Someone Explain This Marriage Thing to Me Again
It's so amusing to me that marriage is sold as being a way to commit to a sacred bond between two people, but when it comes to something like requiring a woman to notify her husband before having an abortion…
Matthew Limon’s Lawyer Seeks His Release From Prison
Matthew Limon, who has been in prison since 2000 for performing a sex act on a 14-year-old boy, will seek release today from a Miami County judge weeks after the Kansas Supreme Court decided that illegal underage sex must be…
Working for the City Isn’t Always As Boring As It Sounds
Sometimes you get to look at porn at work. Gay S&M porn pictures starring a psychiatrist from San Francisco's foster care program were allegedly downloaded and passed around by one of the city's child welfare supervisors. And it seems the…
Leslie Ann Nelson is Inmate of the Month
I had no idea there were inmate awards until I read about Leslie Ann Nelson, the transsexual go-go dancer who killed two law enforcement officers in a 1995. Transsexual go-go dancer Leslie Ann Nelson shot to death two law enforcement…
Stop Smoking. Get Smarter.
LA's new antismoking campaign, the "Last Drag," is being aimed at gays and lesbians, who according to Los Angeles County health officials are nearly twice as likely to smoke as the general population. Bonus - Those who give up smoking…
OraQuick Advance HIV Test May Be Sold OTC Soon
The FDA's Blood Products Advisory Committee will soon consider recommending the OraQuick Advance test for over-the-counter sales. The test is accurate more than 99 percent of the time, Spair said. Still, a positive result from the test should be confirmed…
Ryan Miner Calls Homosexual Behavior ‘Subhuman’
A complaint was filed against Ryan Miner, a sophomore at Duquesne University, when he called homosexual behavior (he claims he was strictly speaking about actions and not about people) "subhuman" on his profile at Duquesne University's Judicial Affairs panel found…
Seton Hall University Asks Gay Associate Dean to Step Down
W. King Mott, a gay associate dean at Seton Hall University, wrote a letter that was published Oct. 19 in The Star-Ledger of Newark in which he stated that that the Catholic church is unfairly attacking gay men and making…
Maine Won’t Discriminate TV Ads Air
Maine’s Anti-Discrimination Law, which prohibits discrimination based upon sexual orientation in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit and education, is being highlighted in television ads being aired across the state that feature excerpts from public testimony on the experiences of people…
You’ll Really Like Her Once You Get to Know Her, But You Won’t Get to Know Her.
Bush accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers this morning. I don't know if I should feel good about this, or fear what's next. More around the blogosphere here, here, here, here, here and here.