Homophobia
Κατασκοπία Πριν Από το Στόουνγουολ: Το FBI Παρακολουθούσε Κρυφά Γκέι Ακτιβιστές στα 60s
Ένας «θησαυρός» που αποτελείται από μέχρι πρότινος άγνωτα έγγραφα δείχνει πώς η αντι-ΛΟΑΤΚΙ παρακολούθηση στόχευε queer άτομα στις ΗΠΑ και πώς αντιστέκονταν αυτοί οι άνθρωποι.
What Does It Mean to Be a Pervert?
Sex research is a touchy topic. Jesse Bering believes cracking someone’s desires helps understand them fully. He spoke with us about the depths human erotic imagination, “objectum sexuals,” and how he views homophobes as types of pervs.
The Bill and Ted Show at Universal Studios Is Super Homophobic (and Also Racist and Terrible)
Universal Studios Theme Park has a big yearly Halloween event called Halloween Horror Nights. Part of this is a play called Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure. The play features Bill and Ted going on some kind of Halloween-themed...
There Are So Many Other Reasons to Hate the Olympics
With the Sochi Winter Olympics only six months away, denizens of the internet, media pundits, and LGBTQ activists have engaged in a fiery debate over whether or not Western nations should boycott the games in protest of Russia’s new antigay legislation...
I'm a Russian Lesbian Pretending to Be Straight to Avoid Persecution
Almost every day, the Russian government releases new laws and government statements that make queer Russians’ lives more and more difficult—if not next to impossible. Right now, I’m a Russian lesbian visiting relatives in Russia. To survive the past...
Gay Geeks Unite Against Homophobia in Video Games
GaymerX, the first-ever convention devoted to gay geeks, took place last weekend in San Francisco. I went there to support my brother (who organized the event) and to chat with attendees about why being a gay geek is so hard and what the video game...
If Republicans Want Young Voters, Maybe They Should Just Stop Being Bigots
The difficulty the Republicans have, see, in attracting young people is that the GOP tends to hate gays and young people see that for the vile bigotry it is. It's not the GOP's phrasing, it's what it's saying that makes young voters so turned off.
Homophobic Killings Won't Dampen New York's Gay Pride
At the end of this month, New York will celebrate its annual gay-pride march. But the parties and marches will be tarnished by the string of recent hate crimes that prompted that presence. The most notorious of those crimes being the murder of 32-year...
The Perils of Staging a Gay Pride March in Ukraine
Ukraine was the first post-Soviet country to legalize homosexuality, which is obviously commendable, but difficult to understand given recent history. Last year, Kiev's first-ever gay pride parade was called off half an hour before it was supposed to...
Introducing Hate, the Map
In many ways, the Geography of Hate affirms what we already know: Americans are fucking racist. Homophobic and ableist, too. But while that may not come as a surprise, the map reveals a startling bigotry coursing beneath our preconceived notions of...
Editing Homophobia out of the “Islamic Tradition”
Slave rape, marital rape, and plural marriage might be unpleasant to consider as part of Islamic sexuality, but they are deeply embedded in our established sources. But I do not believe that Islamic tradition is frozen in stone. Every translation is an...
Cry Baby of the Week
It's time once again to name-and-shame some ickle sad grumpy-pants. This week: The homophobic restaurant owner who can't spell Vs the violent dad who hates farts.