I viewed a lot of people doing The Walk of Shame throughout this sporadic long weekend. You know the look: dazed, 100 metre stare with much regret behind their eyes; wrinkled clothes that just don’t look right in the full light of day (leather pants? In 25C heat?); and the shuffling that comes with the combination of too much alcohol and bruise-making sex. It got me to thinking: What’s the best way to get back home and avoid street level embarrassment? Here’s my hints and tips! Leave early. Know that the traffic starts to pick up after 7am. Get out that door and ...

The Army has discharged a decorated medic who was deployed to Iraq despite acknowledging he was gay. Darren Manzella, 30, said he revealed his sexual orientation to his military supervisor in August 2006, and was redeployed to Iraq anyway. He has since spoken out publicly several times about being a gay service member. Manzella was discharged this month for "homosexual admission." His commander's discharge recommendation included a transcript of an interview he gave to television show "60 Minutes" in December 2007, in which Manzella said he is gay. Iraq veteran discharged for acknowledging he's gay The Associated Press  ...

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 ...