According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Pope Benedict will return to being known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger once he has stepped down as pope. He will be addressed as his eminence or Cardinal Ratzinger. – Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation explained WE ALREADY know the history the Catholic Church has of demeaning [...]
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News Desk: amfAR Gets Support in Handbag Designed by Sarah Jessica Parker and Kenneth Cole
Kenneth Cole and Sarah Jessica Parker Design Handbag in Support of amfAR (via The Los Angeles Fashion) Fashion designer Kenneth Cole and actress Sarah Jessica Parker have joined forces in support of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, with the creation of a limited edition evening bag that will be auctioned live at the New York amfAR Gala on February 6. The [...]
News Desk: Condoms Required for Porn Films Passes
THIS HAS been a bone of contention (sorry ’bout that) since I was writing about and snooping around in the sex industry back in the mid-90s. From LA Times: A measure that would require porn performers to wear condoms while filming in Los Angeles County was approved by voters. The measure garnered 55.9% of the [...]
Secy. Clinton on Saving Lives through Global Health
WRITING ON Huffington Post, Secretary Clinton talks about what the Obama administration has done under President Obama’s leadership. It’s as close as she’s come to politics and campaigning for her boss since she became his Secretary of State. Writing about the continuation and expansion of policies that came before, which America is investing in to [...]
Queer Talk: Romney ‘Dodges’ LGBT Question, Obama ‘Challenged’ Regarding AIDS Conference
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Just another week in presidential election year marketing, and though probably only an all but unnoticed blip in their “how are we doing this week” tracking, both Republican and Democrat received some negatives for their responses to LGBT related concerns. From Annie-Rose Strasser, Romney Dodges [...]
Oh Donna, How We Danced
DONNA SUMMER was writing “Love to Love You Baby”; I was Miss Missouri. “Last Dance” came out in 1978, the year after the BeeGees and John Travolta blasted on the scene and shook American culture. I was Broadway bound and once I got there one thing I’ll never forget is a couple of years later [...]
Foreclosures, Student Debt and Act Up: Occupying Where People Live
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. If you want to be taken seriously, Occupiers are told, you have to identify specific issues. Equally as important, you have to frame all your arguments within accepted Duopoly either / or language. And since it’s a presidential election year, it’s crucial that you be [...]
Queer Talk: “The fight against AIDS began three decades ago”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I know … AIDS probably doesn’t sound like a great Saturday read. And it’s been a topic of conversation for over three decades, so it’s easy, perhaps, to assume we know what’s happening. But … On November 8, 2011, in advance of World AIDS Day [...]
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