• Paris Is Burning: The Origins Of Throwing Shade [Saturday Flashback]

    Paris Is Burning: The Origins Of Throwing Shade [Saturday Flashback]

    Paris Is Burning is a quintessential documentary for anyone who has ever felt cheated. I mean cheated in a big way; you were born with a body that doesn’t match your gender, you were born queer, you were born non-white, you were born poor, you were born something that the world isn’t typically kind to and you long to feel significant, validated and beautiful.

  • Anti-Gay Group “One Million Moms” Attack Ellen DeGeneres Ad

    Anti-Gay Group “One Million Moms” Attack Ellen DeGeneres Ad

    America’s Sweetheart, Ellen DeGeneres, was featured in a JC Penney Christmas ad and the anti-LGBT group One Million Moms has once again criticized the retailer for being ‘pro-gay’ and tarnishing traditional values. Last April, when Ellen was featured in another ad, OMM started their boycott against JC Penney, determined that their choice to hire the comedian was against OMM values.

  • Swedish Toymakers Promote Gender Neutrality

    Swedish Toymakers Promote Gender Neutrality

    Swedish toymakers are stepping up their game. Top Toy, one of the biggest toy distributors in Sweden, has created a gender neutral toy catalogue. Traditional gender roles are reversed and neutralized with a boy feeding a baby doll, a girl shooting a nerf gun and a boy and girl playing with a dollhouse.

  • Tom Gabel, Against Me! Singer, Comes Out as Transgender

    Tom Gabel, Against Me! Singer, Comes Out as Transgender

    I think that this is another huge step in the right direction for the LGBT community. Having people like Tom Gabel and Chaz Bono come out and tell their stories helps people who may not be so comfortable with the idea learn and understand.

  • Ask A Dude: I’ve Fallen For A Gay Guy!

    Ask A Dude: I’ve Fallen For A Gay Guy!

    I started college this year and I live in an all freshmen honors dorm. I met a guy who lives on my floor. He is adorable, funny, nerdy, sweet, a bit arrogant and I love being around him. Considering I’ve liked him for a few months, I put on my big girl panties and told him how I felt. He comes back and tells me he is gay. F*ck. F*ck. F*ck.

  • Sex in the News: Let’s Make it Better

    Sex in the News: Let’s Make it Better

    A female high school student was asked to leave a school dance because she brought a girl as a date. Equality Utah instructed the student to contact the ACLU. Based on previous court precedence under the First Amendment banning a same-sex couple is a violation of equal rights.

  • It Gets Better

    It Gets Better

    YouTube trends range from the adorable (kittens and babies, anyone?) to the grimace-worthy (FAILblog’s YouTube channel has over 1 million subscribers). Recently, though, a trend has popped up that is downright inspirational- the It Gets Better Project.

  • Duke It Out: Gay Affirmative Action

    Duke It Out: Gay Affirmative Action

    When just a couple of decades ago many people couldn’t RISK coming out in college, now schools are trying to recruit applicants from the LGBT community and while I have no qualms about that, I gotta wonder if it’s fair.

  • Sexy Time: Swinging Both Ways

    Sexy Time: Swinging Both Ways

    Before I graduated high school, my friends and I had an ongoing joke about the college life. More specifically, we would semi-kid about the drunken “lesbian experience” that the crazy nights of college parties would inevitably bring. As it turns out, many of my ideas about college life that I learned from Van Wilder and American Pie movies aren’t quite accurate.

  • Duke It Out: Coed Roommates

    Duke It Out: Coed Roommates

    Two weeks into the semester and most of my friends are already sick enough of their new roommates to have practically moved in with their boyfriends. All this shuffle got me to wondering – wouldn’t it be easier if they could all just live with the boys the way they almost are now?

  • Sexy Time: Exploring Sex in College

    Sexy Time: Exploring Sex in College

    College is our time to explore anything that interests us to find out what we really like and what type of people we want to become. We explore different majors, career paths, friendships, relationships, and sexualities. College is the first time in our lives most of us can really embrace our sexuality, explore it, and figure out how to truly enjoy it.

  • Soulforce Equality Ride 2008: Stopped In Its Tracks

    Soulforce Equality Ride 2008: Stopped In Its Tracks

    Soulforce Equality Ride 2008 is a tour through the country by 17 activists looking to promote ga…

  • Get Your Care On: Issues To Worry You This Election Season

    Get Your Care On: Issues To Worry You This Election Season

    We’ve got a serious case of the Issues this year. But what to care about? Where do you aim yo…