Cowboy Church of Virginia Pastor Raymond Bell’s claim that Equine Assisted Psychotherapy can turn people straight is horse manure As a Texan, I have been around horses for years. I have never been a horse owner, and my riding skills are cursory, but I have petted, ridden and cozied up to my fair share of [...]
Marriage wasn’t a top priority — or a realistic one — in the early days of the LGBT movement, but there’s no denying its importance in our culture I’ve been writing about marriage a lot lately, which seems weird to me because even up to my own wedding in 2008, I had mixed feelings about the [...]
East Texas pastor is caught on tape backing ‘Kill The Gays’ bill during trip to Uganda, then returns to U.S. and claims he doesn’t know what it says The Rev. David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, was in Uganda last week for a pastors conference where he managed to get [...]
If justices rule against 83-year-old widow Edie Windsor in DOMA case, they will tarnish their legacies and undermine the body’s legitimacy Emotionally, my job is vaguely similar to that of a police detective. I closely monitor, and occasionally confront, bad guys. The process requires witnessing the chaos and carnage that results from crimes of prejudice [...]
In blocking Calif. ban on practice from taking effect, judge wrongly suggests 1st Amendment protects harmful efforts to turn kids straight In an odd court decision released Monday, Dec. 3, federal Judge William Shubb temporarily blocked California from enforcing a groundbreaking law that prohibits anti-gay therapists from trying to turn gay minors straight. However, the [...]
This year has lacked glitz and glam but been huge for LGBT equality —much like a protest 4 years before Stonewall outside the White House Fights and fabulousness make history; good news and policy shifts rarely do. As an example, I don’t think I’ve seen more than two pictures from the 1969 Stonewall riots, but my [...]
In its seemingly endless search for scapegoats after Romney’s defeat, Republican Party manages to look right past the elephant in the room It’s funny that a party with an elephant as their symbol can’t see the elephant in the room. That’s the real issue following the stunning loss for Mitt Romney in the general [...]
After most progressive election ever, U.S. reverts to sexual Victorianism with a sex scandal reminiscent of witchhunts against gay soliders The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is in a huff because she was kept in the dark about CIA Director David Petraeus’ affair with Paula Broadwell, a former military officer and [...]
With GOP in disarray, now’s the time to demand full LGBT equality from Congress and the White House — as soon as we take off our clogs After I took off my clogs and caught my breath from dancing the Schadenfreude Polka on Tuesday night, I sat down and considered what the election meant for me and my [...]
Republican presidential nominee may not be quite as repugnant as other extremists in his party, but he’s still a rotten apple in a bad barrel In this election cycle, much of America has been riveted by the eye-popping extremism of several Republican candidates. Donald Trump, the rich builder turned ridiculous “birther,” is the posterboy for [...]
