Straight Up

With the Corporate Media engaged in its usual attacks on the Democrats’ agenda, and spouting its sly propagations of Islamophobia, the Kentucky office of OBG’s political division recently managed to secure an exclusive interview which could alter the balance of power in the US Congress.  In the spirit of full disclosure, we here in...
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The protester’s signs of “Jesus hates fags” should chill the blood as deeply as any KKK hood or swastika. It infuriates Christians on the other side of the picket line who know they’ve got it wrong, all wrong. If you hate gays in the name of God you’re following the apostle Paul. Jesus Christ never...
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When Dennis Kucinich announced last week that he had decided to switch his vote on the Senate’s health care reform bill to “Aye,” one of the reasons he cited for this decision was his desire to preserve “the potential of President Obama’s presidency,” a desire which he claimed superseded his concerns about the bill’s...
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After seeing Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen tell Congress that they supported the repeal of the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, I knew I had to get ready. Despite being Groundhog’s Day, it appeared, for once, as though history might be changing, a legacy...
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Hola! My little butterblossoms! Here I am, coffee in hand, waiting for a mistake of epic proportions to be reversed. No, Sugarnipples, k.d. lang didn't write back to say she was flattered, will be joining me in my Peruvian love den. That is actually a relief, as I don't have a Peruvian love...
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(Reporter’s Note: Captain Hetero and I go way back. California, Maine, New Jersey – we’ve crossed paths before. I’m portrayed as his Arch-Nemesis in the papers, and have come to enjoy the creative latitudes of my villainous role. The following is my account of the events of Jan. 15, 2010, the night I stole...
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We welcome our first straight contributor to the GLBTQ page. Please give it up for John Dozer – but not in that way. I guess it had to happen, much to my chagrin. My daughter, the blissfully naïve 12-year old still yearning to believe in Santa Claus, sees the giant phallus erected in the...
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