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Reparative therapy: ‘It is shocking that we are still shocking people!

It is shocking that we are still shocking people! Forty years ago, in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association announced that homosexuality was not a mental illness. “Conversion or Reparative therapy” has been rejected by the World Health Organization, the American Psychological Association and almost every other professional therapeutic group in America to date. When a […]

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Pecs and the City

“Music makes the people come together.” At least that is what one of the 20th century’s finest poets says. Perhaps you’ve heard of her? She has a knack for saying exactly what we are all afraid to say, and occasionally she hitchhikes naked. She also firmly believes that you can meet someone, fall in love

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The word by Sheila

As has been widely reported, Justice Antonin Scalia made a controversial — albeit illuminating — remark during a speech at Princeton University. A student in the audi­ence asked him to justify previously published opinions in the course of which he had compared laws criminalizing homosexuality to those banning bestiality and murder. Scalia defended the comparison,

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The word by Miss K

How do we educate people about our way of life without alienating them or worse yet, mis­informing them? How we educate people about us is just as important as what we share with them because you cannot educate people about our way of life by throwing it in their face and saying, “accept me or

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The Word by Sheila

Wow! How about those referenda!??? Elections are always dicey propositions. People’s votes are affected by so many imponderables — I’d love to think, as someone who teaches public policy, that voters make their decisions after considering contending positions and evaluating them, but we all know better. Especially when measures af­fecting the lives of gay, lesbian,

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Pecs and the City

A few weeks ago I was picking up basketballs in the gym when I heard two young guys talking in the hyperactive, rushed tones that could only come from the fourth grade. I missed the gist of the conversation, but I did overhear this gem: “You have a girl­friend? That is so gay!” As amusing

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Parenting with PRIDE

Welcome to the second question and answer of our Parenting with PRIDE column.  This will be a monthly feature here and we encourage YOU to email in your questions about parenting.  We’d love to hear from you!   I went to high school with a girl who had two dads.  Years have passed and I

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Parenting with PRIDE

Welcome to the first question and answer of our Parenting with PRIDE column.  This will be a monthly feature here and we encourage YOU to email in your questions about parenting.  We’d love to hear from you!   I’m going to a baby shower for two women. Do lesbians have a thing against the traditional

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