Kristin Beck, the SEALsâ Warrior Princess Who Came Out as Transgender
Anne Speckhard tells Lloyd Grove about the book she wrote with ex-SEAL Kristin Beck, formerly Chris.
Best 2011 Bisexual Nonfiction:
Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir, by Susie Bright, Seal Press
Bisexuality and Queer Theory: Intersections, Connections and Challenges, edited by Jonathan Alexander & Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio, Routledge
The Horizontal Poet, by Jan Steckel, Zeitgeist Press (2011 Winner)
Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature, edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda, and Lisa Tatonetti, University of Arizona Press
Surviving Steven: A True Story, by Ven ReyBest 2011 Bisexual Fiction:
Boyfriends With Girlfriends, by Alex Sanchez, Simon & Schuster
The Correspondence Artist, by Barbara Browning, Two Dollar Radio (2011 Winner)
Have You Seen Me, by Katherine Scott Nelson, Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
Triptych, by J.M. Frey, Dragon Moon Press
The Two Krishnas, by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Magnus Books
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Ready Or Not, Pride Season Is Coming
Can you feel it in the air? Oh my friends, Pride season is upon us.
When Did You Choose to Be Straight?
The “man-on-street” interview is rarely an insightful exercise in news gathering, but sometimes it can be a revealing window into American culture — like in the video above, where residents of a small Colorado town are asked, “When did you choose to be straight?” The video features advertising executive and amateur photographer Travis Nuckolls and Buzzfeed Labs’ Chris Baker asking a bunch of straight people about homosexuality.
Joanne Borden - Pride Agenda's Campaign for GENDA
Today we’re launching our first online video, starring Joanne Borden of Nassau County Long Island, a WWII veteran and grandmother who shares her story and po…
Sex 'superbug' feared to be 'more infectious than AIDS' discovered in Hawaii
Health officials are warning that two cases of a so-called ‘sex superbug’ have been confirmed in Hawaii. Hawaii News Now reports that the ‘sex superbug’ is a resistant strain of gonorrhea.
The story behind the gay marriage symbol taking over Facebook
Maybe you’ve seen this new symbol taking over Facebook or Twitter- but how many actually know what it means? Well here goes the story of the two pink lines placed on the foreground of a red background.
“You’ve probably already seen it on Facebook or Twitter: Two parallel pink lines splashed on a red square background, appearing where your friends’ selfies usually go. It’s become the de facto logo of supporters of gay marriage as the Supreme Court considers the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. And it ticks all the requisite checkboxes an effective symbol needs: It’s simple, instantly recognizable, and, well, everywhere.
But where did it come from? Well, the logo was created by marketing director Anastasia Khoo of the Human Rights Campaign, a group that trumpets itself as “the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organization,” and “envisions an America where LGBT people are ensured of their basic equal rights.”
The pink and red meme blanketing social media is a derivative of the HRC’s everyday logo — a yellow equal sign on a blue background. Why the new colors? As Khoo told the New Yorker, the organization “decided to tinge it red because it’s the color of love.”
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http://theweek.com/article/index/242043/the-story-behind-the-gay-marriage-symbol-taking-over-facebook
