Dear Philosophy textbook (and the one guy who wrote it ( Read more... )

"Couple fight gender-neutral language in wedding license"

Last month, Rachel Bird exchanged vows with Gideon Codding in a church wedding in front of family and friends. As far as Bird is concerned, she is a bride ( Read more... )

All right, hetero male who is an otherwise awesome person except for this aspect, please ride your bike straight into the middle of Division Street and wait for the light to turn green ( Read more... )

Wow, Newsweek. Way to be five months late, and then write a terrible article about it.

I'm getting really sick of people labeling the murder of Lawrence King as only an anti-gay hate crime. It wasn't just anti-gay, it was also anti-gender nonconformity. Lawrence King was murdered for his gender expression AND his sexual orientation. The Newsweek ( Read more... )

Ellen Degeneres asks John McCain about his stance on gay marriage while he is on her show.

This is why I love Ellen Degeneres.

From bilerico:
Lynn Conway reports that on May 1st, 2008, the American Psychiatric Association named its work group members appointed to revise the Manual for Diagnosis of Mental Disorders in preparation for the DSM-V [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]. Such a revision would include the entry for GID. [gender identity disorder ( Read more... )

If I see another fanling use the phrase, "I'm gay for [insert character here]", I'm going to have to punch a small child. That is my biggest fandom pet peeve EVAR. It's like they don't even think about those of us who are ACTUALLY GAY and are sick of people implying that our sexual orientation is a choice or a joke or a flight of fancy ( Read more... )

If you feel the need to use "I have gay friends" as evidence for your tolerance and greatness, you are actually proving that you are an asshole, and a bigot to boot. Obviously, it never occurred to you that gay people do not want to be waved around like fucking trophies for you to display in your Diversity™ Showroom to all your straight friends. We ( Read more... )

So I was watching America's Next Top Model, and during the judging panel of today's episode, both Paulina Porizkova and Tyra Banks used the word "tranny" in reference to one of the girls in the competition ( Read more... )

Riot Youth was awesome. I don't know how many of you have seen But I'm a Cheerleader, but the movie was loosely based on a true story, and the woman whose story it was based upon came in to talk to us today about her experience and the issue of "ex-gay" programs. (Her name is actually "Athena", but went as the alias "Lyn" before she came out ( Read more... )