Sissies and Kisses: On Michael Sam and Femmephobia
This past weekend the world was treated to the first openly gay NFL player, Michael Sam, kissing his boyfriend, Vito Cammisano, on his cake-covered face after he found out that he had been drafted to...
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Hollywood's Take On HIV/AIDS (VIDEO / AUDIO)
An official production still from HBO's The Normal Heart As the world gears up for HBO's The Normal Heart, I present a recent episode of SnowbizNow in which standout films in 30 years of AIDS in...
View ArticleJudge Strikes Down All Arkansas Laws Banning Gay Marriage
BY ANDREW DEMILLO AND CHRISTINA HUYNH, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A judge cleared the way on Thursday for gay marriages to resume in Arkansas, striking down all state laws that...
View ArticleTops and Bottoms: 'Are You the Man or the Woman?'
"So who's the woman in the relationship?" Seriously?! Is this real life? Even when it has not been hurled at me specifically, I have heard this question way too often. When this piece of ignorance...
View ArticleA Queer Orthodoxy: Post-Soviet Russian Art Movement 'Club of Friends'...
Back in 1982, artists Timur Novikov and Ivan Sotnikov had themselves photographed grinning through an empty rectangular space at the first official show of the semi-underground group TEII. The fact of...
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Male Soccer Players Share Kiss After Win -- And Apparently People Need...
After clinching a Europa League title on Wednesday, two European soccer players sealed the victory with a kiss. The gesture between Ivan Rakitic and Daniel Carrico, who play for Spain's Sevilla soccer...
View ArticleIdaho Gay Marriages On Hold Pending Appeal, Court Rules
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily put plans for Idaho same-sex weddings on hold while it considers the state's request for a longer stay. The state's gay marriage ban was...
View ArticleStarve the Gay Controversy
"Feed what you want and starve the rest," said John Wimber, founder of Vineyard USA, my evangelical denomination. I think it's time to starve the gay controversy -- to refuse to play by its rules,...
View ArticleCoalition Of Black Pastors Speaks Out Against Gay Marriage
A coalition of black pastors have condemned gay marriage, saying it's incorrect to compare the fight for equal marriage rights to the civil rights movement. The Christian, conservative Thomas More Law...
View ArticleLesbian Church Worker Fired After Same-Sex Marriage Revealed
For nearly a year, Colleen Simon served as her local Catholic church's head of distribution of food to the hungry, a job she says she loved because it joined her passion for social justice with her...
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Stuart Milk To Attend White House Ceremony Dedicating Harvey Milk Postage Stamp
WASHINGTON -- The nephew of the late Harvey Milk will be among those in attendance next week when the White House hosts a dedication ceremony for the new postage stamp honoring Milk. The White House...
View ArticleLGBTs to Our Doctors: Know Us as People
Betty went to her primary care doctor for depression. She is a 75-year-old retired secretary, and for months she had been unable to eat, sleep or take pleasure in anything. Her doctor took note of...
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LGBT Literature: It's Not All Life and Death
Two Internet memes are promoting literary issues that I care about deeply. On May 1, 2, and 3, a groups of activists, using the Twitter hashtag #weneeddiversebooks and a Tumblr, raised awareness about...
View ArticleWhat Chuck Hagel Needs to Understand
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recently said the ban on transgender persons serving openly in the U.S. military "continually should be reviewed." He hasn't stated that the ban should be lifted....
View ArticleWhat the 15 Most Popular Gay Porn Stars Are Doing on Twitter
When a friend first told me that he follows a couple of gay porn stars on Twitter, my first thought was, "Why? What could he possibly get out of it?" Plenty, it turns out. He gets to, um, reach out and...
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What Is Love? This Lesbian Teen Has It All Figured Out (VIDEO)
I'm From Driftwood is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit archive for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer stories. New stories are posted on the site every Wednesday. Kids these days. Tyunique Nelson was...
View ArticleMark Pryor Acknowledges Voting For Arkansas Marriage Equality Ban
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of a judge's decision allowing same-sex couples to begin marrying in Arkansas, Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) has reiterated that he remains one of the only Democratic senators who...
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Mixed Messages: Homophobia, Transphobia and the Media
This post was co-authored with Drusilla Menaker, Senior Media Adviser for IREX. Around the world, we've seen how media coverage can build tolerance toward or incite violence against various minority...
View ArticleJessica Urbina, California Teen, Has Yearbook Photo Omitted Because She Wore...
Classmates and family members are rallying in support of a California teen whose portrait was reportedly axed from her private school's yearbook and graduation ceremony because she opted to wear a...
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What Every LGBTQ Teen (And Their School) Needs To Know About Prom
For prom-going LGBTQ teens, the high school ritual can sometimes feel like a twisted "Mean Girls" plotline where spiteful overlords try to dictate what they can wear, who they can hang with and how...
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