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Francesca Lia Block A teen book burns at the stake

A Christian group hopes to set fire to library copies of Francesca Lia Block's novel about a gay boy coming of age.
  • LGBT group to Obama: "We are human beings"

    The Human Rights Campaign sends a letter to the president about his administration's defense of DOMA
  • Gay mecca no more

    California used to be a sanctuary for homosexual immigrants worldwide. Now they might go to South Africa, or Maine.
  • Interview with Kirby Dick

    The filmmaker talks about his latest documentary and why politicians should get out of the closet.
  • Where have all the drag queens gone?

    The campy spectacle has lost favor with a generation of young gay men. Can RuPaul's new reality show bring it back?
  • I came out as a lesbian and my parents freaked

    I want to work politically out in the open, but my sexuality embarrasses the folks.
  • I'm a gay married Mormon in the closet

    My wife and I thought we could make it work but we're desperately unhappy.
  • I Like to Watch

    Is NBC's "Crusoe" a gay escapist fantasy? Is Starz' series "Crash" as bad as the Oscar-winning film it's based on? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
  • Video of the day: Dan Savage to Sarah Palin

    "I'd like to be your gay friend!"
  • I'm gay, I provide for my parents, and they're voting Republican!

    The party my parents support considers my marriage invalid -- so how can I keep giving them money?
  • My coming-out mix tape

    I was an alienated kid roiling with sexual anxiety. But then New Wave gave me the soundtrack -- and the courage -- to embrace my homosexuality.
  • How gay it would be

    I know a mother is supposed to accept her children as they are. But my son has one painful flaw -- he's straight.
  • Kiss my ass

    For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of?
  • Summer reads

    True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away.
  • Profanity-laced tirade watch: Mariners

    This is shocking! Who knew Seattle's manager was named John McLaren? Plus: Lesbian kissing controversy in the Safeco stands.
  • Be gay, be anything -- just not single!

    With same-sex marriage now legal in California, mothers across India and elsewhere are eager to see their gay sons and daughters finally get hitched.
  • A band of gold

    And it's still the dream we hold, even if our marriage is -- for now, anyway -- legal.
  • I'm a gay man in a small town working at a gas station. So?

    I have a feeling maybe I should move to the city, but I like my job, I like my town and I like my family.
  • The gay marriage slump

    Same-sex couples fought for the right to wed. So why are they deciding not to get hitched?
  • Sex tapes and outings and schlubs, oh my!

    Celebrate the year in sexual intrigue, as D-list celebs spread it for the cameras, Hollywood avoids smushmortions, and Hitler's mommy gets laid.
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    "Beer, Babes, and Balls": Inside the "Neanderthal" -- but sometimes surprisingly liberal -- world of Jim Rome and sports-talk radio.
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Study finds 1 in 3 high school football players gay! Well, no, but it does offer encouraging news about homophobia. Plus: NFL Week 10 picks.
  • Dumbledore? Gay. J.K. Rowling? Chatty.

    What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories?
  • Why the T in LGBT is here to stay

    Transgender people are not beggars at the civil rights table set by gay and lesbian activists. They are integral to the struggle for gender freedom for all.
  • How did the T get in LGBT?

    The 30-year fight for a federal gay civil rights law may fail because activists insist on including rights for transgendered people too. Has gay inclusiveness gone too far too fast?
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