Star Sends Amazing Letter To Gay Teen, Dolphins Are Bisexual?! And More

Thursday, March 29, 2012 Fiona Apple's Handwritten Support For Gay Teens Goes Viral Fiona Apple may be well on her way to a musical comeback, but she's now making waves in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender blogosphere for an unrelated, but nonetheless commendable, reason. A handwritten letter Apple penned in 2000 to a then 16-year-old high school student, who had asked her to write a note for his school's gay-straight-alliance has gone viral. New Study Finds Dolphins Engage In Bisexuality And Even Homosexuality 'Saturday Night Live' Welcomes Its First Openly Lesbian Featured Performer Matt Bomer Talks About Who He'll Be Kissing And What He'll Be Singing On 'Glee' Carson Daly's JetBlue Suggestion That Gays Couldn't Handle Pilot's Rant Draws Response From 9/11 Hero's Mother Progressive Muslims Launch Gay-Friendly, Women-Led Mosques In Attempt To Reform American Islam BLOG POSTS Dave: A Father's Reaction to His Very Young Gay Son Over the past few months my wife has been asked numerous times what I think about our 7-year-old son identifying as gay. The idea that I would be disappointed/angry/suicidal that my son identifies as gay offends me, both as a father and simply as a human. Michelangelo Signorile: Rick Santorum and the Pink Bowling Ball: A Man with a Bully Complex Santorum went on to say, "Friends don't let friends use pink bowling balls," at once bullying the kid, teaching him how to be a bully, too, and sending a strong message to all other boys who might choose a pink bowling ball. Wade Davis, Jr.: Black, Gay, and Suspicious? I'm tired. Like, really, I'm tired: tired of trying to fit in, blend in, conform, and exist in a society where I'm feared. The fear is too deep-rooted, and the perception has spread like malignant cancer through every thread of our society, so what do I do? Michael Roth: Adrienne Rich: Writing as Social Practice The great American poet, Adrienne Rich, died this week at her home in Santa Cruz. She was a brave and ardent writer, a gifted teacher and a powerful voice of conscience. There is no one quite like her in American letters. Wayne Besen: NOM's Malodorous Methods Fan the Flames of Hate Instead of working to bring Americans together, the goal of NOM is to sow the seeds of mistrust and tear different groups apart. Instead of harmony, they promote acrimony. Forget the great American melting pot; NOM simply stirs the pot of bitterness and division.

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