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Gay Liberationist & Fag Rag helmsman, Charles “Charley” Shively,  with poets John Wieners, & Simon Pettet, & musician, composer, False Prophets’ guitarist, Steven Taylor, First Avenue and 12th Street, headed out for the day from Allen’s apartemnt behind them,   May 9, 1995 [Photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate]

Plusieurs associations LGBT étaient auditionnées, ce jeudi, par la commission spéciale du Sénat chargée d’examiner le projet de loi de bioéthique. Pour les associations, le dispositif ad hoc pour l’établissement de la filiation prévu dans le texte, crée « une nouvelle discrimination ».

Heroes of the Revolution: Harold Norse

Portrait of Harold Norse by Jim Breeden

In 1977 I lived in New Haven, Connecticut.

There are hundreds of reasons I loved my time in New Haven.

One was Manhattan was an hour away by train.

I took Amtrak to New York at least twice a month to hang out in the Village.

One weekend in the Fall of 1977 I stopped for a drink at Uncle Charlie’s on Greenwich Avenue.

I met a hot guy who invited me home.

He…

The Lambda: A Symbol of Liberation

The Lambda, for Zack, born in 1998

The Lambda is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet and in its lower case form is the Greek letter L.

The early members of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance chose the Lambda as a symbol of gay liberation.

 L for Liberation.

In ‘More Man Than You’ll Ever Be’ Joseph P. Goodwin writes:

The lowercase Greek letter lambda carries several…

Heroes of the Revolution: Sylvester

Sylvester

Sylvester James, Jr. (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988), was the first openly gay recording artist to gain international fame.

His first hit, Disco Heat, Sylvester’s peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1978.

It also reached #29 on the UK Singles Chart.

Sylvester was born in Watts, Los Angeles,…

Not-Christian Explains Love and Marriage to Gays

Right Wing Watch posted about Christian conservative activist Wayne Allyn Root—the same one who posited that Obama must have blackmailed Justice Roberts on the Obamacare decision—going on a radio show and positing that gay people are just going to be getting all divorced all the time. From their coverage:

“Marriage is the most difficult thing in the world,” he said, “I’m talking to you as someone…