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Separate is not Equal

New research findings support same-sex marriage

Exposing Oppression in Egypt

Up and coming filmmaker Maher Sabry exhibits his passion for human rights activism through his stunning work. All My Life, Sabry’s debut feature length film, is the first unapologetic look into the struggles and pleasures of gay men in Egypt. The film centers on the Queen Boat case of 2001, where fifty-two men were arrested at a

Derecho a Jesús

Conversiones sexuales y cristianas en el movimiento ex-gay

'Dude, You're a Fag'

Though homophobia is usually thought of as fear of same sex attraction, in high school, boys? homophobia is also about policing gendered norms.

The Key to Enlightenment

At six-foot-five, two hundred and twenty odd pounds, ex-marine Jeff Key could easily palm my face like a basketball but shakes my hand instead. He is dressed in rumpled jeans and a purposefully disheveled T-shirt, and I notice he’s handsome. He seems to take pity on my five foot two (read: one) frame and suggests we sit down as we begin

Sailor Men

In 1997 lurid Navy initiations caught on video and broadcast on national television riveted public attention. Newspaper editorials criticized them as abusive. “Kissing the Royal Belly” or “Royal Baby,” which is associated with crossing the equator, drew special notice. The ritual calls for initiates to kneel before a

America's War on Sex

America’s war on sex is no abstract political idea. Week after week, your colleagues and neighbors are being fired, censored, and arrested for their sexual expression—in their work, their entertainment, and their imagination. As I describe in my new book, America’s War On Sex, there are nine primary battlegrounds in

One of the Guys

On Saturday afternoon at the Cineplex you can see them: adolescent boys, there to watch one of the action films that Hollywood makes with an audience of young males in mind. What’s distinctive is where the boys sit in the theater. Though they might’ve come to the movie together and might even be close friends, they’ll leave

Homofobía Acoso en La Población Edad Escolar

Era el medio día y acababa de finalizar de entrevistar a un experto en homofobía en las escuelas de América. Caminé afuera y observé como la tienda de la esquina del vecindario se estaba llenando de la multitud diaria de estudiantes de secundaria. Un joven de aproximadamente 15 años grito a uno de sus compañeros—“!He joto!”.

Straight to Jesus

On a New Years Eve a few years ago, men between the ages of twenty and forty-five arrived from all over the country to begin a residential program at an ex-gay ministry in San Rafael, California called New Hope. Though the men were strangers, they spent the holiday cooking and praying together. In the past, these same men might have celebrated