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Know on 8
Independent Gay Forum Feb 14 09
by Dale CarpenterFirst published in the Bay Area Reporter on Jan. 29, 2009
With a switch of just two percent of the votes, the leaders of the "No on 8" campaign would today be heroes.
Hate the Sin...Shun the Sinner
Independent Gay Forum Feb 09 09
by John CorvinoFirst published in 365gay.com on February 6, 2009
I’ve written in this column of my friendship with Glenn Stanton, a Focus on the Family employee whom I regularly debate on same-sex marriage.
What’s Best For Children
Independent Gay Forum Feb 04 09
by John CorvinoFirst published in 365gay.com on Jan. 30, 2009
I don’t have children, I don’t want children, and I don’t “get” children.
Faith-Based Means Us, Too
Independent Gay Forum Feb 02 09
by Jennifer VanascoFirst published in the Chicago Free Press, Feb. 4, 2009
Josh DuBois might be called a New Evangelical.
Queers for Palestine?
Independent Gay Forum Jan 29 09
by James KirchickFirst published in Advocate.com on January 28, 2009
Of all the slogans chanted and displayed at anti-Israel rallies over the past month, surely "Queers for Palestine" ranks as the most oxymoronic.
Women's Desire, Lesbians' Sexuality
Independent Gay Forum Jan 28 09
by Jennifer VanascoFirst published in the Chicago Free Press on January 28, 2009
Female desire is complicated.
Harassment? Or Politics?
Independent Gay Forum Jan 28 09
by Paul VarnellFirst published in the Chicago Free Press on January 28, 2009
The latest political struggle in California is over whether the names of
contributors to the campaign to bar gay marriage should be publicly disclosed.
Gene Robinson’s Scary Prayer
Independent Gay Forum Jan 26 09
by John CorvinoFirst published at 365gay.com on Jan. 23, 2009
When Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson was invited to deliver the invocation at the inaugural kickoff event, I expected some conservative evangelicals to complain.
A Map of Evangelical Paranoia
Independent Gay Forum Jan 20 09
by Paul VarnellFirst published in the Chicago Free Press on January 21, 2009
Barely two weeks before the November 4 election, the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family posted a long "Letter from 2012 in Obama's America," purporting to describe changes wrought by a President Obama, should he be elected—what a conservative Christian would call a "worst-case scenario.
Gay Sex Isn’t Weird. Sex Is.
Independent Gay Forum Jan 19 09
by John CorvinoFirst published at 365gay.com on January 16, 2009.
Why are our opponents so obsessed with “butt sex”?
I’ve personally pondered this question more times than is probably healthy.
Orientation Isn't a Qualification
Independent Gay Forum Jan 14 09
by James KirchickFirst published at TheAdvocate.com on January 14, 2009
When the rumor first surfaced that President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team was strongly considering union activist Mary Beth Maxwell for secretary of Labor, gay ears perked up.
Are Our Opponents Like Segregationists?
Independent Gay Forum Jan 12 09
by John CorvinoFirst published at 365gay.com on January 9, 2009
In terms of gay-rights progress, brace yourself for a difficult year.
So What If He's No Saint?
Independent Gay Forum Jan 08 09
by Richard J. RosendallFirst published in Bay Windows, January 8, 2008
For months, Rick Garcia has been dealing with people who portray President-elect Barack Obama as “at best half-hearted” on GLBT issues.
Reaching Out to Move Ahead
Independent Gay Forum Jan 01 09
by Dale CarpenterFirst published in the Bay Area Reporter on January 1, 2009
Reactions to Barack Obama’s choice of a prominent pro-Prop 8 preacher to deliver the invocation at his inauguration have fallen along some familiar lines.
Marjorie Christoffersen’s Freedom — and Ours
Independent Gay Forum Dec 23 08
by John CorvinoFirst published at 365gay.com on December 19, 2008
Marjorie Christoffersen seems like a nice enough person by all reports, including those of gay friends and acquaintances.
Marriage or Mirage?
Independent Gay Forum Dec 18 08
by Richard J. RosendallFirst published in Bay Windows on December 18, 2008
On Dec. 11, at a candid community discussion on the pursuit of D.
Think National, but Act Local
Independent Gay Forum Dec 17 08
by Paul VarnellFirst published in the Chicago Free Press on December 17, 2008
A recent article in The New York Times emphasized the relative youth or newness to activism of many of the planners and participants in the demonstrations for same-sex marriage that have occurred since the passage of Proposition 8 in California.
Mr. Claus’s Christmas Letter—2008
Independent Gay Forum Dec 17 08
by Paul VarnellFirst published in the Chicago Free Press on December 0, 2008
Mr. C. is incredibly busy right now with a last minute rush to finish all the
toys, get the reindeer in shape for the long trip, make sure the sleigh is in
proper repair and all.
Sean Penn’s Blind Spot
Independent Gay Forum Dec 14 08
by James KirchickFirst published at TheAdvocate.com on December 9, 2008
It’s not surprising that Sean Penn, thanks to his star turn as Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant’s biopic Milk, is becoming a hero to gays.
Losing California
Independent Gay Forum Dec 07 08
by Dale CarpenterFirst published in the Bay Area Reporter on November 20, 2008
On election night, I stood in the heart of San Francisco’s Castro district.
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