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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 1:52pm By Chris Hall
Last night's elections were a mixture of defeat and victory for LGBT issues across the country. The biggest disappointment of course, was the passage of Question 1 in Maine, which reversed legislation passed this May legalizing same-sex marriage....
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If your sexuality does not fit, don't go looking for work in the United Kingdom. That is the message from across the Atlantic, as chilling new social controls, instituted this month, threaten to bar from public employment anyone whose sexual...
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In the never-ending quest to boost their “tough on crime” and “family values” credentials, politicians and police departments across America have turned this year’s Halloween into the scariest one yet.
What could...
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• Because murder is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw films depicting murder.
• Because physical abusing and raping women is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw TV programs showing this.
• Because...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:30pm By Chris Hall
Mormon Apostle Dallin H. Oaks, in criticizing the anti-Mormon backlash that followed the passing of California's Proposition 8, ignited a backlash of his own. Speaking to an audience at Brigham Young University-Idaho, the high-ranking church...
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A 25-year-old Polish man named Ryszard Giersz recently won a landmark court case in which his neighbour, Anna S., was fined after she repeatedly harassed him verbally. Among her taunts was the term "faggot"—and the court, located in...
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I spoke at the University of Kentucky a few days ago as part of their Sex Week. The Family Foundation of Kentucky was terribly upset about the Week’s various activities, insulting the faculty organizer and demanding the school repudiate the...
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I continued my trip to Azerbaijan by visiting medieval times twice, from two entirely different—yet oddly related—directions.
Today I went to Krasnaya Sloboda, a small town in the foothills near Russia that is experiencing a...
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The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of 18-year-old Jorge Canal, who complied with a 14-year-old friend’s request for a photo of his penis. The young man is now forced to register as a sex offender, meaning his chances of getting...
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I’m returning from New York, where I keynoted a big Planned Parenthood event.
It’s wonderful to speak to groups of people who support sexual rights. It always feels like visiting family. (The family that makes you feel welcome, not the family that...
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America has triumphed over Indianapolis for the third time.
In 1984, religious fundamentalists on the Indianapolis City Council teamed up with phony “feminist” Catharine MacKinnon to outlaw adult entertainment in the city. It was bad enough that the...
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Both sides agree—the whole fight over same-gender marriage and other civil rights for gays is about the right to decide what’s normal.
Now there’s nothing more normal than ice cream, and there’s no ice cream more delicious than Ben & Jerry’s....
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An entire subculture of 'eunuchs' exists at the margins of Pakistani communities. Here, the term 'eunuch' refers collectively to the transgendered, the transsexual, and the intersexed or hermaphrodites (those born with both male and female sex...
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The Australian Electoral Commission, responsible for approving political party registrations has approved the Australian Sex Party to field candidates in national and local elections.
The party's convenor and likely future candidate Fiona...
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Disturbing video interviews with victims from the Guardian
South Africa: The phenomena of "Corrective Rape," where a person, typically a lesbian, is raped to 'correct' their sexual orientation is on the rise in South Africa...