As we hit the last week of Pride month, I want to talk about two similar – but different – movies around the experience of coming out: Alex Strangelove and Love, Simon.
homophobia / homophobic / homosexuality
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The Only Thing That Needs To Be Said About A Gay Character In Beauty And The Beast
If you somehow can accept the Stockholm syndrome of Belle, extreme punishments for a ten or eleven year old boy not talking to creepy strangers, and abuse enabling […]
homophobia / homosexuality / politics
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Who cares what kind of relationship anyone else is in?
In the spirit of “I’m done playing political games“, this is a serious question: Who cares what kind of relationship anyone else is in? I’ve been arguing this […]
homosexuality / sociology
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Sex and Status
Once every seven minutes. This probably has as little to do with reality as the myth about males and every seven seconds, but there it is. That’s how […]
homosexuality / prejudice / religion / tolerance
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The New Pharisees
Let me make this clear: My problems with Christianity (and in particular, the Roman Catholic Church, which I nominally belong to) are problems not so much with the […]
homosexuality / politics / tolerance
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The Values of Prop 8
Whenever you look at a controversial issue, it’s important to determine what is really going on. Take gun control (please!). There are a lot of “facts” and LOTS […]