homosexuality

"Moving In" by Bruce Littlefield

Sarah LaDuke — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:35:00 +0000

NY Times best-selling author and lifestyle expert Bruce Littlefield’s latest book is his most personal to date. In Moving In: Tales of an Unlicensed Marriage, he takes readers on a wild and often hysterical ride through the first year spent fixing up a historic old house with partner (and unwitting handyman) Scott Stewart, one of Manhattan’s top real estate brokers.

Keith Strudler: Sports and homosexuality

Keith Strudler — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:33:15 +0000

Last week a sports writer visited campus to talk with students. Before the big presentation, a student asked him what he thought about Orlando Cruz, a professional boxer who recently announced he is gay, the first and only professional boxer to do so. And the writer simply said this issue is going to be the Jackie Robinson of this generation. The handful of 20 year olds sitting around the table got what he meant, maybe even more than 70 year olds that lived through baseball’s integration.

Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality

Joe Donahue — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000

In the spring of 2009, John Schwartz got a distress call from his wife. His 13-year old son, Joe, was on his way to the hospital after a failed suicide attempt.

Joe, a socially awkward but smart boy, had finally mustered the courage to come out as gay to his classmates who responded with discomfort and dismay. Hours later, he took dozens of Benadryl capsules with the intention of killing himself.

Sean Philpott - You Can't Pray the Gay Away

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Dr. Robert Spitzer, one of the leading psychiatrists in the US, recently did something remarkable. In a letter published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior on May 19th he humbly wrote, “I owe the gay community an apology.”