Category Archives: Gay Trends

2010 Census Will Recognize Gay Marriages

August 3, 2009 – 3:57 pm

From the Washington Post:
The Census Bureau will for the first time publicly release the number of gay marriages reported in a decennial census, as it plans to release raw data about same-sex relationships in the 2010 headcount, according to new guidelines released today.
The decision reverses a Bush-era policy that prohibited the release of the data. [...]

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To Marry or Not To Marry

July 29, 2009 – 9:02 am

A thoughtful editorial from Carlos Ball, a law professor at Rutgers University, at The Huffington Post on the significance of the battle over same-sex marriage within the queer community:
For almost two decades, the organized gay rights movement, led by groups such as the Human Rights Campaign and Lambda Legal, have been pushing hard for marriage. [...]

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Hill: “No Mo’ ‘No Homo’”

July 23, 2009 – 10:42 am

An interesting trend piece and its loud rejection from the commentator and scholar Marc Lamont Hill. The phrase “no homo” has been appearing in youth and rap culture as a deterrent of suggestions of homosexual thoughts. Think of it as “that’s what she said,” but with a gay tone.
By punctuating even the most sexually non-suggestive [...]

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