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Steve Harmon is gay. He is gay and he is fifteen years old. He is gay, fifteen and was beaten until his skull was fractured. He was beaten. It is probably unfair to characterize opinion regarding any issue by the comments following news articles on the Internet. The local television affiliate’s site...

Protester There seems to be a trend among parents chastising their children for using the word stupid as if it were an epithet or swear word. I am using it in that very form today. I mean it in the form they wish to avoid for its use. I mean it as a character flaw and a term of derision. Trust me, I’d...

Some days it’s nice to think about progress. There is a great lure in thinking about it and I’m not saying progress is a bad thing. It is necessary and integral but it can also be deceptive. The difference between progress and crumbs being thrown your way can be a very fine line. A good example...

A suprising number of black voters support gay rights and marriage equality A very interesting study coming out of the University of Florida states that, in the fight against a constitutional ban of gay marriage, education levels were a deciding factor, not the surge in numbers of black voters who came...

Michigan made national news twice recently and this time it wasn’t about unemployment or auto industry bailouts. Both stories were gay-related. One was regarding the young man severely beaten in Portage, Michigan. Two older teens beat him as they hurled anti-gay slurs at him. Unfortunately, here in...

The 18-year old South African runner, Caster Semenya, was subjected to extensive gender tests following questions regarding her gender. Caster Semenya is Controversial. For All the Wrong Reasons. I am not bothered by whether Caster Semenya is a woman, technically or otherwise. I think it is a hideous...