Category Archives: Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues

PortlyDyke on Staying Closeted Even After Coming Out of the Closet

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Ampersand

PortlyDyke wrote a beautiful post about reflexive, safety-making cloaking: I doubt that most straight, cisgendered people think about, or notice, how frequently they touch their partner in public in ways that are not necessarily “sexual” (in addition to kissing, cuddling, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 4 Comments

More Obama Endorsement: Foreign Policy is a Feminist Issue

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Ampersand

I trust the anti-colonialist and anti-racist reasons to oppose most US uses of military force against other countries are clear to most “Alas” readers. I haven’t been discussing that connection because it’s too clear to be missed, not because it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Feminism, sexism, etc, International issues, Iraq, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | Comments Off

Anti-Porn Activists (Probably The Christian Kind) Protest Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home"

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Ampersand

(Links NSFW. Depending on your workplace, I guess.) Bechdel doesn’t seem too torn up about it, though. From KSL channel 5 in Utah: Time Magazine voted it the book of the year, but some students are calling it pornographic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 51 Comments

Queer Rights, circa 1953: "One Is Not Grateful"

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Ampersand

Box Turtle Bulletin tells a bit of fascinating history: One magazine, a gay rights magazine ((Judging from the tiny snippets BTB quotes, it seems that they were very much focused on gay men, not on lesbians.)) published in the 1950s. … Continue reading →

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Being Fat, Being Gay: It Doesn't Matter If It's A Choice

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Ampersand

From M. LeBlank at Bitch PhD: Both fat people and gay people who are trying to fight bigotry spend a lot of time arguing that their condition is genetic. It’s pretty easy to see why: it seems like a very … Continue reading →

Posted in Fat, fat and more fat, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues | 34 Comments

Philadelphia Boy Scouts Evicted For Their Anti-Gay Stance

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Ampersand

Negotiations between Philadelphia Boy Scouts and the city government have ended; the Scouts are being evicted. For three years the Philadelphia council of the Boy Scouts of America held its ground. It resisted the city’s request to change its discriminatory … Continue reading →