WASHINGTON -- Want to know what Be Your Own Pet's 17-year-old bass player, Nathan Vasquez, think... Be Your Own Pet shuns conve

WASHINGTON -- Want to know what Be Your Own Pet's 17-year-old bass player, Nathan Vasquez, thinks of the Vans Warped Tour? You know, the annual summer rock 'n' roll road show and marketing extravaganza that currently favors the high-strung and highly popular strain of music known as emo?

"It's not really our thing," Vasquez -- he of the peach fuzz moustache and rack of braces -- says ...

This confirms an opinion I have long held, that fundamentalists across the religions have more in... Gay parade...

This confirms an opinion I have long held, that fundamentalists across the religions have more in common with each other than they do with liberal members of their own religion. There are many shared values amongst fundamentalists of different religions, even though they each loudly proclaim that they are the sole purveyors of absolute Truth and all the others are in error.

The issue...

at www. borndifferent.org raises a question for doubters: “When did you decide to be straight?”</... A different voice in S

at www. borndifferent.org raises a question for doubters: “When did you decide to be straight?”

The Denver-based Gill Foundation spent $900,000 on the campaign, which includes television ads, billboards and banners over downtown streets. It began in early June and will continue through early August.

The ads are only in Colorado Springs, which, organizers say, has a reputation for be...

Who are you? Dr. Debbie Magids identifies the eight relationship personality types that sabotage ... Which type are you?...

Who are you? Dr. Debbie Magids identifies the eight relationship personality types that sabotage finding true love:

- The Old Faithful - longs for the one she can't have and, therefore, can't move forward. The fix: let go of past loves.

- The Whirlwind Dater - constantly dates whoever she can but has difficulty finding a permanent mate. The fix: stop dating and learn to spend time...

American society is currently involved in one of its episodic, deep-rooted turmoils,typically avo... Same-sex marriage: Prospec

American society is currently involved in one of its episodic, deep-rooted turmoils,typically avoiding more substantive and urgent matters to tinker with its laws related tomarriage.

This involves a simultaneous rewriting of the dictionary.

The issue du jour is trying to figure out how to define marriage in terms ofgender, a quandary idiosyncratic to our peculiar mix of legalism and...

Soap operas continue inclusive, if incidental use of gay characters &ldquo;Passions&rdquo; ... ‘All My Children’...

Soap operas continue inclusive, if incidental use of gay characters

“Passions” character Simone Russell hasn’t had it easy.

Now a young woman in her 20s, Simone (Cathy Jeneén Doe) has spent the majority of her formative years seething at her parents and sister Whitney while trying to steal Chad, Whitney’s boyfriend, away from her seemingly perfect olde...

Castro&rsquo;s niece wants Cubans to change attitudes on gays HAVANA &mdash; The niece of l... International News...

Castro’s niece wants Cubans to change attitudes on gays

HAVANA — The niece of leader Fidel Castro wants her countrymen to be more tolerant of homosexuality and bisexuality. In March, 43-year-old Mariela Castro, director of the government-funded National Center for Sex Education, promoted a television soap opera that scandalized many Cubans by depicting bisexuality in a sympath...

'Call me or any a ma bredrens a Paki again an I'ma mash u an yo family," declares one of... Not your merrie olde London

'Call me or any a ma bredrens a Paki again an I'ma mash u an yo family," declares one of the characters in Londonstani, a novel that explosively and unapologetically represents the new London of hip hop-influenced, market-driven and libido-heightened youth. The words above introduce the first scene, in which desi (South Asian) characters punctuate their bravado by kicking in the face o...

In this week's ruling against same-sex marriage in New York, judges on the Court of Appeals - th... Meaning of 'Normal'

In this week's ruling against same-sex marriage in New York, judges on the Court of Appeals - those voting with the majority and those voting against it - went out of their way to compare the gay marriage movement with the struggle for civil rights by black Americans.

While the majority 4-2 decision acknowledged that gays and lesbians had suffered from discrimination, it did not see the ...

Moralizing may have gone out of fashion in adult fiction a century ago, but it remains a staple o... THE YEAR THE GYPSIES CAME.

Moralizing may have gone out of fashion in adult fiction a century ago, but it remains a staple of children's literature. The annual awards lists are full of inspiring stories in which a brave and sensitive young person triumphs over modern evils like political oppression, sexism and racism. Though these novels can be beautifully and even subtly written, they rarely leave readers in doubt abou...