From a press release posted on Portland Independent Media: Dan Savage is a transphobic and generally oppressive rich white cis gay man who came to Eugene, OR on Halloween weekend. The Dan Savage Welcoming Committee let him know that he can’t be a douche with impunity. On November 1st, 2011, an operative of the Dan Savage Welcoming Committee (DSWM) glitterbombed …

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California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani has come out as lesbian, making her the eighth openly gay member of the state legislature. Galgiani, D-Livingston, said that by coming out now, she hopes to send a positive message to young people who are struggling to come to terms with their sexual identity. “It sickens me that young people would think about taking their …

The New Hampshire GOP is dropping their bill to ban same-sex marriage because they don’t want to confuse lawmakers with the push to repeal same-sex marriage. Got that? State Rep. David Bates, the Windham Republican who also is sponsor of the repeal bill, told The Associated Press on Tuesday he wants to let the Legislature consider repealing the law enacted …

“The fear that unless ‘In God We Trust’ is displayed throughout the government, Americans will somehow lose their faith in God, is a dim view of the profound religious convictions many citizens have. The faith that inspired many of the Founders of this country—the faith I practice—is stronger than that. Trying to score political points with unnecessary resolutions should not …

During his appearance on Sunday’s PBS Newshour, Herman Cain raised the specter of China gaining access to nuclear weapons. Unfortunately for him, they’ve had them for 47 years. Woodruff began the interview asking whether China was “a potential military threat to the United States” in Cain’s eyes. Cain answered in the affirmative, and responded that in order to neutralize the …

The Concerned Women are going after Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who last week introduced a federal bill granting gay adoption rights in all states. “Something around 65,000 adopted children and 14,000 foster children live in homes that are headed by non-heterosexuals, and yet the data very overwhelmingly says these homes are not as good for children,” [Janet] Crouse notes. “They don’t …

There’s been an apparently serious ammonia leak at the oceanfront nuclear power plant near San Diego. The warning has gone from a Level One to a Level Three alert in the last hour. The leak posed no danger to the public, and no radiation was released during the emergency, said Lauren Bartlett, a spokeswoman for Southern California Edison. Under federal …

One of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment wants to come forward and tell her side of the story publicly. So says her lawyer. Lawyer Joel P. Bennett called on the National Restaurant Association, where the woman and Cain worked in the late 1990s, to release the woman from her written promise not to talk about the …

“[The] awful legacy of feminism has been the demasculinization of men. For all of higher civilization’s recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family. That notion — indeed the notion of masculinity itself — is regarded by feminism as the worst of sins: patriarchy. If you wonder why so many men choose not to …

Courtesy of the author, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Cruising, the new photography book by Chad States. Cruising will go on sale online and at booksellers nationwide on November 8th. With an oblique focus on hidden clearings, forest-lined parking lots, and the well-trodden paths where these encounters occur, States gradually began to include the men far off in the distance …

Double bonus Jeebus points for “lake of fire”!

The San Diego-area high school which named a lesbian couple as their homecoming king and queen has been deluged with threats and hate mail since the story made international news over the weekend. On Monday, Superintendent Bill Kowba interrupted a news conference on the district’s financial troubles to comment on an issue he called just as significant as the budget. …