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"The Closet Game!"

May 21, 2010 – 5:59 pm

ZJ responds to Steve King’s oblivious and cruel suggestion to the effect that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would not be necessary if only gays, lesbians and the transgendered would stay in the closet: Your Thoughts?

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An Argument For Gay Marriage And Against Traditionalism

July 27, 2009 – 9:26 am

I am puzzled by appeals to history to oppose gay marriage because history is only the story of what people have done and never of itself directly tells us anything about right or wrong.  Results of history can serve as warnings about effective and uneffective approaches to goal x or goal y but what people [...]

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Is There Conflict Between Gays and Blacks?

July 20, 2009 – 2:00 pm

LZ Granderson paints an ugly picture (thanks to jackandjillpolitics): Despite the catchiness of the slogan, gay is not the new black. Black is still black. And if any group should know this, it’s the gay community. Bars such as The Prop House, or Bulldogs in Atlanta, Georgia, exist because a large number of gay blacks [...]

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Muslim Mayor Ahmed Marcouch Vs. Homophobia

July 3, 2009 – 11:18 am

He’s the mayor of a conservative (mostly Muslim) suburb of Amsterdam: Ahmed Marcouch, 41, is on a self-appointed mission to end homophobia in Slotervaart, just a stones’ throw from the capital but light-years away from its anything-goes mentality. To make his point, Mayor Marcouch recently invited Amsterdam’s annual Gay Pride parade to pass through his [...]

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Ft. Worth Commemorates Stonewall With Unjustified Raid of Gay Bar!

June 29, 2009 – 7:01 pm

As usual Box Turtle Bulletin has the comprehensive coverage.

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