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Category Archives: Homosexuality
John Aravosis Vs. Dennis Prager On Biased Reporting Of NY’s Marriage Equality Win
Dennis Prager (radio host) & John Aravosis (Americablog.com) battle it out as to why the news reports on New York’s same-sex marriage vote were celebratory and didn’t show opposing sides.
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There Are No Heterosexuals In Foxholes
Watch the whole show.
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Los Angeles’ first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Heritage Month begins
The Los Angeles Times reports: Outside City Hall, a string of balloons hovered in the muggy June air. They were red, yellow, green, purple and blue. The rainbow theme was fitting: On Friday, Los Angeles officials launched the city’s first … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Homosexuality, Los Angeles, Sex
Tagged asian pacific islander, asian pacific islander month, asian pacific islanders, bill rosendahl, gay pride celebration, mayor antonio villaraigosa
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What Are Heterosexuals Allowed To Do If They Want To Keep Their Bar Straight?
I just watched episode 16 of season one of Cheers. A former teammate of Sam’s hosts a party at the bar for his new book, in which he comes out. The Cheers’ regulars become afraid the bar will turn gay. … Continue reading
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Tagged beanery, freedom of assembly, gay west hollywood, hollywood city, santa monica blvd
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Is She The First Hot Female Rabbi?
And as Heshy Fried points out below, she plays for the other team! From FrumSatire: “I wanted to lead a halachically observant community so decided it was best to transfer to JTS where it would be far more likely I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Judaism, Homosexuality, JTS
Tagged female rabbit, frumsatire, gay clergy, Google, google images, personal practice
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Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community
Book review from the South Florida Gay News: A mechitza is a barrier that separates men from women in Orthodox Jewish synagogues and at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Transgender Jews, especially the observant ones, “balance on the mechitza” that … Continue reading
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Tagged classical jewish texts, transgender jews, transgender lives, transgender men, transgender women, western wall in jerusalem
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The Hollywood Gay Mafia
The back issues of the influential magazine are now online. You can read Mark Ebner’s 1995 piece on the Hollywood Gay Mafia on page 44. Here’s more.
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Tagged back issues, gay mafia, Hollywood, Mark Ebner, page 44
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A distressing decision about the military
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke, I’m a VietNam veteran (once in a neglectful moment, you referred to me as a World War II veteran, which would have made me about 80 or 90 instead of only 15 or 20 years … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality, Orthodoxy
Tagged gay americans, homosexual members, military effectiveness, social cohesion, vietnam veteran, world war ii
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Gays To Serve Openly In The U.S. Military
When I logged on to the internet Saturday night, I saw that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” had been repealed by the U.S. Senate. There was all sorts of weepy coverage about it in the New York Times: By a vote … Continue reading
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Tagged class citizens, clinton era, foxhole, immigrant students, immigration policy, Philip Roth, sexual preferences, talking to strangers
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It Would Be Gay Not To
A soldier on a lonely outpost in Afghanistan who enjoys rough-housing with his fellow soldiers is asked in Sebastian Junger’s new book War if he would really have sex with another male soldier. “Sure,” he says, “it would be gay … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, fellow soldiers, lonely outpost, soldier
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