It's been a long, brutal month, but Thursday Luke and Noah will be reunited...by no less than Cyndi Lauper!That's right--this Thursday, Cyndi Lauper will appear on As the World Turns to play fairy godmother to Luke and Noah. The show is promoting the hell out of her appearance, with a Web promo video and one on TV.Tune in Thursday to see Luke and Noah kiss and declare their love for one another! ...

1. Don't You Hate it When Being Disrespectful Makes You Look Like an Ass?I have long maintained that calling people by their preferred names and/or labels is an important step in promoting civil, respectful dialogue. It's a small concession that one can make at little or no cost to oneself. However, some anti-gay groups stubbornly insist upon calling gay people "homosexuals." I have explained before why many gay men and lesbians find the term "homosexual" offensive- namely because it invokes pathology. Yet, we often find the most staunch anti-gay and marriage defense groups using the term anyway. For instance, ...

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1. Nice ThingsSo, I was at the pride parade one year and a group of bears walked by. One of the bears was wearing chaps with no underwear, meaning his butt was naked. A few feet in front of me, the bear stopped walking. Another bear came up behind him, knelt down, and began rimming him in full view of the crowd.At that point it hit me:This is why we can't have nice things.I'm all for adults engaging in mutual consensual sex of whatever type they want. But it's public displays of, um, affection like above that people ...

This past weekend was Pride Weekend in Chicago. I was really looking forward to the weekend’s festivities.  In addition to the parade itself on Sunday, there was the CGMC concert on Saturday night, and my friend Tracy in Sweeney Todd at Loyola University on Friday night.  It was definitely looking to be an action-packed week and I was ready for it. The show on Friday was wonderful.  Tracy was awesome and I hung out with her afterward and met some of the cast.  Later I joined the Feast of Fools boys at Big Chicks and we did a ...

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What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)created with QuizFarm.com You scored as ExistentialismYour life is guided by the concept of Existentialism “It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.” --Jean-Paul Sartre “It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.” --Blaise Pascal More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page... Existentialism 90%Utilitarianism 70%Hedonism 60%Justice (Fairness) 55%Divine Command 50%Kantianism 50%Nihilism 35%Strong Egoism 25%Apathy 5% Yeah, it's just a quiz with the to-be-expected problematic and poorly-worded questions, but I think it's fun and interesting anyway. I suppose, of all the philosophies listed, it would be accurate to ...

I don’t go shopping for new stuff very often.  I make do with what I have for as long as I can stand it, and then I do what every good gay boy does: I power shop. I’ve known for quite a while now that I needed new shirts.  Badly.  I’ve been wearing the same old, tired short-sleeved shirts for the past 3-4 summers and they have all seen better days. Problem is, you can’t go shopping for short-sleeved shirts in the winter or early spring.  Everything available is jacked up to their full retail price in preparation for the upcoming summer months, ...

Check out the latest Carnival of Feminists, where my article on the WNBA's make-up lessons appears, for some fun feminist readings.Lesbian? Have a thing for ladies in uniforms? Check out my latest Stuff Lesbians Like.Some call my writing "attention-seeking." I call it writing articles that people actually read.Ker-pow! ...

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Recently, I came across a rather odd "education" piece put out by a group called the Catholic Education Resource Group. Written by a doctor, who claims that "when something is harmful, such as smoking, overeating, alcohol or drug abuse, and homosexual sex, it is my duty to discourage it," I have to admit the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Oh boy, I thought, another public health "ally."Let's dive right into the (mis)information, shall we?As so many anti-gays merely discuss the eveelness of gay male sex, I have to at least give this site props for ...

Some gay people think that Gay Pride should be where we show the world that we are just like your next door neighbors, harmless and totally benign. Some people think that we should not flaunt our differences, if we want to have total equality. I totally disagree with this because I believe that we want acceptance on our terms, not on how society views how we should behave. The whole reason we are in the margins is because of our so-called "behavior"--we are deviants. So to want to be accepted as somebody else is just disingenuous to me. Our identity ...

When conservative pundit Cal Thomas recently said the following on FOX News, I just have a few questions. First, the quote:In this campaign, we are being asked to accept three things simultaneously, the first woman with a credible chance of being president, the first African-American with the chance to being president and, whoever Michelle Obama is going to be styled, the angry black woman, first lady? This is an awful lot.When Cal Thomas says "we are being asked" who does he include in the "we" portion of that clause? Certainly, the idea of a woman having a credible shot ...