AltWeeklies Wire
Songs Can Bring Gay Solidaritynew
So the Indigo Girls are a lesbian cliche -- we still revel in the memories their music elicits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Paige Parvin |
10-05-2011 |
LGBT
Google Doodle Just Isn't Gay Enoughnew
Don't do it yet, but when you Google the words "gay" or "lesbian" you will see the small rainbow tucked around the end of the search bar. But curiously when you type in any variation of those words, such as gay civil rights, lesbian avengers, or even the name of a gay icon like Harvey Milk, the power rainbow mysteriously disappears.
Tales of Commitmentnew
Same-sex couples share their stories.
Eugene Weekly |
Jes Burns |
01-12-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: Oregon, gay, ceremony, commitment, marriage, wedding, weddings, Eugene, lesbian, homosexual, Multnomah, Multnomah County, same sex, same-sex
Who's Your Momma?new
Everything was perfect as Becky and Sharon Flynn went through Sharon's pregnancy -- until the local daily paper refused to print Becky's name in the birth announcement.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
12-26-2006 |
LGBT
Taking the Straight Roadnew
You can become an ordained Presbyterian minister if you're gay -- as long as you don't tell anyone.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-01-2006 |
LGBT
The Other Mothernew
I'm not the mom, and I'm not the dad -- who the heck am I?
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
05-11-2006 |
LGBT
The Double Closetnew
As gay and lesbian Arabs struggle to come out, they face homophobia, racism and violence -- within their own communities.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
05-03-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: Immigration, 9/11, gay, Arab, Arab American, Chaldean, Dearborn, Detroit, Gay Rights, homophobia, lesbian, racism
The Semi-Free Statenew
The author and her partner leave Virginia for Maryland in search of a place more accepting of their same-sex relationship.
Baltimore City Paper |
Laura Laing |
12-21-2005 |
LGBT
Crystal Meth Marks New Crisis for Gaysnew
The gay community has an addiction crisis that is not reported in the media because that would require straight people to take responsibility for the harm they've caused.
The Village Voice |
Patrick Moore |
06-22-2005 |
LGBT
Gaveling Gaysnew
In the courtroom of a Stark County, Ohio, judge, justice isn't blind to sexual orientation.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
06-08-2005 |
LGBT
GLBT Youth and the Stifling of Discussion of Gay Sexualitynew
The queer community's fight for same-sex marriage, combined with revived AIDS hysteria, is shortchanging gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth by stifling discussion of gay sexuality.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
03-28-2005 |
LGBT
Pink Pistols Take Militant Approach to Self-Defensenew
"Pick on someone your own caliber" is the motto of the Houston chapter of Pink Pistols, a group of concealed-pistol-toting, Second Amendment-defending sexual minorities. Their approach to self-defense hasn't won many supporters in Houston's gun-shy gay community.
Houston Press |
Mosi Secret |
01-10-2005 |
LGBT
For Same-Sex Couples, May 17 Was Time to Get Marriednew
Same-sex marriage comes to Massachusetts, with after-dark revelry in Cambridge and business as usual (almost) at City Hall Plaza. A first-person report from Massachusetts the day same-sex marriage became legal is accompanied by three sidebar reports from Provincetown, Worcester and Somerville.
Boston Phoenix |
Kristen Lombardi |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Transgendered Community Struggles to Overcome Stereotypes
Gender reassignment surgery used to be covered under the provincial health plan. But the government cut funding just as Michelle Anderson was halfway through. Now, she and other transgendered activists are working to promote trans acceptance in the community at large
Monday Magazine |
Sarah Petrescu |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Canada Immigration to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
Activists are thrilled that Canada's immigration policy now allows citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their same-sex spouses.
Monday Magazine |
Adrienne Mercer |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
