http://www.365gay.com The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-on-not-being-like-other-boys/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-on-not-being-like-other-boys/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:34:22 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=10767 It’s November, which means bookstores have next year’s calendars on display. When I was a teenager, this annual occurrence unnerved me. The “male interest” calendars”—think “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model of the Month”—held no appeal for me. Instead, I would nervously reach for a Chippendales calendar, hiding it behind something innocuously themed ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-on-not-being-like-other-boys/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-breaking-the-addiction-to-hate/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-breaking-the-addiction-to-hate/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:57 +0000 Lisa Neff http://www.365gay.com/?p=10701 It will be a while before I can stomach Maine lobster. I react to events that way. I take them personally, and I react personally. A celebrity offends LGBTs, I want to stay away from her movies or tune out his music. A politician votes against LGBTs, I want to vote against him or ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-breaking-the-addiction-to-hate/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-maine-detroit-and-the-closet/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-maine-detroit-and-the-closet/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:22:25 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=10665 When I was a “fag” on the junior high playground, getting punched hurt even when I saw it coming. So too with Maine this past week. Like many, I was dispirited but not surprised when we lost. The rights of minorities (gays especially) generally don’t do well when put to a ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-maine-detroit-and-the-closet/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-work-left-to-do/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-work-left-to-do/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:41:21 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=10504 Less than a week before the election, polls continue to show close races in both Washington State, where voters may substantially expand domestic-partner legislation, and Maine, where they may rescind marriage-equality. We could win in either state (or both)—but we could lose, too. Win or lose, there’s one truth this campaign ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-work-left-to-do/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-homosexual-agenda/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-homosexual-agenda/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:30:02 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=10371 Gay-marriage opponents claim that we gay folk are trying to influence your children. In one sense, they are quite right. We are not trying to “recruit” your children, if by that you mean “turn them gay.” As gay people, we understand enough about how sexual orientation works to know that you ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-homosexual-agenda/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-watch-the-tape-see-the-hate/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-watch-the-tape-see-the-hate/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:59:04 +0000 Lisa Neff http://www.365gay.com/?p=10261 Watch the tape, see the hate by Lisa Neff The security camera didn’t provide much security for Jack Price, beaten by two men on a Queens, N.Y., street early Oct. 9. But the security camera captured the crime — for three minutes two men punched and kicked Price, 49, who was on the ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-watch-the-tape-see-the-hate/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-other-gay-ballot-battles/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-other-gay-ballot-battles/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:31:33 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=10247 I’ve spent the last week traveling through rural Wisconsin for a series of diversity lectures at small technical colleges. Lecturing on gay issues at such venues can be eye-opening. It’s a big country out there, and while students today may be a good deal more gay-friendly ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-the-other-gay-ballot-battles/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-stand-up-for-maine-and-for-marriage/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-stand-up-for-maine-and-for-marriage/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:02:12 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=10095 As much as I aim to seek common ground, some aspects of the marriage debate make it impossible. Consider, for example, the Maine campaign. If you haven’t been following the campaign, you should. To my mind, our side has done a model job in framing the debate, telling our stories, responding ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-stand-up-for-maine-and-for-marriage/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/letter-from-atlanta-whats-happened-since-the-gay-bar-raid/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/letter-from-atlanta-whats-happened-since-the-gay-bar-raid/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:22:24 +0000 365gay Newscenter Staff http://www.365gay.com/?p=10014 In the month since the Sept. 10 raid on the Eagle Atlanta, it is now clear the raid was not only homophobic in nature, but a violation of patrons’ Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Over 20 formal complaints have been filed with the Atlanta Police Department and an equal number are ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/letter-from-atlanta-whats-happened-since-the-gay-bar-raid/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-merchandizing-breast-cancer/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-merchandizing-breast-cancer/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:54:33 +0000 Lisa Neff http://www.365gay.com/?p=10005 I’m not in the pink. Look around these days at the supermarkets and department stores and you are likely to see a lot of pink. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And awareness we need. Awareness saves lives. Today there are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States. The American ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-merchandizing-breast-cancer/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-a-personal-tragedy/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-a-personal-tragedy/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:10:32 +0000 John Corvino http://www.365gay.com/?p=9972 Chad and I met on my first visit to Detroit, back in the spring of 1998.  “Damn, he’s good-looking,” I thought to myself--a familiar reaction for those who met Chad. He was thin then--he didn’t become a gym bunny until a few years later--but it was his handsome face and his ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/corvino-a-personal-tragedy/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/duffy-suicide-the-soldiers-left-behind/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/duffy-suicide-the-soldiers-left-behind/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:45 +0000 Michael Duffy http://www.365gay.com/?p=9917 The rate of suicide by gays and lesbians is higher than that of the general population. Military gay personnel are still subject to those same problems as the rest of the homosexual population, but gays and lesbians have fewer opportunities to deal with these problems. While overseas or home, “don’t ask ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/duffy-suicide-the-soldiers-left-behind/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/watkins-fame-review/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/watkins-fame-review/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:00:15 +0000 Selena Watkins http://www.365gay.com/?p=9911 “Remember my name. Fame! I’m gonna live forever. I’m gonna learn how to fly—High!” These famous lyrics made its way back into our lives last week when the re-make of the 1980 movie, Fame, was released in theaters. Of course I went to see the movie, because I am a dancer. I ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/watkins-fame-review/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-yep-im-gay/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-yep-im-gay/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:34:22 +0000 Lisa Neff http://www.365gay.com/?p=9876 I’ve attended more GLBT events at which “Over the Rainbow” goes over like a national anthem, but I think the gayest lyric on the “The Wizard of Oz” soundtrack is “Come out, come out, wherever you are.” National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11, and it will be marked worldwide with ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-yep-im-gay/feed/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/besen-wingnuts-strike-again/ http://www.365gay.com/opinion/besen-wingnuts-strike-again/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:44:10 +0000 Wayne Besen http://www.365gay.com/?p=9767 Fresh off its wing nut wingding on the National Mall, the far-out fringe held its “Values Voter” summit in Washington last week. The highlight was jilted former Miss California, Carrie Prejean, starting a brand new religion -- “MEvangelical Christianity." In her remarkably self-centered, narcissistic speech, she cast herself as a martyr ... http://www.365gay.com/opinion/besen-wingnuts-strike-again/feed/