The fairy tale is an art form flexible and abstract enough to be repurposed for just about anything. This is exactly what happened when Middle Tennessee State University professor Bob Pondillo filmed “The Miracles on Honey Bee Hill,” a short film using actors aged 8-9 years old and utilizing the tropes of fairy tales to [...]
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This afternoon I received a phone call from my father in which he asked me, his voice oozing excitement, if I had heard what the president said. “Yeah, Obama endorsed gay marriage, right?” Apparently my nonchalance was apparent, as my dad wasn’t satisfied. “Well, what do you think?” Of course he asked me not only [...]
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I found this to be a very moving video that everyone should watch. There’s also a petition involved should you care to learn more and/or sign. I agree that’s it time – in fact, far beyond time to end this. Follow us on Twitter @mysexprofessor
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Just as Cindy McCain and Laura Bush have voiced their support for same-sex marriage in the post-campaign era (well, Cindy McCain then changed her tune in relation to DADT), former President George W Bush’s daughter, Barbara, has now stepped out to lend her support for marriage equality in NYC. While I think that we should [...]
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Zach Wahls – an impressive speaker and apparently only 19 years old – speaks about being raised by two moms in Iowa. Eloquent doesn’t begin to describe this, nor does passionate, but they are good starts. Follow us on Twitter @mysexprofessor and make friends with us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mysexprofessor (Hat tip to J!)
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Facebook has recently joined the ranks of a very small number of companies reimbursing their partnered GLB employees who receive health insurance benefits for their significant others. You see when heterosexuals get insurance for their spouses the income going towards those benefits is not taxed. But because of DOMA GLB employees are basically paying a [...]
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Same-sex marriage. You normally only hear 2 sides to this debate. Either you’re for it because you think everyone should have the right to marry the one they love or you’re against it for religious or bigoted reasons. It wasn’t until I was in college and took a queer history class with a famous gay [...]
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I’ve never read any of Anne Rice’s work. My only connection at all to her work is that, when I was in college, I babysat the children of this terrific couple. One time, the dad surprised the mom with a surprise trip to New Orleans for some type of Anne Rice dinner (she was a [...]
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Ben & Jerry’s renames their Chubby Hubby ice cream as “Hubby Hubby” in support of the legalization of same sex marriage in Vermont. At this moment, I love them more than ever. Can’t wait to buy some and eat it with a glass of chocolate milk on the side. Yum. [Ben & Jerry's]
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