Gay Issues
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Naked News (05-05-09)

From the book I’m Glad I’m a Boy! I’m Glad I’m a Girl! The new documentary Outrage, opening this Friday, exposes closeted gay politicians who publicly oppose gay rights. The theory being, why should they get to stay in the closet if they’re actively holding back the gay rights movement in their day job and […]

Polls
Poll: Is Idol's Adam Lambert Gay?

Is the frontrunner on “American Idol” Adam Lambert gay?(online surveys) Can’t see the poll? Click here to take it.

News
Gay Marriage: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

image from Wordboner It’s this kind of thing — a new, totally rad T-shirt logo from Wordboner — that scares the bejeezus out of homophobes like the National Organization for Marriage. So frightened are they of an imaginary army of gay soldiers forcing them into a life of sodomy that they put together this gem […]

News
Gay Marriage — All the Cool Kids Are Doing It

photo by Maxintosh Love must really be in the spring air this week: not one, but two states have legalized gay marriage in less than 7 days! Last Friday it was Iowa, and just this past Tuesday it was Vermont.  That brings the grand total of cool states dedicated to marriage equality up to four, […]

News
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage!

photo by Brian and Shannon The news today was sweeter than maple syrup: Vermont became the fourth state (the second this week!) to legalize gay marriage. Its legislature voted to override the governor’s veto (after the legislature passed a bill allowing it last week).

Polls
Poll: What Do You Think About a Girl with Two Guys?

Last week, our Wise Guy Max wrote the following line about female-male-male threeways: Face it: a lot of guys go by the super homophobic rule of “as long as the balls don’t touch,” so you’re much better off finding two guys that are as comfortable with one another’s body as they are with their joint […]

News
Who Knew Iowa Was So Cool?

photo by Kables When you think of Iowa, what do you think of? Corn, perhaps. Field of Dreams. The cornfields in Field of Dreams. Famous Iowan natives named “Wood,” like American Gothic painter Grant Wood and that adorable little hobbit, Elijah Wood. Admit it: if you were to play a word association game with Iowa, […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: My Pregnancy Made Me Gay in My Sleep

photo by dizznbonn Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a straight woman asks Lauri: So I was about 6 months pregnant and I started having sex dreams of other women. In the latest […]

Pop Culture
Merriam-Webster Accused of Pro-Gay Agenda

photo by greeblie While the rest of us were battling it out over gay marriage in courts, newspaper editorials, elections, marches, and barrooms across the country, a little company called Merriam-Webster was quietly making their own call. So quietly, in fact, that even though their dictionary updated the definition of marriage back in 2003 to […]

Websites
Blog Snog (04-03-09)

Thanks to Best Week Ever for downloading this pic before the dress company photoshopped out the pink satin labia. A weekly roundup of sex- and love-related posts from some of our favorite blogs and websites: Best Week Ever finds the perfect classy yet affordable vagina prom gown (not a joke — it’s actually just a […]

Dream Interpretation
Dream Interpretation: I'm Bi-Curious in a High-Rise Office Building

photo by Marco_Gomes Other people’s dreams are never interesting…except when they’re about sex. Each week, our dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg tells one lucky reader what their dirty dream means. This week, a straight woman asks Lauri: So, I had a dream a couple of nights ago that is really making me feel kind of awkward. […]

Polls
And My Parents Don't Know I'm Gay? Part 1: Vogue

from Who’s Dated Who This is the first in a multi-part series by our contributor Anonymous Bosch, a college student on the west coast who won’t reveal any more details. Well, except these: When I was a toddler, I would toss my plane, train, and automobile models in the trash can with a snarl, then […]

Pop Culture
Celebrities (and Lesbians) Do It Too. They Fall in Love.

Remember when Ellen DeGeneres wouldn’t talk about her sexuality? When a mere 13 years ago she played straight people in horrible movies? Well, look how times have changed! Yesterday she had her wife, Portia de Rossi, on her talk show for the first time ever. They hugged, they talked about their wedding and about living […]

Pop Culture
Books: Unfriendly Fire

Nathaniel Frank & his book “Unfriendly Fire” on The Daily Show Our pal Nathaniel Frank — who was smooth as butta on The Daily Show last night — is the foremost expert in the country on the toad-lickin’ crazy “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. His new book, Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the […]

Personal Essays
Confession: My New Crush Is HIV+

photo by ChrisLee0407 Our contributor Anonymous Bosch is a college student on the west coast. And that’s all he’s prepared to say right now. Except this… All my life, I have been schooled in the ways of safer sex by everyone from school to PSAs to my mother: If you don’t want to contract a […]

News
Inauguration Day! A Roundup

Craigslist ad via Gawker Obama truly inspires excitement: Inauguration attendees looking for love — nasty, kinky, dirty love — on Craigslist. A guide to DC’s places for offbeat dates, sexy hotels, and singles scenes by The Frisky. Liberals and Evangelicals join to advise Obama on issues of gay rights and abortion, offering plans which include […]