When I came out, at 16, in those fashion-challenged late 70s when tweedy jackets and pinky rings had to do hard labor in signifying lesbian identity, my (liberal) mother sent me to a shrink before she began her queer re-education and joined the cause, righteous pink triangle pinned on her ample bosom. I knew not …
Same-sex marriage is all the rage these days and supporting it is a civil-rights no brainer. But sociologist Suzanna Danuta Walters warns us that we should never imagine that gaining this signals the end of homophobia or the beginning of deep social belonging…. Read the full article on Contexts.
So the verdict is in and the celebrations have begun. Striking down the odious Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and allowing the challenge to Prop 8 to stand so Californians can get married, is simply the right thing to do. As I listen to the coverage, I can’t help but be caught up in the …
Spending time in Provincetown – Cape Cod’s mecca of all things homosexual – is both a thrilling inversion of everyday life where queerness is the banal majority and a depressing reminder that normative ideologies can seep into even the most festive of gay milieu. As New York made history by approving same-sex marriage, Ptown vacationers …
After the debacle of the 2004 elections, in which, arguably, anti-gay-marriage amendments helped ignite the Republican right to defeat Democrats along with the wedding plans of millions of taffeta-loving homosexuals, it appears the tide is turning…. Read the full article on The Chronicle of Higher Education.
WASHINGTON – Now that the Supremes have ruled that when it comes to consenting adults, you just have to stop interfering (in the name of love), the country seems atwitter over the effectthis ruling might have on marriage. This is an interesting leap. Commentators are not anxious, for example, that legalizing sodomy will open the …