20-year-old Sean Kennedy: another young gay man beaten to death

Matthew Shepherd isn’t the only victim. Laramie isn’t the only killing field.
Pray hard. Educate well. Wish I had more to say.
A Message
From the Moderator’s Office
of Metropolitan Community Churches
__________________________________
June 1, 2007
Dear Friend:
I’m writing today to invite you to reach out with a word of love and encouragement.
Let me explain…
Just two weeks ago, 20-year old Sean [...]

creating a world of complexities and continuums

Spring break week, so I’m off work (though no pay :-() and I get some juicy reading and writing time. I should be doing some laundry or picking up this cluttered office, but it’s almost noon and I’m still sitting, reading blogs and articles and “playing with” my own blog.
I just came across Michael Faris [...]

the way to insult a man? treat him like a woman!

Deb and I watched Kevin Kline in In and Out this weekend. I know stereotypes are the unfortunate source of a lot of humor, but I liked the way this film used stereotypes to make fun of stereotypes. And to still be just a funny movie.
The “teapot” scene — where Kevin Kline’s character is listening [...]

three examples of reverse rhetoric

For some reason, I’m fascinated with how effective reverse rhetoric is — when one group takes something racist or sexist or homophobic that another group says and turns it back on them.
The first one — at least the first one that made me start to think about the phenomenon — was when Petra and I [...]

erring on the side of inclusivity (”Church takes stand against straight marriage”)

Pamela Miller, from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, writes about a couple of churches that have decided to treat their hetero- and homo- sexual couples equally — by no longer offering civil weddings. Great title: Church takes stand against straight marriage. It appears to have been published April 16, 2006, but the article’s no longer on [...]