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Jan '99
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Christmas as a Gay Celebration
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The holiday season is a time when more than a few of us succumb to a wistful sadness about how difficult it is to be gay or lesbian. |
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Dec '98
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What the World Needs Now
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Sexual liberation has launched enormous changes in sexual behavior in the last three decades. But old sexual "morality" has proved hard to shed. |
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Nov '98
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Stop Apologizing for Liking Sex
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Ken Starr's prosecution of President Clinton for adultery has generated interminable media chatter billed as "debate." Talk show panels and op-ed pages have Clinton attackers routinely paired with presidential defenders. |
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Oct '98
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Sexual Harassment?
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Many gay groups and women's organizations have hailed two recent Supreme Court decisions that expand the definition of sexual harassment. But these are decisions only lawyers could like. |
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Sep '98
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At the Core, Not on the Fringe
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Elizabeth Birch, head of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a gay rights organization, has been quoted calling Sex Panic a "kind of lunatic fringe group." |
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Aug '98
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Hate Crime Laws: Dangerous Folly
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Top on the agenda of many gay and lesbian groups is enacting "hate crime" laws. |
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Jul '98
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Viva Viagra!
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The erection-enhancing drug Viagra has garnered enormous attention. Talk shows, editorial pages, and the Internet have been inundated with news, humor, and comment about the drug. Two messages emerge from all
this Viagra hoopla. |
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Jun '98
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Gay Pride, Gay Morals
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New York City's 1994 gay pride celebrations marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Amidst the rainbow hoopla, a large contingent of marchers insisted on keeping the focus on sexual freedom. |
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May '98
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Beyond Equality
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What is the gay and lesbian political agenda? If you read the mission statements of our national groups, you'll find lots of talk about ending discrimination and of securing equal rights. |
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Apr '98
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When the Law Is Fiction...
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Protect the children has been the battle cry for recent enormous expansions of the state's police power. |
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Mar '98
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Blowjobgate
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Did Monica blow Bill? Does the President enjoy extramarital sex along with golf and Big Macs? That such questions preoccupy our nation's press and provoke constitutional showdowns reveals two important lessons. |
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Feb '98
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Sex Panic's Beginning
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Today, even big city mayors are crusading to rid their streets of evidence of sex. People with HIV are told to be celibate or face jail. And some gay people are going along with all sorts of measures to sanitize public space
and demonstrate our sexual respectability.
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Jan '98
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Liberated from Death
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On an 80 to 80 tie vote, the Massachu setts House of Representatives this November failed to enact legislation calling for the execution of certain prisoners. |
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Jan '98
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Call Miss Manners, Not the Cops
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Open up gay newspapers from across the country and you'll find stories about
men arrested for having sex with other men in parks, toilets, sand dunes, and highway
rest stops. The consequence of these arrests is often severe. |
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