LGBTQ
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Dearest Molly
In 18th and early-19th-century Britain, a “molly” was a commonly used term for men who today might identify as gay, bisexual or queer. Sometimes, this was a slur; sometimes, a more generally used noun, likely coming from mollis, the Latin for… Continue reading
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AnarchoCynic as Queer or recognizing the gravity well of domination
We are forsaken to our existential condition. We can simply make-do with what is already underway, or we can accept responsibility for having the power to explore in a fashion otherwise than tradition teaches. Anarchocynicism only works so long as… Continue reading
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becoming assimilated
I am not sure that any society which has had a long history of racism, misogyny, or homophobia–and now transphobia–is really one to which I should be running to assimilate. Continue reading
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Violence All Too Common Against LGBT People in USA
In a 2011 analysis of FBI hate-crime statistics, the Southern Poverty Law Center found that “LGBT people are more than twice as likely to be the target of a violent hate-crime than Jews or black people” Continue reading
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Republicans cannot even be honest about what happened in Orlando
If you are about to defend Republicans in this country on their anti-LGBTQ platform, please refrain from the “Hate the sin, love the sinner” bullshit and the “family values” poppycock. If you think Republican words and actions do not add fire to the… Continue reading
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SCOTUS: Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
Still waiting for the mandate of when this will go into effect but, as Justice Anthony Kennedy said, ” The constitution promises liberty to all within its reach.” Expect folks like Gov. Abbott of Texas and Gov. Jindal of Louisiana… Continue reading
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‘Queer Icons’ Of Color
Icons are an essential part of the visual history of religions, including those of the Catholic, Coptic and Orthodox Christian traditions. From the familiar Mary and the Archangel Gabriel to the more obscure Saint Menas or Theotokos of Vladimir, iconic… Continue reading
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Stranger Reformation within a Pastoral Revolution
Instead of defining us as living in sexual sin, the church is suddenly seeing all aspects of our relationships – the care for one another, the sacrifices of daily life, the mutual responsibilities for children, the love of our families,… Continue reading
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The LGBTQ Christian
As many rightly can assume, I am an existential philosopher whose religious notions lean more toward the Dào these days. However, I do live in Texas, USA, and many of my good brothers and sisters still walk their path as Christians. I… Continue reading
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Why Heterosexuality Didn’t Really Exist Until the 19th Century | Alternet
Very enlightening interview with author Hanne Blank. “Heterosexual” was actually coined in a letter at the same time as the word “homosexual,” [in the mid-19thcentury], by an Austro-Hungarian journalist named Károly Mária Kertbeny. He created these words as part of… Continue reading
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Freed from Gubment, Slaves to Gawd
Libertarianism is a form of anarchism. As an anarchocynic, I am fine with certain forms of American libertarianism. I’ve had very productive dialogs with more than a few very thoughtful folk who have deep libertarian convictions. Unfortunately, that is a… Continue reading
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Even Conservative Judges Can’t Deny the Constitutional Logic of Same-Sex Marriage – The Daily Beast
Who would have thought, just a few years ago, that the states on the vanguard of marriage equality would be the deepest red states? But here we are: From December’s decision in Utah to the past two weeks in Arkansas… Continue reading
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LGBT Representation In Mainstream Comics: A History | The Mary Sue
Next month is June, aka LGBT Pride Month. In anticipation of this, and because it is good and necessary to discuss representation in pop culture and media, we present to you this look at how LGBT content has been portrayed… Continue reading
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The Aesthetic of the Gay Askesis
Here, Michel Foucault philosophizes in an 1981 interview. Central to his thinking in this back and forth is that being gay transcends the established laws and common customs. It is important to think with him on this. The struggle by LGBTQ for… Continue reading
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God is more liberal than most people think
Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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Public Art, Private Expression | Advocate.com
The history of authors and artists who are attracted to others of the same gender is long though still not very well known by many. I make the rather clunky “attracted to others of the same gender” because a) homosexual… Continue reading
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Feminism as Humanist Praxis
I’ve said many times across diverse social media that our society is inherently misogynistic. A big part of the oppressive structure of our institutions is the instantiation of a heteronormative dichotomy that harms both sides of the normative pole and… Continue reading
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Dropping the Arrows of Craving
Every day we shoot the arrow of craving from where we are now/here to some other place we are not yet. We crave very deeply for what we do not have and where we do not happen to be. We… Continue reading
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