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Wait, sexual orientation ISN’T a binary?

by Cara January 16, 2008

Crazy but true, folks. Bisexual women actually exist. Their sexual preferences are not a phase! You hear that, bisexual ladies? You are now officially validated. You may go about your lives from this point forward knowing that a scientific study has confirmed that you’re not lying about your sexual desires. Doesn’t it feel great to [...]

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A happy beginning

by Cara January 1, 2008

This morning the New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples went into effect. Thirty-seven couples were married in a group ceremony at the New Hampshire Statehouse, where the law was enacted, right as the new year began. Most amazing of all: there weren’t any protesters. As ceremonies go, the outdoors event that began [...]

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This Week in Dem-ocracy

by Cara December 7, 2007

So, the Dems are apparently dropping the new hate crime legislation that would protect against crimes based on gender, sexual orientation or disability. They’re afraid that it will block the Pentagon policy bill that it’s attached to — and the hate crime bill is only attached because it apparently couldn’t get anywhere on its own. [...]

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell a Republican About Gay Rights

by Cara November 30, 2007

For those of us liberals who watched the Republican YouTube debate on Wednesday — which, for the record, was probably hands down the most watchable Republican debate to date — there were a few standout moments. There was Romney and Giuliani looking like they were going to punch each other out over immigration. There was [...]

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Man Makeup

by Cara October 30, 2007

Salon has an article up today on a slightly unusual topic: makeup for men. I remember a few years ago, some companies tried this out. And it was ruthlessly mocked pretty much everywhere that there was a platform from which to do the mocking. But apparently, the idea is making a comeback. Sort of. It’s [...]

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Gender Obsession Leads to Gender Discrimination

by Cara October 11, 2007

A New York woman who was thrown out of a women’s bathroom by a bouncer who thought that she did not look enough like a woman has filed a lawsuit. Yesterday, a New York woman filed suit against a West Village restaurant for being thrown out of a women’s room there by a bouncer who, [...]

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An Elephant Never Forgets (to pay lip-service to the rich)

by Cara October 10, 2007

So did anyone actually make it through the GOP debate on economic policy last night? I sure didn’t. I wanted to see the much-awaited debut of Fred Thompson, and ended up not making it past the 35 minute mark. What drove me crazy? There was Thompson drawling on about how excellent the economy is doing, [...]

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Congrats to the Matthew Shepard Act!

by Cara September 28, 2007

I almost forgot! The news came out last night: nine years after Matthew Shepard’s murder, the Senate has passed the Matthew Shepard Act 60-39. The legislation extends protection against hate crimes to the LGBTQ community– and gender and disability! Three cheers for a Democratic Senate! Bush, of course, has threatened a veto. Which would be [...]

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Why Generalizing About Porn Doesn’t Help

by Cara September 25, 2007

Perhaps in response to the Don Hazen review of Robert Jensen’s book Getting Off, AlterNet today has another article on the topic. This time it’s by Riane Eisler, and she argues that pornography and war are intricately linked. I want to start off by saying that Eisler’s writing is not particularly academic. She also repeatedly [...]

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This gives me hope

by Cara September 21, 2007

Republican San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders explains why he changed his mind and signed a resolution supporting gay marriage: Like Jessica, I got really choked up. If you would like to thank Mayor Sanders, you can do so here.

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