Mennonites are much like the Amish. If you’ve ever been through Lancaster County in Pennsylvania, you know what I’m talking about. Horse-drawn buggies trot bristly down the country roads. Clothes are hung to dry one day during the week. Children play not with video games and computers, but with each other in the beautiful outdoors.
In [...]

GayInAthens.com reader Matthew submitted the following question:
Okay, so I’ve been accepted to several schools and as you know the college process is winding down. Ummm, so I was just wondering about the LGBT climate at UGA in comparison to other schools. Really right now it’s UGA against Boston University and my parents are pushing for [...]

Vice President Joe Biden made promises to the LGBT population at a DNC dinner on June 25.
According to Politico, Vice President Joe Biden made some encouraging statements at a fundraiser dinner for the Democratic National Committee on Thursday. I’m glad to see Biden step out and touch on the issues of LGBT people, and I [...]

For better or for worse, the gay rights movement has no national leader.
Really, who’s leading the gay rights movement (GRM)? In essence, the LGBT rights movement has no de facto leader. Unlike the black rights movement, which held many leaders, no one person has risen to the top as the voice of our community.
In a [...]

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) recently changed his stance on full marriage benefits for same-sex couples.
Here’s a story of hope for LGBT activists. Here’s the story of a lawmaker who came to a realization and was not afraid to let it be known.
Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut has long been an advocate for LGBT rights, but [...]

Internet dating is filled with confusing jargon. Hayden Darkwith decodes.
i’ve gotten on a tangent here about internet dating.

not long ago, i discussed the tres sketch craigslist, which is so sketch, even i don’t use it—and i have a paid subscription to manhunt. (i’m letting the manhunt subscription expire at the end of the month though, [...]

Watch tomorrow at 5 p.m. as the debate about same-sex marriage continues on the Dr. Phil show. Tune in on NBC tomorrow. It is expected that Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, will be a part of the debate.

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Maine may be the next state to allow same-sex marriages.
Originally posted at UGALiberal.
From the Washington Post:
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Legislature has approved a bill that would make the state the fifth to allow gay marriage.
The bill faces one more vote each in the House and Senate before it goes to Gov. John Baldacci (bahl-DAH’-chee). [...]

Is spitting really a no-no in the gay world?
When I came out, there was plenty going on in my head. Part of me was so happy to finally have hopped out of the closet, and the other part of me was afraid that I’d lose some part of me from my “straight life.”
On the one [...]

Gay PRIDE in Athens, Georgia – April 26, 2009
A big gay party for the Athens LGBT community is ahead this Sunday, April 26, at Sandy Creek Park … and you’re invited! That’s right, the Athens PRIDE Committee is hosting its annual potluck picnic and softball game to celebrate gay life in Athens this weekend.
In addition [...]

Jaheem Herrera, an 11-year-old Georgia, hung himself at his Dekalb Co. home after being bullied. Many say he was targeted as "gay."
According to ProjectQAtlanta.com:
An 11-year-old DeKalb County student committed suicide last week after repeated harassment, including anti-gay bullying, from his classmates.
Jaheem Herrera’s 10-year-old sister discovered him hanging in his bedroom Thursday after his mother, Masika [...]

Bodies of 7 Gays in Baghdad Morgue
by Hayyan Neyuf -Dubai/ Ali Al-Iraqi – Baghdad
A prominent Iraqi human rights activist says that Iraqi militia have deployed a painful form of torture against homosexuals by closing their anuses using “Iranian gum.” … Yina Mohammad told Alarabiya.net that, “Iraqi militias have deployed an unprecedented form of torture against [...]

Dr. Dawn Bennett-Alexander discusses labeling in the LGBT community.
When I told my sister I had fallen in love with a woman, her response was “Well, does this mean you won’t still knit or quilt?” As stupid as this sounds, I totally understood where she was coming from. Who ever heard of a lesbian knitting or [...]

Diego Sanchez, a UGA alum, is the first transman to serve on Capitol Hill. He will speak on April 25 at Lavender Graduation. Photo by Marilyn Humphries.
Spring is on us, and so is graduation. Queer students and alumni of the University of Georgia will partake in the ritual Lavender Graduation this Saturday.
Held by the UGA [...]

So, I was on the bus a couple of weeks ago eavesdropping on the two girls sitting behind me. They were both sporting classic sorority wear, adorning their precious feet with those godawful Ugg boots. They probably also had on gym shorts and an oversized white men’s undershirt. It seems the style for a lot [...]