AltWeeklies Wire
Tomfoolerynew
If no one of Tom Cruise's stature is gay, it's because no one of Tom Cruise's stature has the balls to stop being someone of Tom Cruise's stature.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
06-08-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
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
Wild, Wild Jim Westnew
Outed and accused of sexual abuse, the mayor of Spokane, Wash., might have dodged one of his own barbaric bullets.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
05-11-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Gay At Boston College: Silent No Morenew
Gay students at Boston College say that while their school's reputation for being unaccepting of homosexuals is largely undeserved, there's much room for improvement. Amending the university's nondiscrimination clause is a good way to start.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
04-21-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Father Knows Best
To some Fred Phelps is a "walking hate crime." To others, he's the loving patriarch of a big family. Either way, the clan is coming to Santa Fe to protest the city's gay-friendly attitude.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
04-20-2005 |
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
To Love, Honor, and Be Gaynew
How Washington state's Supreme Court will decide whether gay marriage is illegal.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-02-2005 |
LGBT
Confessions of SpongeBob's Lovernew
With SpongeBob SquarePants finally outed by his political enemies, his former lover comes forward to tell of their relationship.
Columbus Alive |
Phil Martin |
02-17-2005 |
LGBT
Illinois's Anti-Discrimination Law Could Lead to Other Rightsnew
Lawmakers who passed the landmark bill were careful to distinguish between sanctioning gay marriage and protecting basic civil rights, but some gay-rights activists see the new law as a first step.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
01-28-2005 |
LGBT
Lesbian Student Shut Out of Tradition
She's a senior in high school. She's a lesbian. And because she isn't girlie enough for her principal, she's been banned from the yearbook.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Clark Armstrong |
01-25-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: Kelli Davis, tuxedo
Illinois Makes History With Gay-Rights Legislationnew
The lame-duck legislature of blue-state Illinois approved landmark legislation protecting gays from discrimination. The bill was signed into law Jan. 21.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
01-24-2005 |
LGBT
Abie Babynew
Don't ever call anyone gay. Look at the trouble it got C.A. Tripp into. The author of the The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln died in 2003 and now has to lie in the cold, cold ground while fellow historians kick at his dirt. Tripp claims in his book that Honest Abe was honestly a poofter.
Seattle Weekly |
Steve Wiecking |
01-19-2005 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
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
Healthy Equalitynew
In November, Montana voters constitutionally banned gay marriage. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled that the same-sex partners of University of Montana employees are constitutionally due health benefits.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
01-06-2005 |
LGBT
Right-Wingers Oppose Trans-Rights Billnew
In what might be a taste of the post-election climate, right-wing religious groups turned out en masse to protest a proposed trans-rights bill in Albany County, though one passed the City of Albany in April without a peep.
