Bishop Gene Robinson is under siege in London. He has gone there at the invitation of an Anglican church to give a sermon to the faithful. He has gone to London because he was specifically disinvited from the Anglican annual conference at Lambeth due to the controversy surrounding him. He has been invited to preside over a celebratory mass in London where he will address the issue as the conference is conducted in Lambeth. It should also be noted that there is a firestorm in the Anglican Church both over his elevation to Bishop (as a non celibate Gay man in 2003) and recently the approval of women to be Bishops in England. Full story...
Today is National Coming Out Day, the day we encourage and celebrate our community coming out and living life out and proud.
Public discussions around sexuality evoke simplistic narratives about gays versus conservatives. We automatically assume that anything gay is part of a leftist or progressive agenda.
In most of my childhood, I felt extreme loneliness, even when with those who loved me. It is possible when you are desperate to believe two opposed ideas when the outcome gives pleasure beyond all that you had ever known.
There is no bigger pleasure than hearing Leah, Zuleikha, and myself screaming chants on FemmeCast.
"The U.S. should start by changing its own policies regarding LGBT people -- only then will it have a legitimate voice with which to urge other countries to do the same.
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Great video from last year's National Coming Out Day.
Thanks to reader Jere for sending the link to this one. Adult film actor Mason Wyler was raped in late September by an Army officer who was also a fan of his.
Ocean Colour Scene, a late 90's britpop band, had its lead singer forced out of the closet in 1998 by The Sun.
Today's Connecticut Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage is a major boost to California, Florida and Arizona's battle to defeat "marriage" amendments.
I woke up Wednesday morning to a nice birthday greeting on Facebook from Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' re-election campaign.
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