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“Privacy” Is the Right’s Latest Talking Point Against Transgender Rights

With marriage equality at some point becoming the law of the land, and although conservative Christians and other social conservatives are aware that this is the case, they still rail against it even though the vigor is lost. Time to change what social conservatives focus on in their culture wars. And, it’s trans people that […]

A special request from a community member

My name is Georgia Robinson, and I’m a sixty-nine years old, disabled widow on a fixed (Social Security) income. I’m not writing this for me, though. I’m trying to come up with enough money to give my exhausted, stressed out care provider (my son) a few days away for his birthday.I know that this might seem frivilous

Advice: Outside the Box

Dear Dr. Fred: My partner and I have a dilemma we don’t ever recall seeing in your column before … namely, our best friends are driving us crazy! We’ll call them Hank and Harry here for privacy reasons. Hank and my partner are both nurses at the same hospital but work on different units. We

Pink in the sheets

Dear Mz. Pink, My girlfriend talks to other girls on the phone, Facebook and in texts. I am uncomfortable with this, but when I tell her she tells me that nothing’s happening. She says that since she is honest with me that I should just be happy that she isn’t keeping secrets and she would

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Hackin’ The Net

This is about how much size matters. No, no, not that. Minds out of the gutters, please! This is about a recent ’emergency” call I got from a friend who told me he went from one internet service provider (ISP) to another and was baffled as to why his iPad quit working from his favorite

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Pecs and the City

As a trainer, I need to keep my body in rockin’ shape. Lead by example and all that. Besides, I never know if they’re gonna call me for a reunion of Unicorn alumni, so I have to be ready at a moment’s notice to strip down to a jockstrap. Like the Boy Scouts taught me:

Pat Sajak is straight. Should we be upset?

Pat Sajak sent out a tweet over the weekend that has people talking. The tweet proclaims that the “Wheel of Fortune” host is “declaring” his heterosexuality.   Damn the career consequences! I'm hereby proclaiming my heterosexuality! — Pat Sajak (@patsajak) April 18, 2014 Reading around the Internet, it appears this has upset several members of

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Who Is Pushing These “Right to Discriminate” Bills?

These “right to discriminate” bills, which would let just about anyone discriminate against just about anyone because God, have been popping up all across the country, but is there someone co-ordinating all this behind the scenes? Becca Morn at America Blog may have the answer: As reported by Al Jazeera America: Cornerstone in Idaho, the

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How The “Duck Dynasty” Stars’ Homophobia Destroyed Their Brand

Before December of 2013, Duck Dynasty was a network’s dream: an inoffensive, semi-scripted reality program that received little attention outside of its core audience but still attracted millions of viewers. By any standard, Duck Dynasty was a smash. The season 4 premiere drew 11.7 million viewers. Even for a buzzed about scripted drama like Scandal,

It’s the Turnout, Stupid!

Conventional Beltway wisdom says Democrats will get walloped in November. Reading the pages of The Hill and Politico, one would think the elephant in the Capitol has already trampled its donkey counterpart. Even MSNBC’s screeching Chris Matthews has called the Senate for the GOP.   But Why?   Based on previous midterm elections during a