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Withers: Ten random thoughts

James Withers — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:19:49 +0000

1. Dr. Bert Chapman writes nothing worth a darn; however, he doesn’t need to lose his gig at Purdue University.

2. I’ve taken the Human Rights Campaign to task many a time, but this morning a(...)

U of Alabama considering domestic partnership benefits

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:21:30 +0000

The Univeristy of Alabama is considering providing health benefits to the domestic partners of employees, though administrators want to be sure such benefits would be legal.

“We want to do(...)

Dems too gay for Liberty U

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:31:09 +0000

Liberty University - the Virginia college founded by the late televangelist Jerry Falwell - has stripped its fledgling College Democrats club of official recognition, saying the party stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.

Gay – and Greek

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:13:27 +0000

I was late, as usual. It was the second Monday of some month in 1996. The second Monday meant we weren’t just having a regular sorority meeting, we were having a formal meeting. Which had a(...)

University drops gay student housing plan

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:09:22 +0000

(Fort Worth, Texas) Texas Christian University has abruptly reversed itself and dropped plans for LGBT student housing following a massive outcry from evangelicals opposed to gay rights.

The(...)

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick has died

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:39:50 +0000

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, whose “Epistemology of the Closet” brought queer studies to academia, has died.

Her book, published the year I entered college, transformed my idea of gay identity – and(...)