Posts Tagged ‘gay rights’
Fort Worth Teen Suspended For Anti-Gay Comments Makes Video
Andrew McLemoreRemember Dakota Ary? He was the teenager disciplined by Western Hills High School last year after a teacher overheard him telling another student that “homosexuality is wrong.” He and his mom filed a lawsuit against...
Southern Baptists: Still Wacky
Jimmy FowlerIf you want to know why so many young adults view organized religion with great skepticism, look no further than the monumental strangeness of this week’s Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans. A quick history lesson: Sh...
Dying for Change
Cowtown is “ground zero” in the fight to end bullying of gay teensAndrew Mclemore | Photos by Chase Martinez
As he choked down handfuls of aspirin in the stall of a Fort Worth high school bathroom, 16-year-old Caleb felt precisely nothing. Beaten by bullies and betrayed by close friends, persecuted by family members and disappointed w...
The Gay Terminator
Jimmy FowlerNothing needs to be added to Kristian Lin’s review of ”Bruno” this week, but I have a few personal notes on watching the movie. As a lifelong gay movie fan who’s frequently been less than satisfied with “gay movies,...
Rainbow Lounge: Fort Worth’s Stonewall?
Jeff PrinceDallasVoice.com posted an interesting article today. The “premier media source for LGBT North Texas” tracked down a half-dozen witnesses who said they were at the Rainbow Lounge when Fort Worth police came to arrest people....
Ultimate Fighting: Penn vs. SBC
Jimmy FowlerThe biggest mistake that right-wing churchgoers make is believing that their church speaks for God, and Satan or Bill Maher or Madonna or whoever else speaks for the secular world. They’re forgetting two of their own rules: 1...