According to a study released earlier this week, young gays and lesbians who commit misdemeanors are up to three times more likely to be punished than straight people who do exactly the same thing.
The Daily Caller invokes gender essentialism, penis power, and insane logic to argue that gay men should be excluded from the military but lesbians should be allowed in. So that all the remaining dudes can turn them straight.
This Sunday Funday we take time to sit back and reflect on how sometimes there are perks to being second-class citizens, like the time you got stood up for dinner but that way you got to watch the entire ANTM marathon! Also, more details on Gaga’s new album, Katie Miller’s plans for the future, top 15 Glee guest stars, Privilege Denying Dude returns, and good news on the HIV medication front!
NOM and the Family Research Council are upset the Southern Poverty Law Center called them hate groups, because it’s not hatred if you’re right.
6-year-olds in part-time Islamic schools across Britain have been learning about the difference of opinion re: methods of executing gay people.
Have you had any coherent thoughts or engaged in activities that were not watching Sex and the City today? OMG, bro, you’re like such a dude! Chest bump!
Yesterday was the Transgender Day of Remembrance. So today we remember, but also look forward. Also: Queer As Folk/Glee, Harry Potter!, Anne Hathaway, Pretty Little Liars, queer youth, and zombies!
The AFTAH is concerned about gay people and airport security, namely, that Ellen DeGeneres will be assigned to pat down female travelers. Also: the first transgender judge in the US was just elected, and the age for coming out in Britain is getting younger.
Students at St. Charles North High School wore “Straight Pride” tshirts to school last week. But it’s fair because that’s just the other side of the argument you start by wearing gay pride tshirts which no one even did, right? No.
Take Back The Night. But also, cat massage!
Two female school administrators have an affair. They break up. One threatens to kill the other, who consequently reports this threat. No word on stopping that death threat but the good news is THEY’RE BOTH GETTING FIRED. Thank the good lord b/c I was worried about how this lesbian affair might impact PSAT prep.
“Can sexual orientation be changed through conscious decision-making or therapy?”, ABC’s Nightline asks in its piece on Journey into Manhood retreats. Really? Is that still a real question?
Hannah Williams tried to bring her girlfriend to a formal and her school principle said it would ruin her ability to meet boys. Also Obama had a gay cross-dressing nanny, and Senator Tom Duane was arrested standing up for the rights of people with HIV/AIDS.
Amazing Human Gene Robinson is retiring from his post as Bishop because it’s hard out there for a gay bishop and Giant Douchebag Andrew Shirvell is getting fired from his job at the Attorney General’s Office. We’re still unemployed, btw.
This Sunday is extra Funday because we have VIDEOS of EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. By which we mean Kurt and his maybe future boyfriend, sexy ninja mental asylum ladies, superawesome trans athletes, and a special surprise marine mammal. Oh also did we mention that we managed to elect 106 queers to public office? Pat yourself on the back and have a cupcake. Also Keith Olbermann is on twitter, saying things.
You guys, it’s gotten so much better. Especially for law students.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by everything or anything: the family & friends of 26-year old Joseph Jefferson and 19-year-old Raymond Chase remember “out and proud” community leaders. Also; an update on the Terrel Williams suicide hoax some sick f*ck played on the internet.
A five-year-old boy wanted to dress like a character from Scooby Doo who happens to be a girl. Then other kids’ moms made fun of him. We’d like to take this opportunity to define a little something we call SHILOH PANIC.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sees liking girls and being gay as mutually exclusive. Also, Suze Orman says it gets better.
We’re doing things one day at a time now and this was a pretty good day as far as they go. A megachurch pastor has come out so that his story can save lives, educators in Britain are educating on queer heroes to end anti-queer bullying, and librarians are honoring the authors of queer books for kids.