Tag Archives: Queer Issues
Anti-gay teachers and the limits of the First Amendment
In Union, New Jersey a teacher Viki Knox, disgusted with her school’s involvement in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender History Month took to her Facebook page to say the following: Homosexuality is a perverted spirit that has existed from the beginning of creation. The word of God refers to it often. That’s if you believe [...]
The official end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
At 12:01 am this morning, the horrible policy that was Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ended. The U.S. Department of Defense will formally repeal the inequitable policy that has been law since 1993. The repeal which was voted on by Congress during the lame duck session will now officially take effect. Approximately 14,000 gay service members [...]
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The Feministing Five: Justin Vivian Bond
Justin Vivian Bond is a cabaret artist and author who has performed all over the world. Bond’s new album is called “Dendrophile,” and v is currently on tour performing songs from it on the East Coast. Bond’s first book, Tango, which will be published later this year through the Feminist Press, chronicles the experience of [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme is a new anthology edited by Ivan E. Coyote (who you might know from this great femme appreciation piece) and Zena Sharman that explores butch and femme identities from a variety of viewpoints. The book is dominated by lesbian writers talking about the butch-femme dynamic in their own communities, [...]
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Housing Department introduces new LGBT protections