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Culhane: Legal equality is not full equality

John Culhane — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:01:54 +0000

As I’ve been working on my civil unions book, I’ve naturally been thinking pretty hard about marriage.

The inadequacy of the civil union underlines what should have been obvious from the(...)

Would you stand up if you saw a waitress insult a gay family?

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:15:48 +0000

I love ABC’s “What Would You Do?” series, a kind of social justice version of Candid Camera. It has been amazing to watch as, in episode after episode, strangers have stepped up in support of(...)

Krieger: The transgender bathroom question

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:00:13 +0000

I once thought of it as a special genderqueer privilege, an advantage of androgyny, my right to use either the women’s or the men’s public restroom.

I made my decision on a case-by-case(...)

Gender stereotypes easing more for girls than boys

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:00:24 +0000

(New York) If a girl wants to try her hand at baseball or ice hockey, she’s likely to be praised as plucky. But if a boy likes the color pink?

Well, that’s a toenail of a different color.

Last(...)

Corvino: Biological bonds and gay marriage

logointern3 — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:08:29 +0000

I’ve spent the last two weeks helping my sister care for my 5-month-old niece, Tess.

I have two nieces: my sister’s baby, Tess, and my partner’s sister’s baby, Hadley. They were born a(...)

New Google Chrome ad will make you cry

logointern3 — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:06:24 +0000

Ready to cry?

Google Chrome has compiled a new kind of “It Gets Better” video, with clips from other videos and a bit of context. It’s one of the best ones we’ve seen.

Tell us about your(...)

Corvino: What the Bible doesn’t say

logointern3 — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:00:27 +0000

Gay-rights advocates often complain that our opponents are selective in their use of the Bible. Indeed they are. But so are our allies.

I confronted this problem recently after a talk I gave in(...)

Gay blog Queerty closes

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:00:50 +0000

Gay blog Queerty has closed.

This message is on their site:

A message from Queerty

After more than five years of serving the LGBT community with news and entertainment, Queerty has come to a(...)

Adee: Seven more votes until equality

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:35 +0000

The summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania rose 19,340 feet before me.

I had vowed to climb as far as I could and supporters pledged a dollar for every foot of elevation I climbed. Every(...)

Corvino: The meaning of transgender

logointern3 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:16:30 +0000

A friend recently asked, “Do you ever have doubts about the whole transgender thing?”

My friend has a habit of referring to anything she hasn’t wrapped her mind around as a “thing,”(...)