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Angry Single Blogger: Guess What, Homophobes? You're Probably Gay
All that homophobia is just proof that you're repressing some same-sex attraction.

Angry Single Blogger: Guess What, Homophobes? You're Probably Gay

That's right, haters. You're more likely to be gay than us tolerant folk.

Remember when former Republican senator Larry Craig, who was always so anti-gay rights, got caught "tapping" his foot in a men's bathroom, looking for some man-on-man love? Hypocrite! Even more well-known is Ted Haggard, the crazy gay-hating evangelical Christian who, despite his sermons that condemned homosexuality, was getting busy with a male escort and doing crystal meth to boot.

Married & Gay...Now What? Pt 2 [EXPERT]

Married & Gay...Now What? Pt 2 [EXPERT]

The challenges faced once you are no longer questioning, but know you're a lesbian.

In this blog series, I’ve been talking about the experience of questioning your sexuality when you are married or in a long-term heterosexual relationship. While this is obviously not something that happens to all women at midlife, for those who are in the midst of the experience, it feels huge and all encompassing. I devoted the first article to discussing the questioning phase of coming out; in this issue I’d like to focus on what happens when you are no longer questioning – but know.

Mirror, Mirror: What Gay Men Can Learn From Snow White [EXPERT]
Who knew you could learn so much from a Disney story?

Mirror, Mirror: What Gay Men Can Learn From Snow White [EXPERT]

7 things that Snow White can teach gay men about relationships!

Mirror Mirror, the new movie starring Julia Roberts as the evil queen step-mother, re-tells the fairy tale story of Snow White. The characters in Snow White, like all fairy tales, represent the internal struggle that we all work with as we mature and try to evolve to higher levels of emotional, psychological and spiritual attainment. Fairy tale characters represent the various energetic or archetypal personalities that each of us embodies in our personal and collective consciousness.

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Don't take Kirk Cameron's advice!

How To Ruin Your LGBT Child's Life [EXPERT]

One expert shows us how homophobia is bullying.

Kirk Cameron on CNN's Piers Morgan's show discussing his beliefs that homosexuality is "unnatural" "detrimental" and "ultimately destructive" is just that, ultimately destructive to our GLBT youth. This rejection by the parents and other adult caregivers of our children has a similar effect on a child as the bullying in school that these same kids suffer at the hands of other youth.

Parenting Lessons From Kirk Cameron's Anti-Gay Comment [EXPERT]
What every parent should learn from Kirk's dangerous reaction.

Parenting Lessons From Kirk Cameron's Anti-Gay Comment [EXPERT]

The teen idol reacts to homosexuality and what he would say if one of his own kids came out.

Hearing Kirk Cameron on CNN's Piers Morgan's show discussing his beliefs that homosexuality is "unnatural" "detrimental" and "ultimately destructive" is disappointing to say the least. Watching your teen idol fall from grace is never easy.

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8 Things Straight People Could Learn From Gays & Lesbians

Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day! Gay people have a ton to teach us about love and relationships.

Happy National Coming Out Day, a day when gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people are encouraged to stand up and speak up about who they are. It's an emotionally charged day for many, but it's also a reason to celebrate.

woman in Iran

New Movie Depicts What It's Like To Be A Lesbian In Iran

If you thought reading Lolita was brave, imagine being a lesbian in a strict Islamic country.

Controversial new movie "Circumstance" explores the lives of lesbians forced to live in the shadows. Omid Memarian talks to women in Iran who say the movie doesn’t do their predicament justice.

gay marriage

A Christian's Take: God Doesn't Approve Of Gay Marriage

If the Bible is indeed God's word, as this Christian writer believes, gay marriage doesn't fly.

To be honest, in the beginning, I wasn't sure about writing this piece. I usually don't mind giving my opinions on a range of topics, especially involving Christianity. However, this issue is far more complicated than anything I've ever been able to verbalize. But I decided to do it, to write about homosexuality just after New York's historic vote to legalize gay marriage, because I think the Christian view on the subject is widely misunderstood.

The Bible

Does The Bible Really Condone Homosexuality, Premarital Sex?

A Christian reviews a new book claiming sexual contradictions in the Bible make it irrelevant.

Jennifer Wright Knust, Baptist pastor and professor of Religion at Boston University, makes a number of shocking and unorthodox claims in her new book. She writes: “Looking to the Bible for straightforward answers about anything, including sex, can only be a disappointment. When read as a whole, the Bible provides neither clear nor consistent advice about sex . . . If one biblical writer condemns those who engage in sex before marriage, others present premarital sex as central to God’s plan. Just about every biblical commandment is broken, and not only by biblical villains . . . It is therefore a mistake to pretend that the Bible can define our ethics for us in any kind of straightforward way.” Ouch. As someone who strongly believes that the Bible is God’s word to his people, Knust’s assertions really stung.