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Withers: Some liberals are jerks when it comes to race

James Withers — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:30:06 +0000

Certain jokes don’t need a rerun. They were no good when first uttered, and don’t get better with time. Director Michael Moore was on The View yesterday, sharing his disappointment about(...)

Withers: Study examines race, sexuality, and perception

James Withers — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:13:16 +0000

Can’t wait to read the comments on this one. The gentlemen over at Queerty talked about a University of Toronto study. According to a team of psychologists”participants rated white straight men(...)

Friday Watercooler: New York sports announcer comes out on the air

James Withers — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:21:22 +0000

Gay soldiers are Nazis. You gotta love the nutty conservatives. Take Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association. He continues sharing his theory about Nazis and their homo love. According(...)

Withers: Does Lemon know what black homophobia is?

James Withers — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:28:42 +0000

Now that CNN’s Don Lemon is out as a gay man who happens to be black, his musings on the intersection of sexuality and race will get consideration. In multiple interviews thus far, he’s talked(...)

Monday Watercooler: Choi and Sherrod ask us to be better than we are

James Withers — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:02 +0000

Dan Choi at Netroots. The quibbles with Lt. Dan Choi are minor at best. Don’t protest in uniform. Trying to subpoena the President Obamais a tactic best left to birthers or Rod Blagojevich,(...)

Pentagon surveyed troops 60 years ago about racial integration

logointern1 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:35 +0000

When the Department of Defense distributed 400,000 online surveys to enlisted troops to gauge their opinions on gays in the military, there was an uproar. Many argued that nobody would have(...)

Groups clash on appropriate action for Arizona

logointern1 — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:00:51 +0000

This week the American Civil Liberties Union issued a travel warning for Arizona, and last month the Human Rights Campaign joined other groups in calling a boycott of the state.

These tactics(...)

Withers: Ivy League sprinter looks at the closet he left behind

James Withers — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:53:17 +0000

We’ve been a little sporty at 365 recently. Last week we looked at the Sports Illustrated story on rugby star Gareth Thomas (we’ll have an interview with writer Gary Smith on Friday). Today our(...)

Withers: Why no race blame game after the Maine loss?

James Withers — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:08:05 +0000

A 365Gay history lesson: last year before the Proposition 8 vote, I wished it failed because I knew a few would jump on the “black people are such homophobes” line. Unfortunately Golden State(...)

Straight interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:01:51 +0000

(Hammond, La.) A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to a heterosexual interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.

Keith(...)