• Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 3:53pm By Chris Hall
    Representative Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) was only four years old when H.L. Mencken died in 1956, but since then, he seems to have taken Mencken's famous definition of puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere might be happy" as...
  • Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 3:21pm By Chris Hall
    Anti-abortion rights group American Right to Life has promised that when Sarah Palin reaches the state of Indiana to promote her new ghost-written autobiography, Going Rogue, she can expect to face demonstrations against her pro-choice politics. Yes...
  • Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 8:50pm By System Administrator
    In 2009, sex workers from around the globe met gruesome deaths and endured unspeakable violence. Some died at the hands of a solitary perpetrator; others were victims of serial “prostitute killers.” While some of these horrific stories received...
  • Saturday, November 14, 2009 - 10:03am By System Administrator
    I can't be the only one to make the connection. For those of us who who are devoted to the American tele-novella Mad Men, the recent psycho-shooting at Ft. Hood had an eerie plot echo. (Spoilers ahead). In Mad Men, which takes place in New York of...
  • Monday, November 9, 2009 - 11:00am By System Administrator
    High Schools Struggle When Gender Bends the Dress Code – NYTimes.com – Dress is always code, particularly for teenagers eager to telegraph evolving identities. Each year, schools hope to quell disruption by prohibiting the latest styles that...
  • Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 3:00pm By System Administrator
    Sexy Biz: Durex, Lifestyles, and Trojan lead in Consumer Reports condom test | Examiner.com – Consumer Reports tested 15,000 condoms for its most recent report, representing 20 models from different brands. The most reliable? While all of the...
  • Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 2:29pm By The Woodhull Freedom Founda...
    This month's column is written by Ricci Levy, the Executive Director of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation and one of its founders. BACKGROUND A hearing took place over the last two Mondays in Washington, DC on a piece of legislation proposed by...
  • 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....
  • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 12:37pm By John Ozimek
    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...
  • Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 1:58am By System Administrator
    Some early thoughts about the No on 1 defeat in Maine. (In case you haven't heard: Same-sex marriage has once again been defeated at the ballot box. The Maine voters voted to overturn the law legalizing same-sex marriage in Maine.) My first thought...
  • Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 1:02am By System Administrator
    Hello, and welcome to the spooooooky Halloween edition of the Carnival of the Liberals! Since conservatives have been devoting themselves to terrifying the American public for political gain for years, I thought today would be an appropriate day for...
  • Friday, October 30, 2009 - 1:52pm By System Administrator
    Just one last noodge reminder that the referendum on same sex marriage in Maine is happening this Tuesday, November 3. It looks like this is going to be a very close election, and there are still things we can do to preserve marriage equality in...
  • Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:00pm By System Administrator
    160 Handy Twitter Tools and Resources | Social Media Strategies and Tools Explained – FWD/Forward – FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward Richmond High School gang rape: Cops arrest 2 in attack on Calif. teen girl; Bystanders did...
  • Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 1:07pm By System Administrator
    I will agree that marriage refers to a union between a man and woman if you will agree that the Second Ammendment refers to muskets. Things change over time. –Commentor #1 Muskets were man made, men and women weren’t. Thursday, –Commentor #2 Then...
  • Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 8:35am By Matthew Lawrence
    Though the life of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been plagued by sex scandals in recent years, it was a leading member of the opposition who has given in and resigned. The Roman Forum reports that Piero Marrazzo resigned over the...