"I see," said Reginald. "Right, then. Gather close." He picked up a muddy stick with one of his stubby little arms and found a big flat rock. Brian and me leaned in. Because I was not blowing hot air up Reginald's butt, or whatever alligators have instead of a butt, when I told him that I am an undistractable killing machine. I have great control ( Read more... )

Poll Don't Ask, Don't Tell

BioWare bans the words gay, lesbian and homosexual on their forums. *Add C3PO joke of your choice here*

ETA: BioWare has since fixed the problem and apologized for the fuck-up. A company that screws up in regards to GLBT issues and then APOLOGIZES. Who could ever concieve of that...

From several of the pro-authors on my f-list:

Amazon removes sales ranks from GLBT books...

Polish politician angry about "gay" elephant

I hate you sometimes internets. #1 google image for "Santa" and "bear":


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Over on spoonyone's forums a discussion came up about who was better, Wolverine or Lobo. Much was made of the overuse of both, their origins, their fight in that DC vs. Marvel series and so forth. But really there is only one solution to this argument. The two characters need to move to Connecticut, get married and raise a daughter, Woberino. Then you ( Read more... )

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Michael Swaim (a blog writer for Cracked) posts a response to Orson Scott Card's recent statements against gay marriage...

Some excerpts:

That’s right, people. The Mormon guy who wrote all those books about the innocence of a child winning out over war and hatred wants us to raise arms against any queers who feel like expressing their love ( Read more... )

Martyr-Mouse lets us know that because yaoi fans are mostly female then Catwoman is meant for men. Or something. Really he rambles on for awhile about how its not his place to take offense at yaoi comics portrayal of men and so that means women shouldn't care about how Catwoman is protrayed in comics. Because..er..comics are meant for boys? Or ( Read more... )