One Utah

If you are using public facilities, you cannot deny membership to any member of the public.  Allow me to expand - if you are using a tax supported building to hold your meetings and you are paying a symbolic annual rent of $1, which means the taxpayers are effectively footing the entire bill for your […]

December 1 is World AIDS Day.  AIDS has been in the news recently as the UN has announced that they have been overestimating infections - worldwide the new estimate holds that 33 million rather than 40 million people are infected with HIV.  In 2007, there were 2.5 million new HIV infections and 2.1 million deaths […]

I admit it - I’m hooked on BBc America’s Torchwood. I’m not the only one - apparently it’s their highest rated show. Last night’s episode Captain Jack Harkness was one of the best they’ve done yet, demonstrating their usual mix of sci-fi and character growth; Torchwood is also unique in having an openly gay man, […]

By Troy Williams
“Post-gay” is the new queer. And like it or not, a new generation is giving the terms “gay” and “lesbian” an ontological reboot. Post-gay is the forward concept that sexual orientation no longer comprises the totality of identity. Sexuality is now rapidly evolving as an integrated aspect of our larger selves. This […]

From this week’s schadenfreude files comes the long suppressed news of Idaho Senator Larry Craig’s (Republican, of course) arrest for lewd behavior in an airport bathroom in Minnesota. He entered a guilty plea.
The residents of the blogistan are, unsurprisingly, all over this story. Craig (R - His Own Private Idaho) is yet […]

Back in the day, during the first Gulf War under the First George Bush, I was a student at Grinnell College.  At the time, a petition was being passed around campus to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military.  I signed the petition but I remain conflicted.
The concept that being gay is […]

Cliff Note: Yesterday, Troy wrote about “queers” serving in the military. I’ve never understood the movements decision to use that term. It sounds divisive to me. So I asked Troy about it. Btw: This photo illustrates my idea of a queer…until now.
Here is his response:
Cliff,
Let me give you a quick crash course on queer […]

One of the leading queer-edge thinkers is Kenji Yoshino. His recent book, “Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights” is part memoir and part queer social history. Yoshino lays out the legal battle for LGBT liberation in the context of other civil rights movements. He parallels our collective progress with his own […]