ACT UP's 25th Anniversary, Ray-Ban's Gay Ad, Football Coach's Shocking Comment, And More

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Act Up's 25th Anniversary: What Is AIDS Activism Now?

The group widely known simply as Act Up, rather by than its more formal name AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, celebrated its 25th anniversary in New York with what else? a protest...

Plus: Check out 25 iconic ACT UP posters

	Ray-Ban's 'Never Hide' Campaign Features Gay Male Couple For First Time (PHOTO)
	Ron Brown, University Of Nebraska Assistant Football Coach: Being Fired For Anti-Gay Views Would An 'Honor'
	Mitt Romney's Support Of Gay Participation In Boy Scouts Cited In Fight For Lesbian Den Mom
	Gay Couples More Likely To Be Interracial Or Inter-Ethnic, According To New 2010 Census Analysis
	USS Harvey Milk: Lawmaker Wants Navy To Name Ship After Gay Icon

BLOG POSTS

	Amelia: Talking to Kids About 'Gay' The truth is that explaining to children (or anyone, for that matter) what being gay means isn't difficult. It only gets complicated when parents and other adults try to deny the parts about being gay that aren't related to which body part gets put where.
	Irene Monroe: How Anti-Sodomy Laws Were Sunk Told from the perspectives of the plaintiffs, arresting officers, attorneys, judges, and prosecutors, Flagrant Conduct is a detailed account of the 2003 landmark case of Lawrence v. Texas, in which the U.S. Supreme Court made same-gender sexual activity legal.
	Jake Shears: A Shift in Music There's clearly a shift in the way people are buying music now and I can't help but think about how that affects me as an artist.
	Derek Flood: What Does Jesus Think About Homosexuality? If we really do love Jesus, then we need to love like he did, so much so that it seems "scandalous" in the eyes the religious folks of our day, just like it did in his day.
	David Leddick: Over Sixty? You're A Sextennial! You're a New Maverick! If you're a Sextennial, now is the time to do all that living that you may have missed out on.