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The Barney Frank Story

Not your average left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman.

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Gay Boys in Oil City

The fight for GLBT rights in rural America is far from over.

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Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland

Iowa becomes the first state in the Midwest to extend the right to marry to gays and lesbians.

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Forget Marriage—Civil Unions For All

I believe fervently in the sanctity of marriage, and if you do, too, head immediately to your closest church,… more

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‘Milk’ Does the Man Proud

The first major Hollywood film portraying a gay historic figure, Milk pushes gays to come out and fight for equal rights

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Closeted Russia

A LGBT film festival gets shut down in St. Petersburg, 15 years after homosexuality became legal in post-Soviet Russia

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Marriage Equality in Peril

'Prayer warriors' battle to pass state referendums banning gays and lesbians from marrying

vol. 32, iss. 10   

Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

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Transgendered Behind Bars

A recent study by the San Francisco-based Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project on rape in California prisons found that 59 percent of transgender people reported being sexually assaulted in prison in 2006, compared to 4 percent of the general prison population

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He Shoots, She Scores

When Mike became Christine, she gave Los Angeles sports fans a courtside view of gender politics

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A GLBT Center of Their Own

A combination of public and private funds, Chicago's new GLBT community center enjoys broad political support and is the first of its kind in the country

vol. 31, iss. 07    ,

Defining Hate in the United States

Despite widespread public support, hate crime law across the country remains inconsistent and the crimes often go unpunished.

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Circumcision Promotion Divides AIDS Activists

Should results of African AIDS study be applied in the United States?

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Bisexual Healing

Cringing is often a sign of unfinished political business," according to feminist author Jennifer Baumgardner. She should know. Since… more

vol. 31, iss. 03    ,

A Politically Correct Lexicon

Your 'how-to' guide to avoid offending anyone

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Outing is In Again

Did Bill Maher break the Barney Frank Rule?

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Women and Their Boxes

For too long women have dwelled on the categories that box them in.

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In Loco Parentis: A Gay Pages Experience

Faith can be restored in Congress despite the Foley Page Scandal.

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Sticks & Stones and Dykes

Bikes on Dykes fought the law...and they won!

vol. 30, iss. 07    ,

Curriculum Wars

A California State Senator wants to help public schools catch up with history

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Iran Exports Anti-Gay Pogrom to Iraq

The murder of gay men in Iraq represents the importation of the anti-gay killings being carried out in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Broke Cowboy

For folks like Samuel K. Beaumont, Sr., this year's Defense of Marriage Acts, set to appear in November on… more

vol. 30, iss. 04   

An Anti-Gay Easter

Whose children will be allowed to participate in the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll on April 17? Not… more

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Gay Rights Win in Maine Heralds Progress in 2006

The unsung comeback of the past year belongs to the resilient gay-rights movement. Moxie and recommitment to state-based organizing… more

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Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom

American gay rights groups are ignoring systematic persecution in the Islamic Republic

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Cowboys in Love

"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," writes Leo Tolstoy in… more

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Official Bigotry

In Florida, both anti-gay political rhetoric and hate crimes are on the rise

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Wildes Second Coming Out

When first published in England two years ago, Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde won universal critical… more

vol. 29, iss. 20   

Scott Bloch’s Sad Saga

On freedom, the Bush administration speaks with a forked tongue. Executive rhetoric at the start of the second term… more

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Notes to a Young Feminist

A few years ago there was a conference in Minneapolis on “Feminism and Rhetoric.” I went as a doctrinaire,… more

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Transfeminism: Let Her Rip

It’s been in the New York Times, so it must be official: Transpeople are here in number and they’re… more

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Doing Women Wrong?

The musical Hairspray, playing on Broadway for the past two years and now on tour, is about race relations… more

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It’s Raining Amendment

The ugly clouds had gathered so long on the horizon that the first drop was a relief. Bush’s February… more

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No Romeo

Appeals court defies Lawrence v. Texas

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The Court Takes on Gay Rights

Expectations are running high in the gay community as the United States Supreme Court will shortly hand down a… more

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