Sacha Baron Cohen's character could have been a bold stab at homophobia. Instead it's a mincing minstrel show
By David Rakoff Jul 9, 2009
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For gay teens, high heels and ties can be a political act
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 20, 2009
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An HBO documentary about the former pastor underscores the horrors of the evangelical Christian closet, just as new allegations
about him emerge.
By Heather Havrilesky
January 29, 2009
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For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of?
By Louis Bayard
June 12, 2008
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An examination of the claims that Barack Obama is extraordinarily supportive of gay rights.
By Alex Koppelman
April 24, 2008
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A social history of the frat boy
By Amy Benfer
June 4, 2009
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The stepfather of a fifth grader who hanged himself tells the paper, "They called him gay and a snitch. All the time they'd call him this."
By Abigail Kramer
April 21, 2009
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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.
By King Kaufman
November 9, 2007
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I'm afraid if I tell him, he'll say, "Let's do a threesome."
By Cary Tennis
September 18, 2007
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The party's culture of concealment has led to embarrassment and personal destruction. Isn't it about time for the right to cure its homophobia?
By Joe Conason
August 31, 2007
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"We don't try to undermine gay stereotypes": Outsports co-founder Cyd Ziegler Jr. talks about gay athletes, gay allies and the site's new book.
August 14, 2007
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I think my seventh-grader was looking at some gay porn. What do I say to him? What do I do?
By Cary Tennis
April 9, 2007
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As ex-NBA journeyman John Amaechi comes out, it's time for sports leagues to stop accepting intolerance as a given.
February 8, 2007
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Homophobic Snickers ad campaign pulled amid howling, but not unanimous, protests. Plus: Wrong about Peyton Manning? Us?
February 6, 2007
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Colts win Super Bowl XLI. Indy dominates everything but the scoreboard. Plus: Big day for homophobia. And: Ad review.
February 5, 2007
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While the GOP was exploiting the bigotry of the black clergy in the midterms, black piety was melting before America's eyes.
By Debra J. Dickerson
November 27, 2006
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Kevin Jennings grew up gay in a strict Baptist household, taunted for being a "faggot" at his own father's funeral. So why does he still believe Christianity and gay rights can coexist?
By Priya Jain
August 21, 2006
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His relatives talk about "fags" and say girls in miniskirts deserve to be raped.
By Cary Tennis
February 28, 2006
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Talk of "dildos" and "nymphos" raises concern about Spanish-language radio shows.
By Lynn Harris
February 15, 2006
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Lesbian couple gets hitched under new British law.
By Lori Leibovich
December 20, 2005
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Veteran AIDS activist and playwright Larry Kramer is still denouncing young gay men for spreading HIV through reckless sex and drug use. He needs to drop the angry-prophet pose and start talking to the people on the front lines.
By Richard Kim
May 7, 2005
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How did America's leading film critic, who was fearlessly opposed to cant and dogma of all stripes, come to be seen as a homophobe?
June 25, 2004
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While my friends lined up in the rain to get married in San Francisco, I wondered: If this is what we've been fighting for, why do I feel so ambivalent?
By Meredith Maran
April 19, 2004
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Shorts are bunched up nationwide over a receiver's cellphone celebration, but where is the outrage over a team president using a homophobic slur?
December 17, 2003
Why "Brüno" is bad for the gays
Fear of a drag planet
Ted Haggard in exile 
Kiss my ass
Is Obama really standing up for gay rights?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Should I tell my new man that I used to date women?
The GOP's crowded closet
Souls on ice
Son of a preacher man
Should I marry into a family of bigots?
Sex panic
The gay attacks on Pauline Kael
We're here, we're queer, we're married. Yawn.
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