Queering the Closet

By now, the fact that the soon to be released Stonewall movie directed by Roland Emmerich minimizes the contributions of transgender women o...

In the grand scheme of things, there are plenty of little details that can escape my attention. I didn't know until last night, for exa...

Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, is a film that depicts 4 Italian fascists torturing, and ultimately murderi...

There is this certain tendency I think, when social justice issues are brought up for certain people to react with "But but it's so...

I came across this article on Movie Scope today on The Imitation Game about the life of Alan Turing, the openly gay man who cracked NAZI co...

Alright, it's no secret that violence is practically worshiped in our culture, while anything related to sex or sexuality is shunned. Ho...

In an interview with CBS Face the Nation, Martina Navratilova made the claim that "In 29 states in this country you can still get fired...

The issue that I blogged about earlier has now been resolved and the Holy Innocents Parish has been accepted into the Margaretville Interfa...

One of Mark Twain's more interesting pieces for me is his short story War Prayer , which asks a very interesting question. When we ask ...

Sharing because of the shortage of local pro-queer media: From Diversity Rules Magazine: Shame on Margaretville Interfaith Council! by Jim...

Having just come across this poll on The Huffington Post , I felt a bit of a need to respond. Why? Becuase it's a completely pointless ...

With the recent announcement from President Obama, in which he endorsed marriage equality for same sex couples, the LGBTQ social networking ...

Sometimes, as someone who majored in philosophy in college, there comes a certain times when watching certain debates play out, feels to me ...

Okay, regarding my previous post about Fincher's remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , it appears that my prediction that The Gir...

Usually, I have very little interest in the Oscars. Very rarely do films or directors that I like actually win and my general impression is...

It's that time of year again and probably most people reading this have heard the ringing of bells for the Salvation Army. Most people ...

After all the moping I've had to do recently about Hollywood's unholy obsession with straightening out originally queer characters a...

I recently came across this excellent article I am Not a Secondary Character: Queer Kids in YA, and Why We Need to Do Better at Muse Rising...

This is a little more politically focused, with it's discussions of Michele Bachman's influence on the school policies, then somet...

At the time of this writing, New York State has passed a Marriage Equality bill allowing same sex couples to get married. This obviously ha...