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Withers: This is it

James Withers — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:00:08 +0000

For this final post, let’s return to the first. It was September 2007. We were Visiblevote then. The staff was me, Jay, Pauline Park, and John Polly of NewNowNext. My first post was a(...)

Thursday Watercooler: Gallagher stepping down as chair of NOM

James Withers — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:15:45 +0000

The machinery of death. Last night Georgia and Texas killed two men. White supremacist Lawrence Russell Brewer was convicted for the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr. Brewer made no final statement(...)

Corvino: Farewell to readers

logointern1 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:10:49 +0000

This column marks the end of my weekly contribution to 365gay.com. It’s been a good run, and I want to take this opportunity to say thank you and farewell.

I’ve been a columnist since 2002,(...)

Corvino: Anti-marriage advocates have no case

logointern1 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:22:10 +0000

New York may be on the brink of extending marriage to same-sex couples. As of this writing, the state’s marriage-equality bill appears to be one vote shy of passage. Several state legislators(...)

Corvino: Gay man in the jury box

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:50:01 +0000

“Are you married?”

It seems like a simple question. But on closer glance, much depends on context.

In this case, the context was jury duty. I was Candidate #13, sitting in the box during(...)

Corvino: When gender matters

logointern1 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:12:22 +0000

Many years ago I was invited to present a paper at a philosophy conference. As usual, a respondent was assigned: a Professor Robin Somebody (I don’t recall the last name). I found out about(...)

Corvino: The trouble with ‘Don’t Say Gay’

logointern1 — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00:34 +0000

Not long ago I encountered an old acquaintance while waiting in an airport for a flight. He noticed that I looked tan—I had recently been to Mexico—so we started chatting about(...)

Corvino: Should Rhode Island have held out for gay marriage?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:00:43 +0000

The Rhode Island House has passed a civil-unions bill that no one seems to want.

Many gay-rights advocates in the state, led by Marriage Equality Rhode Island, are opposing the civil-unions bill(...)

Corvino: What makes ‘real’ parents?

Jennifer Vanasco — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:13:21 +0000

Many years ago, when I was about 10 years old, my father was driving me to school one day when a story came on the radio about a man convicted of abusing his own children.

I said something like(...)

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(...)