Rottin' in Denmark

How do you get American right-wingers to defend gay rights?

2008-05-06T12:47:24Z

Just tell them gays are increasingly victimized ... by Muslims. Not very long ago, Oslo was an icy Shangri-la of Scandinavian self-discipline, governability, and respect for the law. But in recent years, there have been grim changes, including...

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The further joys of friendship

2008-05-02T18:09:26Z

My French friend, walking around town: What's is this place ahead? Amigo? Me, wondering why I possess this knowledge: Oh, that's Copenhagen's gay sauna. France: My uncle goes to gay saunas a lot. Me: Why? France: He's gay. Don't you all do that? M...

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Why do feminists hate Hillary so much?

2008-04-10T06:52:18Z

Camille Paglia: I agree that the male staff who Hillary attracts are slick, geeky weasels or rancid, asexual cream puffs Incidentally, this sounds like the two personae I alternate between on weekdays and weekends, respectively.

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"But ... Doesn't he read The Bible?"

2007-12-28T20:36:55Z

This is apparently what my Ohio aunt and uncle said when they found out I was gay. I think every gay guy has like 30 of these post-gay reaction quotes in their anecdote-satchel. It's one of those rapidly dawning facts of life that, no matter who...

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Excerpt from 'And the Band Played On'

2007-09-28T14:02:16Z

The book is about the first few years of the AIDS epidemic, and chronicles the arrogance, denial, indifference and general dickery that delayed anything resembling scientific progress almost until the '90s. This section comes after it's revealed ...

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TV News: The ability to turn anything into an after-school special

2007-07-17T22:00:14Z

The story above is actually sort of interesting, in an inevitable sort of way, but the smarmy tone of The Voice Dude just makes me hate everything inside and outside the little window. Surely there was a way to tell this story without using the c...

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Enough already: Gay animals

2007-02-26T16:40:09Z

I checked one of my gay blogs (blaggots?) today and found this story: Researchers: Captivity Brings Out the Lesbian in Koalas It's about how female koalas act all Brokeback when you put them in captivity without males. Yawn. There has been a sh...

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