The religious right loves to paint marriage equality as something nasty. They want the world to hear the word gay and think sex. Well I think these photographs, posted by the Boston Globe, present marriage equality as what it really is: all about love. From all races, religions, nationalities, and ...

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Part of the Pentagons strategy in investigating the impact of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) includes asking 150,000 straight couples how their lives will be affected by a repeal. The Sevicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending DADT, decided ...

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After Doctor Laura’s racist tirade a couple of weeks ago, I have noticed a lot of discussion about reclaiming abusive words. I don’t think the use of the n word within parts of the black community is the same as the use of "queer" within the lgbt community ...

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This is AWESOME.

Embodiment: A Portrait of Queer Life in America is the first ever comprehensive web-based documentary and archive to explore the LGBT community in America as a whole.

A project of Molly Landreth & Amelia Tovey, Embodiment is a collection of short films and photographic portraits which explore the ...

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Registration for The Zuna Institute's 2011 National Black Lesbian Conference opens Fall 2010! Right around the corner.

This conference is the only event of its kind, creating an opportunity for black lesbian activists, educators, community organizers, and professionals to share knowledge, skills, and to develop the platform and foundation ...

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Yesterday an article in the NY Times reported the latest turn on the legal battle over Prop 8.

A three-judge panel in a federal appeals court extended the stay on same-sex marriage since (& despite) Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling to lift it, while it decides whether the ban on gay ...

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The Zuna Institute, a national advocacy organization for black lesbians, just announced the release of the Black Lesbian Needs assessment report entitled: Black Lesbians Matter.

The report examines the unique experiences, perspectives, and priorities of the Black Lesbian community.

Download a full copy of the report here.

Learn more.

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Bare back porn is quickly becoming one of the biggest niche markets in the industry. Unprotected sex and skin to skin contact has been fetishized. Obviously this has raised a lot of tension in the queer community. For some it epitomizes a faux-post- AIDS culture, and for others bare back ...

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I grew up in a progressive town in the suburbs of New York. In towns like these, the law of the politically correct is passed from the sky on large stone tablets. This community ethic sheltered me from a world where prejudice could be seen with the naked eye. However ...

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The reality? Not so much... according to a recent study conducted at the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, highlighted in the NY Times.

This study and others like it support that smoking actually causes higher levels of long-term stress, and that the only stress a cigarette actually relieves is ...

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