Archive for the ‘Sexuality’ Category
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
I was reading one of the hundreds of blogs and websites I check out each week and ran across this blog by a gay parent working and living in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Discussing how his high school-aged son told him about a few of his acquaintances attending the NC Pride Parade ...
Posted in High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Sexuality | 3 Comments »
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Famed singer and conservative talking head Pat Boone has written a curious commentary at the rabidly anti-gay "news" website WND.com. In the "exclusive commentary," entitled, "Are you ready for a gay America?", Boone laments the loss of what he sees as his traditional America and the forthcoming "breakdown of society," ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, Sexuality | 4 Comments »
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
The Winston-Salem Journal, my lovely hometown newspaper, published a great column by John Railey. Interviewing an African-American minister, Railey's column delves into just some of the multitude of issues that make stopping HIV/AIDS difficult in black communities and in the black church:
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Health, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States, Winston-Salem | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The Charlotte Observer today published a front-pager on the new book edited by Mitchell Gold, featuring 40 stories of gay and lesbian people's ordeals growing up gay in America and their experiences in the church.
"CRISIS: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
A young conservative slightly associated with the SPLC-listed hate group Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) gave a radio interview for The Young Turks at the Republican National Convention. What was up for debate? Well, none other than a good ole helpin' of sodomy and a fine, fine conversation about Barack ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, LGBT, Politics, Religion, Republican Party, Sexuality, United States | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Brian Fitzpatrick of the anti-gay Culture and Media Institute (home of the rabidly anti-gay Robert Knight) isn't too pleased with the recent National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association annual convention in Washington, D.C. (which I attended Aug. 21-24).
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Media, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 2 Comments »
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Remember when Britney Spears was 16, totally hot and topping the charts? Remember her skimpy, Catholic school girl uniform?
People went crazy. Men from 8 to 80 took notice. Older guys, they were called "dirty."
Take good-looking young men, put them in the same Hollywood, music and media spotlight and, duh, there ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, Media, Sexuality, United States | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
I am excited to be among the 40 contributors from around the nation who are working to announce the forth-coming release of our book, CRISIS, by Mitchell Gold.
CRISIS features my story of growing up in a conservative, fundamentalist Baptist faith community and home in Winston-Salem, N.C. Proceeds from the sell ...
Posted in LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Well... "cult" probably isn't the right word, but it sounded good in the title, huh?
A more accurate title would have been, "Niece of MLK, veritable saint and Civil Rights martyr, promotes pseudo-hate group as uncle turns in grave."
I don't know why it took me so long to find this press ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Charlotte/Metro Area, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, United States | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
While most Americans, and even gay folks in the U.S., have no idea what it means to be transgender, Thailand has not only known its meaning, but for ages allowed gender reassignment surgeries and castrations for men of any age.
Bloomberg reports that will be changing. New rules from national health ...
Posted in Global, Health, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Sexuality | 1 Comment »
