Weekly Reader: April 2007
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Filed by Alex Blaze | April 28, 2007 | 6:00 PM |A straight woman describes her first visit to a local lesbian S&M club:My first wild lesbian fetish party feels like a junior-high school dance, with all the boys lined up on one side of the room and all the girls...Read More
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Filed by Alex Blaze | April 27, 2007 | 1:30 PM |GOP Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky says he'll call a special session of the General Assembly to prevent two state universities from giving DP benefits. He thinks they violate the state's anti-marriage amendment. (Lexington Herald-Tribune) Barbara Walters will host special...Read More
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Filed by Alex Blaze | April 21, 2007 | 9:00 AM |Sarah Blustain further unpacks the recent Carhart decision:That the anti-abortion movement reframed its arguments against abortion in ways that seem to protect women while in fact actually constraining them. This is a key new turn in the anti-abortion strategy: to...Read More
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Filed by Alex Blaze | April 20, 2007 | 7:30 AM |Also this past week: Ted Haggard's moving to Pheonix! I know why: the boys are so much hotter in Phoenix, and they wear so much less. (Denver Post) Cameroon is going to start providing free HIV/AIDS treatment to its citizens,...Read More
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Filed by Alex Blaze | April 14, 2007 | 9:00 AM |Jim Burroway debunks Paul Cameron's latest "study":But it's just enough of a cover for Cameron to hijack the reputation of the Eastern Psychological Association to enhance his usual bag of tricks. And it turns out the general public aren't the...Read More
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Filed by Alex Blaze | April 06, 2007 | 7:30 AM |Here are some headlines that we didn't cover this week:Mary Cheney's having a boy. (The Washington Post) Just a pinch of prejudice... An upcoming biography shows Julia Child's changing attitudes towards gays and lesbians. (Boston Magazine) Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick...Read More