What’s Race Got to Do With It? What’s Race Got to Do With It?
Socially conservative black churches may be ripe for exploitation by the Christian right on gay marriage. But that's only part of the story.
Jan 25, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge
Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS? Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS?
Thanks to the fear tactics advocated by the Bush Administration and abetted by many health activists, gay and bisexual men have been engaged in a one-sided conversation about safe ...
Jan 6, 2006 / Kai Wright
Of Queers and Kong Of Queers and Kong
From Brokeback Mountain's closeted cowboys to King Kong's embrace of Anne Darrow, Hollywood has queered cherished icons of masculinity. But the two films paint a bleak picture: Lov...
Jan 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored Sheryl Swoopes: Out of the Closet–and Ignored
WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes has just come out of the closet. But why didn't anyone care?
Nov 4, 2005 / Dave Zirin
Witnesses to an Execution Witnesses to an Execution
An international furor over the hanging of "two gay teenagers" in Iran.
Aug 7, 2005 / Feature / Richard Kim
Beyond Gay Marriage Beyond Gay Marriage
By engaging the marriage debate only in terms of "gay rights," progressives have put themselves in a losing position.
Jun 29, 2005 / Feature / Richard Kim and Lisa Duggan
A Hypocritical Church’s Sex Lessons A Hypocritical Church’s Sex Lessons
The pope has minimized priests' crimes while wagging a finger at gays.
May 24, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
GOP Gays and the ‘Finkelstein Phenomenon’ GOP Gays and the ‘Finkelstein Phenomenon’
Same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue.
Apr 20, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Debriefing Scalia Debriefing Scalia
An NYU law student asks a Supreme Court Justice, "Do you sodomize your wife?"
Apr 18, 2005 / The Nation
A Tabloid Reader Responds to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Announcement That He’s Appealing the Decision Making Gay Marriage Legal in New York A Tabloid Reader Responds to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Announcement That He’s Appealing the Decision Making Gay Marriage Legal in New York
Though Mike must do what he thinks right, A lot of us think it's a pity, Since we were hoping SpongeBob might Decide to marry in the city.
Feb 10, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin