Crusaders revealed same-sex partnership with coats of arms:

The couple were illustrious knights of the royal chamber of Richard II, Sir William Neville and Sir John Clanvowe, ‘the Castor and Pollux of the Lollard movement’, as the medieval historian Bruce McFarlane called them. Neville died just four days after Clanvowe, the inscription records, ( Read more... )

Unknown poem by Sappho found in mummy wrappings

A message from Traditional Canadians for the Traditional Definition of All Things Traditional

In case you haven't heard about the case making the rounds of the blogs, of the kid in Tennessee being forced into an ex-gay camp, check it out. The link to his blog broke my heart.

And this is happening all the time. This is not an unusual case in any way, except that it so happens we're reading what he thinks about it.

I just found this link and thought it might be useful. It's run by Egale Canada and has a bunch of links and information that should be relevant to Canadians and non-Canadians alike, though it appears to be a bit embryonic.

Canadian Anti-Violence Project: Working to end violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two- ( Read more... )

And another charming poem, a rollicking sea tale of the Haunted International Date Line (no, I'm not kidding): The Lost Galleon by Bret Harte.

A marvellous poem: His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell, by A.D. Hope

American political culture is in a persistent vegetative state

Check out this fabulous trans spoken-word piece!

The fundaloonies at the American Family Association will hate this.

if they're not too busy spending vast sums trying to INFLUENCE OUR DOMESTIC POLICY, that is. (Yes, I know that's Focus on the Family, but hey, six of one...)