture VI

Sincerely

Coordinador académico
International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS)
http://www.enkidumagazine.com/chics.htm
Gosh, thanks for the heads-up, myalexandria! She told me about the conference, I submitted a proposal on a whim, a ( Read more... )