As many of you may have heard, one of the most popular gay hookup/chatting apps is called grindr. On grindr, you see all sorts of interesting people, many who are super ignorant. A lot of times, reading a blank profile, I’ll see it saying “Masc for masc only” or “No Fats, no Fems”, and in […]
Read More Masc 4 Masc ONLY.Did I read that correctly?? YEP. Today, the US Supreme Court decided to deny hearings for all marriage equality cases before it, meaning that Same-Sex marriage is now LEGAL in Virginia as well as Utah, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Marriages can take place in these states immediately, bringing the number of states to legalize gay marriage up […]
Read More QUICK HIT: Same-Sex Marriage Is LEGAL In VA (And 4 More States!)As a self-proclaimed major TV buff, I’m not above the occasional hate watch or simple guilty pleasure (read: my undying commitment to both Teen Wolf and The Bachelor). But this week I watched something so appalling I cannot, in good conscience, continue to subject myself to it. Although, I must admit I never had any […]
Read More MTV’s New Show Faking It Completely Drops the BallDear Allies of JMU, How’s it going? I know a lot of you are angry right now as we (the queer community) have been getting a lot of shit for attempting to celebrate ourselves. Many of you have been writing notes of encouragement on our Facebook walls, reminding us to remember that we are not alone […]
Read More An open letter to GayMU Allies: How to Transform your Outrage into ActivismThe JMU non-discrimination policy is the policy which allows the campus community to file complaints about harassment or discrimination and attempt to seek redress. It currently protects people based on race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, parental status, and political affiliation. Now, there is an effort underway at […]
Read More Quick Hit: An Update in Non-Discrimination“It is sites like Grindr that are the reason people don’t take us seriously.” The words slide off his tongue smooth like whiskey and he doesn’t give a second thought. This gay boy just sits in all his outrage waiting for everyone to agree. “If these young, black boys would start pulling their pants up […]
Read More On Being Respectable: the Violent Nature of AcceptanceOkay so everyone is talking about something kind of monumental: the Disney Channel featured its first gay couple on an episode of one of its original series. Good Luck Charlie is a family, children’s show that is a popular original comedy. Bob and Amy Duncan (Charlie’s parents) are arguing over the name of the mom […]
Read More Disney’s First Gay CoupleI was scrolling through my twitter feed a couple of days ago and found this story. A woman named Tippi McCullough was fired from her teaching job at Mount St. Mary Academy in Arkansas…just for marrying the woman that she loves. Didn’t the new pope say, just this year, that the Catholic religious community should […]
Read More What is this, Westboro Baptist or something?In my first year at James Madison, a week after National Coming Out Day, Spirit Day was ablaze on campus. This spirit was not for the purple and gold before a football game, but instead to raise awareness about LGBT youth, and especially the suicide of Tyler Clementi. Many people brandished their usual JMU t-shirts […]
Read More Start Wearing PurpleI was scanning through blog posts this week and was excited to find the CW channel is planning on launching a new television series titled Ze, with the focus on a transgender teen and his life with his chaotic, dysfunctional family in Texas. This will be the first show that features a trans* person as […]
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