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A few years ago, my fasten friend (the lion-hearted theatre artist and burlesque darling Frankie Vandellous) decided to move to Australia. This has generally sucked for me, because she’s superb and I overlook her. There are, however, two ways in which Frankie’s move has been beneficial:
- Frankie has done some really hip things down under, and that’s awesome.
- Through the power of Facebook, and Frankie’s involvement and movement, I have grow more aware of the political situation in Australia (and Queensland) and though it’s not altogether pleasant, I believe I’m glad I no longer stickiness to an mature romantic illusion that Australia is some laid-back, kangaroo-filled utopia where the biggest problems are blazing weather, too many rabbits, and large spiders. The more you know.
So what is going down in Australia? A lot of things.
Most worrying to me, the human rights of various groups are currently existence ignored or otherwise abused at various levels of Australian government. If you are an immigrant to Australia currently creature held in one of Australia’s (or “third country processing”) immigration detention centres,
Why do some straight men have sex with other men?
According to nationally-representative surveys in the United States, hundreds of thousands of straight-identified men have had sex with other men.
In the new book Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility among White Men in Rural America released today, UBC sociologist Dr. Tony Silva argues that these men – many of whom enjoy hunting, fishing and shooting guns – are not closeted, bisexual or just experimenting.
After interviewing 60 of these men over three years, Dr. Silva found that they adore a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly recognizing with straight culture.
We spoke with Dr. Silva about his book.
Why do straight-identified men have sex with other men?
The majority of the men I interviewed reported that they are primarily attracted to women, not men. Most of these men are also married to women and prefer to have sex with women. They explained that although they loved their wives, their marital sex lives were not as active as they wanted. Sex with men allowed them to include more sex. They don’t consider sex with men cheating and s
I’m a minuscule behind on this one, but it’s a lovely story and I experience like writing something a little more positive since it’s the Christmas period and all.
Several news sources have reported the marriage of Ecuadorians Joey Hateley and Hugo Vera. Ecuador does not have equal marriage laws, but the couple successfully subverted homophobic and transphobic laws in organize to enter into a legal partnership. As a transsexual man, Joey’s gender is not recognised by the mention, which continues to regard him as female. This meant that he and Hugo were capable to wed as “husband and wife” whilst clearly creature husband and husband.
This event demonstrates that Ecuador (like nearly everywhere else in the world) has a long way to go before it achieves even the limited purpose of equal access to state marriage by monogamous couples. It’s also vital to recognise that most gay men in the state won’t have the “trans option” accessible to Joey and Hugo! However, the glorious thing about this marriage is that it allows the couple to officially recognise and celebrate their affair whilst highlighting the inhe
US Supreme Court LGBT worker ruling has a colossal loophole
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision holding that employers can’t discriminate against workers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity has a glaring loophole: It doesn’t apply to petty businesses that employ as many as one in six Americans.
A 1960s-era exclude on sex discrimination in the workplace was extended to millions of LGBT workers with the court’s 6-3 decision on Monday – the most significant LGBT ruling since queer marriage was legalized in 2015. But the rule doesn’t cover companies with fewer than 15 employees.
Nor did the decision talk to other civil rights questions, such as whether LGBT people can be refused access to housing or denied services from businesses including restaurants or film theaters, and whether discrimination is justified by religious beliefs.
The ruling is a “monumental decision for the LGBTQ community, but it is not the terminate of our struggle,” said Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for LGBT rights. “We’re still fighting to make sure LGBTQ people are protected in all aspects of their lives.”
The statute at issue is Title VII of the Ci
So, you know how Judge Vaughn Walker struck down Proposition 8 as being unconstitutional? And then people (from here on in to be recognizable as “giant bags of douche”) tried to contain his judgment thrown out because he’s gay, and gay people can’t produce decisions about gay things. Sort of like how men must decide all laws affecting women? Yeah, that confuses me too.
Anyway, what they all failed to grasp is the one major logical flaw in the argument (not counting the giant-ass flaw that he is a judge and therefore has a improved grasp of the regulation than random gaycists): their argument is that Decide Walker can’t rule on Prop 8 because, existence a gay man, he has a stake in the case, right? Right. Basically, they want to get a ruling from a straight judge because a straight judge has no stake in the case.
And there we have the major flaw in all arguments against gay marriage: unbent people have absolutely no stake in the marriages of gays. Hell, no one has any stake in a marriage other than their own. And if you have no stake in the matter, then shut the hell up because no one cares what you possess to say. Gay marriage doesn’t affect you in any way, shape or form. So STFU.