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Written by Alan Davidson
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Since the beginning of religious history man has attempted to prove the existence of the human soul. That vehicle which allows God to interact with all that is humanly good in the body of man. Proving the soul as a fact has been ever elusive, however. Empirical science declares that there is no proof for the existence of such a soul. The possibilities of such spiritual questions have been relegated to philosophers, psychologists and religious leaders. Some gay spiritual teachers assert that, yes, there is a soul and that homosexuals themselves have a soul which is distinct from their heterosexual brothers. They also assert that this "Gay Soul" can offer elements of guidance and healing to our troubled world communities . Is there a soul unique to homosexuals? Or is this more intellectual pride and separatism? If there is any guidance and healing available from the gay community, then what is its source? These are some of the questions to address in search of the Gay Soul.
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Film + Theatre
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Written by Dorothy Fadiman
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When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)
This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Remembrances include those of women who experienced illegal abortions, doctors who risked imprisonment and loss of their licenses for providing illegal abortions, and individuals who broke the law by helping women find safe abortions.
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Poetry + Prose
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Written by Tom Sheehan
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Getting Crushed That Side of Midnight,
Two Roads Taken One at A Time,
Dimensions of A barrier,
Two-Dream Tommy
by Tom Sheehan
And always it is this Gift-giver, this woman from the
other side of midnight, this darkness that is not taken
from. And she comes in pieces, trajectories, soft angles
and planes, curves from a world galore I look for in
this, her classroom of touch, taste, and sleek terrors
wherein she says, Hello, Two-Dream Tommy, here
are dimensions of a barrier, the two roads you must
take one at a time if you’re meeting me and getting
crushed that side of midnight. Oh, is she north of me
or south, breathing yet or not, an image impossible
to see, yet I would bet on her on either road I find.
Lo, I speak out to her and dream of her, spraddled,
urgent, these two parts of unspeakable darkness.
Do they have to mean or what become?
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Columns + Opinions
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Written by Dangerous Lee
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I recently shot a music video for local rap artist Theory. The shoot was for a concert scene. I had no idea what to wear, but I wanted to be cute like all the other chicks that appear in music videos. This wasn’t a drop it like it’s hot music video shoot (Theory is a female), but I felt the need to be sexy anyway even though I can’t even drop it like it’s warm. I just wanted to be cute on camera. I felt the pressure! |
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Read more... [DANGEROUS LEE ASKS…]
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Society + Culture
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Written by Emile-Anne Smith
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The word masturbation comes from the Greek word mezea meaning penises, and a Latin verb masturbare that means to taint by hand or to agitate by hand. As we can see, it is a very "male" word but we all do it, only a few people will admit it to but studies show that 9 out of 10 people do it. So it may not be a public thing, but it is the "in" thing for a lot of people.
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Poetry + Prose
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Written by Sylvie Morgan Flatow
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Skirts, Heels, Books [by Sylvie Morgan Flatow]
If she didn't look so sexy
reading in skirts and heels,
she'd probably stop and save it
for the privacy of her own bedroom or
the Brooklyn Heights Promenade
late at night
lit up
only
by the city's skyline.
But really -
she loved watching people watch her. |
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Society + Culture
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Written by Luvvenia Hawkins
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Voting reaches an all-new low… [by Luvvenia Hawkins] The news stations are reporting that the overall voter turnout rate has reached an all-time low. Only a quarter (one-fourth) of registered voters actually bothered to show up at the polls to vote. They interviewed people of age, and the interviewees all had the right answers, “I was working; at school; forgot about it; don’t really vote unless it’s the primary…” Give me a break. We have become so politically correct, until we have begun to believe our own crap. |
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Books + Literature
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Written by Deanna Mascle
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Why I Killed My Muse -- And You Should Too [by Deanna Mascle]
Article:
Last night, in the dark following midnight I killed my muse (suffocating her quietly with a pillow) and buried her in my back garden. Today I will plant a roses to hide the grave. No one will ever know and I will be free at last of her insidious hold and I will be able to write what I want. |
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