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Category: Queer Perspectives
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Jay Michaelson makes the case for difficulty in the debate over LGBT equality.
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Santorum’s bigotry may play to his base, but is increasingly a liability in a more inclusive nation.
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Triggered by the coverage of molestation charges at Penn State and elsewhere, Martin Moran confronts his own memories of abuse.
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The history of this day dates back to 1998, when Rita Hester was brutally murdered in her home, and her friend, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, launched the Remembering Our Dead web project.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance is November 20th.
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Before he came out, Jay Michaelson was sure that doing so would spell the end of his religious life. Instead, it marked the beginning of a new understanding.
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The myth that the Bible forbids homosexuality—the myth of “God versus Gay”—is behind some of the most divisive and painful conflicts of our day. In this provocative, passionately argued, and game-changing book, scholar and activist Jay Michaelson shows that not only does the Bible not prohibit same-sex intimacy, but the vast majority of its teachings…
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As we celebrate National Coming Out Day, dozens of LGBT groups are “coming out” against a federal program that places thousands of LGBTQ people and communities at risk of violence and violations of our human rights.
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The Jewish High Holidays are the time more Jews go to synagogue than any other, yet it foregrounds a theology least likely to appeal to them, one highlighting sin and repentance, judgment and guilt. Is this a good thing?
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One of the groups affected by the end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: children with a gay service member for a parent.
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