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E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
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Die, Faggots
It’s been getting better for gay people—but not everywhere.
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The (New York) Times, They are A-Changin’
Newspaper coverage goes from alienation of ‘homosexual’ to featuring same-sex marriages.
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Ask for More
Gentlemen, I would like to ask you to leave the room for a moment. Move along, now. Yes, you too, over there in the corner, I see you! Okay. Ladies: Do you have trouble asking for more money when you’re offered wages, salaries, speakers’ fees, or any other financial negotiations? Read. This. Now. It’s a […]
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So You Think You Have Problems?
At least you aren’t Stalin’s daughter.
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The Barney Frank Greatest Hits Reel
You knew it was coming. Some fabulous news organization would assign someone to come up with the Barney Frank YouTube highlights. Here it is at HuffPo. And here HuffPo’s Ryan Grim fondly recalls being chewed out by the honorable member of Congress from Massachusetts, adding a few others’ such memories: Politico’s Glenn Thrush describes walking […]
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Barney Frank Goes Home
The idea that Massachusetts could lose Barney Frank in our congressional delegation never crossed my mind before yesterday, but I’m told that he’s been signalling he’s ready to go for a couple of years now. The New York Times‘ Abby Goodnough had a nice item about his departure announcement, which includes a great kicker about […]
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Advertising for Marriage
Rex Wockner, longtime gay reporter, says this is the best marriage equality TV spot he has ever seen. The LGBT newsweekly The Advocate agrees. I haven’t seen as many as they have, but it’s pretty great. My only thought: it could be even better if there’s another one just like it, in which the principal […]
