Gay Culture

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Mothers Who Think: Scouts' dishonor
A former member says scouting is a dangerous influence that should be kept away from impressionable young people.
Newsreal: Gays in Maine
The recent vote in Maine to deprive the state's gays the guarantee of equal rights in housing, employment and other areas prompts one commentator to recommend going one step further: Refuse to allow them to pay taxes.
Newsreal: Defending the right to pry
Many commentators, notably feminists, dismiss stories about the sex life of President Clinton as irrelevant to his public role. But this drawing of a line between public and private lives, says a homosexual writer, cannot work.
The Salon Interview: Gore Vidal
An interview with Gore Vidal by Chris Haines.
Newsreal: The army of the right
The Wall Street Journal's defense correspondent investigates today's military and finds it becoming an increasingly right-wing institution.
From Russia with (forbidden) love
Several new collections celebrate the contributions of the late Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter.
the boys
in the bathhouses
According to the "queer theorists,"
having lots of anonymous gay sex is the answer
to the tyranny of the normal.
Forget that it will also kill you.
Media Circus
An Esquire article insinuating that actor Kevin Spacey is gay stirs controversy
The Awful Truth: Wuthering Bites
Knowing too much about love lets the air out of the Romantic Balloon.
Why Israel shouldn't trust Yasir Arafat
The Nobel Laureate is a sadistic dictator and shameless liar who has just one wish for the Jewish state: That it cease to exist.
In defense of wannabes
People who identify outside their societal group are the real multiculturalists.
Should gays join the mainstream?
Two gay readers, provoked by David Horowitz's argument that gays aren't "normal," debate whether they are -- or should be.
Respect, yes;
equivalence, no
Same-sex marriage is a lost cause because
gays are not the "same."
Robin Hood Lives
But taking from the rich to
give to the poor is exactly what it
sounds like: robbery.
Gay in the USA
Three new books reflect the mainstreaming of gay culture -- and demonstrate a willingness to confront some painful realities.
The AIDS epidemic is just beginning
Didion as Diva
Why gay men worship Joan Didion, the brittle queen of neurasthenic literature.
Lady and the tramp
In conservative bomb-thrower David Brock's surprisingly sympathetic book, "The Seduction of Hillary Clinton," the First Lady is neither a saint nor a bitch -- she's a woman who loved too much. A conversation with the controversial author.
Cracks In The Iron Closet
Scott Baldinger reviews David Tuller's "Cracks In The Iron Closet: Travels In Gay And Lesbian Russia".
The SALON Interview: Tony Kushner
America's real taboo is talking about a different society, says the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Mouse in a Corner
American Family Association boycotts Disney
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