When I first heard that some place is paying young teenage girls to not get pregnant I thought I missed heard, this to me was… more »

“Laura’s going to flip out,” was the conclusion drawn by my colleagues when they forwarded the following email message to me: “Sober Up Before You Hookup… more »

How do we characterize rape in the mass media and in legislation, and how do those characterizations differ from how we represent hate crimes? My argument… more »

New York Times Magazine Issue on Women an Insult By Edwin Okong’o On Sunday I got to read the much-anticipated New York Times Magazine issue dedicated… more »

If more people thought before they had kids, the world would be better off. We are already over populated as it is. Planned and genuinely… more »

So the parade which was once about flaunting a fabulous otherness now is getting assimilationist, trying to reassure the rest of society we are just… more »

Maybe if Prop 8 eventually gets repealed, I could commit and stop with my half ass love.

So, today’s two big stories are: California’s Supreme Court has decided to uphold prop 8, and Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. … more »

I’m sure a lot of young folks out there can relate to that feeling of despair that comes with pulling out and spotting a broken… more »

When the newspapers report about the economy these days it’s starting to feel a little gay.

I married eM because I love who I am with her, and I know that this feeling is mutual.

These days, women are able to have jobs to support themselves and not rely on their significant others so much, hence the term “independent women”.… more »

When (predominantly white) gay people say that “Gay is the new Black” they are invoking a common saying from the fashion world to send the… more »

I read this article in the New York Times talking about the benefits of boys and girls being taught separately. They found the boys and… more »

Official Participant in the Youth Media Blog-a-Thon I personally think Prop K should not be legal because first off the prostitution rate will go up. Secondly… more »