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There was a Time When Christianity Supported Same Sex Marriage
Posted on the May 19, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Last week I was at a corporate dinner when a gentleman - who is quite obviously a homophobe - brought up same sex marriage.  He asked me directly how I felt about our "gay" president and whether...
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The Moral Question of “Gay” will Come to an End
Posted on the May 14, 2012 by Lawrence Lanoff
An unfortunate part of being human is that we are all limited by our brain's ability to think, reason and make sense of life. Many of us cling to myths and stories to help us do this. The problem...
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The Cutest Lesbian Flappers Ever
Posted on the May 11, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I just love their short hair, drop-waist dresses, and sweet kisses. Women loving women is hard to beat.
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What Causes Gay Guilt & Sexual Shame?
Posted on the May 05, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Jincey Lumpkin of juicypinkbox fame and I have done two joint columns for the Huffington Post.  I love writing with Jincey and this week we took on gay guilt.  Jincey is beautiful, talented...
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Lesbian Virgin - How Can I Liberate Myself from Guilt & Shame & Enjoy Sex with a Woman?
Posted on the Apr 23, 2012 by Betty Dodson
Dear Dr. Betty, I don't feel comfortable with myself because I am 30 and never had sex. Not even a kiss, not even a relationship with anyone, never been touched by anyone, never touched anyone....
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Homophobia is Self-Phobia
Posted on the Apr 20, 2012 by Lawrence Lanoff
It was a horrific sound–like a watermelon cracking–as a teenage boy with a baseball bat hit a gay man in the back of his head. Homosexual hating boys swarmed Washington Square Park that summer...
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Dolphins Have an Open Relationship Style
Posted on the Apr 17, 2012 by Lawrence Lanoff
Dolphins are gay. Really. That is one of the many surprising findings researchers discovered studying the behaviors of 120 bluenose dolphins. They observed a complex “open society” in which male...
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How Do We Support Asexual People?
Posted on the Apr 14, 2012 by Betty Dodson
Dear Betty, as much as sex has a big part in my life (in theory and practice), i understand that there are people who have little or no interest in sex. mostly those people are pressured that they...
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When I Stopped Begging God to Change Me
Posted on the Apr 12, 2012 by Marisa Black
The tension between sexuality and religion is not news. As a person who considers herself sex-positive, and who associates with other sex-positive people on and offline, I'm well familiar with the...
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Sophia Loren Lip Locked with a Lady
Posted on the Mar 15, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I've always seen her as a sexual aggressor...couldn't believe it when I found this pic.  love
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Whitney Houston: Just Another Homophobic Tragedy
Posted on the Feb 20, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I've been thinking about Whitney since her death...something just didn't add up.  I couldn't understand why someone so beautiful and talented would throw it all away. I found an article written...
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Rep. Maureen Walsh is My Hero
Posted on the Feb 15, 2012 by Carlin Ross
Washington state rep. Maureen Walsh broke party line to support gay marriage - this is her speech where she explains her decision...I wouldn't change a word.  It's perfection:
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Sexual Orientation Trumps Humanity?
Posted on the Feb 08, 2012 by Lawrence Lanoff
Gay marriages don’t benefit society the same way hetero-marriages do – believes Rick “The Sanatorium” Santorum. He believes in the intrinsic “good” and sacredness of hetero-marriages. According to...
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First On-Screen Same Sex Kiss
Posted on the Feb 02, 2012 by Carlin Ross
And it doesn't necessarily mean they're gay...but it does mean that in 1927 men could express deep, platonic feelings for each other with a kiss.  Beautiful. 
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The Invention of Sexual Orientation
Posted on the Jan 30, 2012 by Carlin Ross
I've always wondered when the world became gay vs. straight....at what point did our relationships and sexuality get rolled up into tight little boxes of "heterosexual" and "homosexual"?  Hanne...
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