…which is all well and good, but it still rankles just a bit. I can usually make it through days ending in ‘y’ without having to come out to somebody, but it definitely happens more than once a year. As a cis white man with no behaviors that scream ‘gay!’ to the uninitiated, I’m not …
The Gay Enemy Within
Late Night Open Thread
It’s Pride Saturday night here. What this means for me is that I’m home alone making fussy green tea and reading Iain M. Banks. Fortunately, I’ve got the company of Nature’s Perfect Killing Machine. It’s been a smidge hot lately; that’s how much energy Samwise could muster for greeting me after brunch. We keep the AC …
Open Thread: Happy Pride Month!
Fuck you #TARGET . i just want some God damned shoes pic.twitter.com/hJbAlAMYDL — Aaron Clarey (@aaron_clarey) June 10, 2019 Fuck you #TARGET . i just want some God damned shoes pic.twitter.com/1jlB9tjJnm — Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) June 11, 2019 Try the shoe department. You'll probably want something with thick soles since it seems like you …
Samwise Open Thread / An Introduction, for the Unfamiliar
Hello, my pseudonym is Major Major Major Major, and I am, apparently, a blogger. As many of you already know, I’m a prolific commenter here. (For those who didn’t know that, now you do.) Recent-ish-ly, I’ve been working with Alain on various improvements to the site. These efforts kept hitting the same snag: developing anything …
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Court House Putsch
Two same-sex couples (so far) have been issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky, US America, after the martyr for Jesus clerk was thrown in the hoosegow yesterday. Here’s a taste of the welcome they got: When the couple got inside the office Friday, a man harassed them, saying “More sodomites getting married?” […] In …
You’ll Have To Pry These Marriage Licenses Out Of My Cold, Dead Laser Printer
Meanwhile, the saga of the quixotic enigma that is the Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk’s Office continues. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to resume issuing marriage licenses despite her religious objection to same-sex marriage, but Davis quickly filed an appeal and continued her refusal to issue licenses. Davis will ask …
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Freedom By Fiat, Or Who Will Save The Bigoted Bakers?
Louisiana’s version of Indiana’s now infamous”Religious Freedom” bill has died screaming in legislative committee, so Gov. Bobby Jindal is just going to declare it law anyway because EAGLE and MURICA. “We will be issuing an Executive Order shortly that will accomplish the intent of HB 707 to prevent the state from discriminating against persons or …
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