Found via the Comics Curmudgeon who duly mocks it: The only way I read the funny pages these days is through the Comics Curmudgeon, which probably has some influence on my interpretation of this strip. I don’t know the specific story line for this week’s LuAnn, but the strip has been around long enough, that [...]

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People — queer or straight — who support social equality for sexual and gender minorities tend to consider the subjects of their advocacy as whole people. For instance, one might think of a married couple of gay men as two goofy dudes who listen to Heavy Metal and play video games, like Brian and Steve [...]

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Turns out the media-generated hysteria about Teh Teen Sex Plague is like so much media-generated hysteria: not based on and contradicted by actual data. So why the fuss? The latest rise in teenage pregnancy rates is cause for concern. But it very likely reflects changing patterns in contraceptive use rather than a major change in [...]

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Ezra Caraeff addresses the question, “Is this ad homophobic?” I agree with his negative assessment: Now if the campaign focused on any of the other hundreds of outlandishly gay moments in sports (a quarterback’s hands delicately placed beneath the ass of his bent over center while awaiting a snap, baseball’s dugout buttslaps of approval, or [...]

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Julie at Schooling Inequality posts recent news and some commentary on homophobic violence in schools, including the Alliance Defense Fund’s “Day of Truth” response to GLSEN’s Day of Silence to honor the memory of a 14-year-old lesbian murdered by her classmates; and the beating of an outspoken lesbian advocate by three girls, one of whom [...]

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