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Disability Fetishism: Attracted To Physical Differences

While many say the gay community is obsessed with perfection of the body, there are some within the community who are attracted to physical difference. The root of some of the discomfort in the lesbian...

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Changing Jobs When You’re HIV Positive

If you’re HIV-positive and considering changing job, you’re forced to be more careful when planning for the transition. If you don’t, you could be denied a job or lose your health coverage. Some laws...

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Lee Lawrence: Fleeing New York for the Rural Life

While some gay and lesbian people spend their lives trying to escape the isolation and loneliness associated with being different, some have the opposite problem. Lee Lawrence had a successful design...

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Before We Settled On Partner: “I’d Like You To Meet… Uh…”

Your friend from the office finally agreed to come to one of your parties. Now, you get to introduce her to the one you love. “Hi. I’d like you to meet my partner — no, that sounds like we own a...

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Bernardette Brooten: Love Between Women

Bernadette Brooten’s book Love Between Women got someone’s attention; it earned the 1997 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Studies and an award from the American Academy of Religion, but it was ignored...

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The Lesbian Conductor Of The Gay Men’s Chorus

There aren’t many female choral conductors, but Kathleen McGuire long ago managed to break into the male dominated field. Perhaps even more interesting, however, is what the Australian-born lesbian is...

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The Symbols Of Our Pride

At least there’s not a lavender rhinoceros on your bumper. Sticking on bumpers, hanging around necks and dangling in front of windows are a few of the places you’ll find the symbols of lesbian and gay...

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Was The Founder Of The Scouting Movement Gay?

Boy Scouts of America continues to openly exclude gay men and boys from their organization, and so far, the courts have not forced them to change their opinion. (Girls Scouts do not discriminate...

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