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Category Archives: Editorial

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Repression Disguised As Aid: Why Google’s Legalize Love Campaign Fails Queers

July 18, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Richard Reinhardt On 7 July 2012, dot429.com, an online, multi-platform LGBT magazine and social networking site, reported Google’s announcement inaugurating the “Legalize Love” campaign to be launched in Poland […]

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Editorial, LGBT, Life, Marriage Equality, Media/Entertainment, Opinion
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Second Degree Embarassment: How Awkward Is MTV’s Saving Grace

July 17, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Barbara Crowley  When I think of television programming on MTV, I think of the silly shows that replaced my beloved countdowns and Cribs. I think of the falsely advertised […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment
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Privilege and Reductionism: Why The Atheist Movement is Out of Touch

July 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Andrew Tripp Note: The following is a post based upon the talk that I gave recently at the Center For Inquiry’s Leadership Conference; video/audio is not up yet, but […]

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Atheism, Editorial, Life, Religion
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We Need to Stop Referring to People as Nazis, Even Gay Republicans

July 11, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Johnny Gall Readers, there are a lot of phrases still in use in the popular culture that really get under my skin. I hate the term “welfare queen,” I’m […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, Gay, LGBT, Opinion, Politics
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Brave: Pixar’s Cowardly Movie

July 9, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Carrie Kaufman  Note: This article was originally posted on the writer’s blog, The Gay Mom, and you can find the original and more great articles here. According to my […]

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Editorial, LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment, Movies
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An Open Letter to Tom Cruise: It’s Time

July 6, 2012by inourwordsblog 7 Comments

by: Nico Lang Dear Tom Cruise, You don’t know me, but I’ve known you for a very long time. I’ve known you my whole life. I remember watching Legend, Cocktail […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, Gay, Letter, LGBT, Media/Entertainment, Religion
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LGBTQ Rights Are Human Rights, Not Western Ones: What The Peace Corps Taught Me About Pride

July 3, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Dipesh Patel Should I uncross my legs? Should I wear longer shorts? Am I gesturing too much? Would facial hair help? These questions never go away for people like […]

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Editorial, LGBT, Life, Pride, Queers
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Focus On The Family?: The Same-Sex Parenting Study and Judging Ourselves By Their Standards

July 3, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Jason Orne Half an hour after reading about the so-called same-sex parenting study by Dr. Mark Regnerus at the University of Texas at Austin, I rage-ate half a bag […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, Family, LGBT, Life, Opinion, Parenting
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Does Good Parenting Make For Screwed-Up Children?

July 2, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Mariann Devlin A semi-recent story in the Atlantic chronicles one therapist’s discovery that sometimes really good parents screw up their kids. I appreciated the article for what it was […]

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Editorial, Life, Memoir, Opinion, Parenting
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The Larger Impact of Art: How Artists Can Change the Narrative

June 29, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Jason Wyman On June 11, SOMArts Cultural Center, an arts organization whose mission is “to promote and nurture art on the community level, and to foster an appreciation of and […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, Gay, LGBT, Life

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