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June 24, 2011
Update: 33 Ayes, 29 Nays — Marriage Equality PASSED
In an extended New York State Senate session, a few issues still remain on the agenda, from the “non-controversial” to the very controversial: raising statewide property tax cap, allowing of Yellow Taxi Medallion status to about 1,500 livery cabs, and, again, passing marriage [...]

In a step backward for LGBTQ international human rights protection, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly voted to remove references to sexual orientation from a resolution that condemns extrajudicial and arbitrary executions. This marks the end of a decade-long inclusion of sexual orientation in the resolution.
Why the change? Mobilzation. To redefine human [...]

On May 27, 2010, the 22nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards will call upon and celebrate the freshest, edgiest, and most honored pensman to date. Hosted by the Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF), the event has balloned in size and scope since its quiet beginnings, asking pressing questions of its audinece such as, Is There, or Should [...]

4/18/2010
In a recent interview, Arkansas Governor and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee pulls out the stops to equate homosexuality with incest, polygamy, beastiality, and plain old childishness. Given that he was speaking with a college reporter, I think Huckabee must have woken that morning searching for some blood pressure pills and a bulletproof vest. But [...]

By Cat Perry, 4/7/2010

Wandering the bookstores a few months back, I got tingle somewhere in the back of my mind that begged to read just one more historical fiction, one that could pull me into some distant alley and then in front of a roaring fire with each line. It was winter; I needed something [...]

The Passion, by Jeanette Winterson, rescues historical fiction from a wintry wasteland taking it out on a stolen gondola at 4 a.m. with a handle of bootleg wine and nowhere to go till sunrise. From From France to Venice and the great harsh unknown, “The Passion” is an exhilarating whip of sensuous fresh air. Death, innocence, Napoleon, queer sexuality, and the seedy muddle known as Venice weave together a quick read about love, war, and learning to let go of your heart—or take it back.