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Homophobic Joel Osteen coming to San Jose

Joel Osteen, pastor of the mega-church Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas will be speaking at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on April 15th. His sermons...
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The Christian's Catch 22: Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill

The Uganda Parliament has proposed to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. This would expand the criminalization of homosexuality. Uganda already has...
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The Great Divide

No ones starts the conversation because,No one knows how in which,To break the ice.No,None,Absolutely,No one.But I am someone,And I haven’t...
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Mary Lou - Israeli glam transvestitie life and search for wandering mom

I first saw 'Mary Lou' last July at the 31st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. As a child, Meir Levi (Ido Rosenberg) had a very close...
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Gun Hill Road - Necessary adjustments after release from prison

I first saw 'Gun Hill Road' at the San Francisco International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival last June. Esai Morales...
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Gay Rights are Human Rights

  • god and gays
  • February 21, 2011
Upgrading the teachings of JesusAuthor Kevin Mendez writes in Remnants of Higher Thought,“It is unimportant whether a man marries a man,...
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For director Ozpetek, homosexuality is like talking from the belt down

  • SF Italian Institute of Culture
  • November 16, 2010
In town for a retrospective the New Italian Cinema Events (NICE) dedicated to his movies, Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek attended a Q&A...
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Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward

Justin Spring’s new book, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade (Farrar,...
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North Carolina bans same-sex marriage

On Tuesday, North Carolina voters made their state the 31st state to ban same-sex marriages. The state’s constitutional amendment passed by a...
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The frozen smile of hate crime

Over the past 2 1/2 years this writer has been the victim, or the intended victim, of a mind-boggling array of acts that are best defined as &ldquo...
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