Second paragraph of third chapter:True, some of us manage to rise above this aspect of our nature (or to sink below it). But these preconscious impulses remain our biological baseline, our reference point, the zero in our own personal number system. Our envolved tendencies are considered "normal" by the body each of us occupies. Willpower fortified ( Read more... )

I'd been thinking about what to write about Friday's important vote on marriage equality in Ireland, but my old friend and one-time co-author Noel Whelan has done a lot of it for me.Remember that those impacted by this referendum are real people whose real lives cannot be dismissed by false slogans. They are our brothers, sisters, daughters and ( Read more... )

Xavier Bettel enjoying a relaxed weekend with his partner before taking up office

So is his main coalition partner, Labour leader Etienne Schneider (article from Spanish gay magazine).

Of course, we Belgians got there first.

Translated from the original French (Premieres fois), and also avalable in English (First Time), this is a collection of ten short erotic stories told in graphic form, all written by French author Sybilline (Sibylline Desmazières to her friends) and illustrated by a variety of artists. I have seen other reviewers wildly acclaiming Dave McKean's ( Read more... )

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  Notes From The Geek Show: An Open Letter to John C. Wright
  Not sure if I can qualify as an Elder of Sodom but I agree entirely with the argument!
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  Making Light: True Tales of Health Insurance
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I was rather expecting this to be a sober and gruelling tale of conflicted sexual identity. I was almost completely wrong. ( Why I loved this book )

lizw gets it right.

Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a non-same-sex marriage, and you don't want it "protected" by those who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.

One of my regular google alerts is for news stories and blog entries naming our village. Usually this just throws up stories about the football team and newly posted Wikipedia pictures of the railway station. This weekend, however, it flagged up for me this rather sweet account by a blogger of her aunt's wedding in our local town hall ( Read more... )

Why is anyone even slightly surprised that the DUP a) likes the idea of locking people up for six weeks without telling them why and b) appoints homophobes to ministerial positions?