Sexual Politics

We’re at the crunch point now, everyone. Will we or won’t we put gay marriage on the Oregon ballot in 2012? The fate of thousands of Oregonian’s marital status is in the hands of Basic Rights Oregon (BRO), the LGBT rights group that has been canvassing the state since 2009 “starting conversations” about gay marriage. […]

I hear Saturday was really beautiful and sunny. That’s great. Glad you a good time. Meanwhile, I was locked in a conference room for eight hours watching 52 amateur porn videos. And I will never again look at humans the same way. The giant stack of five minute films were all submissions to HUMP, the […]

Welcome to my column about LGBT, reproductive rights, and gender issues. Previous columns are here. If there’s a topic you think I should cover, let me know. A popular church well known for trying to reform the gays is moving to town—so how should local LGBT folks react? When we broke the news that a […]

Ah, political theater. This round involves a Portland vaudeville performer, 26-year-old Xander Almeida, who also happens to be a Republican. Recently, Almeida has been pissed off at the Oregon Republican party for hostile anti-gay language in its official party platform. Instead of biting his tongue or changing parties, Almeida decided to try and erase the […]

I still haven’t heard anything directly from Mars Hill church since posting the news last week that the conservative, Evangelical church is opening a new branch in SE Portland… but that’s not a big surprise, since founder Mark Driscoll has said that “interviews are for wimpy guys who wear Sans-a-Belt slacks and chew sugar-free gum.” […]

Welcome to my column about LGBT, reproductive rights, and gender issues. Previous columns are here. If there’s a topic you think I should cover, let me know. The big news of the week is that someone finally finished crunching the numbers on 2010 census data and mapped where all the same-sex couples in the United […]

By now, you’ve probably heard the gossip about the Portland Slutwalk. I heard a lady talking loudly about it on the 14 bus yesterday, actually, telling her friend about how all these people are going to dress up slutty and walk through downtown Portland this Sunday to protest… something. The Slutwalk started last winter in […]