A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe i n women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
Worried that the disease will not kill them fast enough, a law is making it’s way through Uganda’s parliament that proposes executing gay people who are HIV positive. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 also provides life imprisonment for those who participate in gay sex. Someone clearly misread the World AIDS day information pack. The “aggravated homosexuality” ...
That is, if you play the game right. A conversation can lead to steamy sex with warrior elf Zevran. Main stream video games have often ignored the gay and bi friendly among their players, preferring scenes of raping prostitutes to gay sex. The new video game, Dragon Age: Origins, has a homoerotic scene that can ...
The government is planning to screen the entire population for HIV and AIDS, amid concerns that one quarter of the people infected by the virus are unaware they have it. Gay men and black Africans, who are reportedly* more likely to carry the virus, will be targeted in the pilot scheme. Brighton and Lewisham will ...
According to the New York Times, homosexual couples raise the most well adjusted children. They are about as gay and promiscuous as normal kids, but are more tolerant and less conventional in their thinking. For the first time there is a large enough sample size of children raised by same-sex parents to draw conclusions about how ...
Dear Madame X, My girlfriend wants me to come out as a lesbian to my parents. She says it makes her feel dirty knowing that our relationship is secret. They are lovely people but very conservative and I think it would take them a long time to get used to the idea. I’m in school ...
Beating up people for being fat is not ok, but India Knight says it is their own fault for piling on the pounds. The Times columnist, also the author of a diet book, writes in her article that if the “fatties” don’t like the harassment they should go on a diet. They are the problem, ...
President Obama is going to change the US Military’s current policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” regarding gay people. This change will allow people to serve while openly identifying as gay, whereas currently they are discharged from service if they acknowledge their sexuality. The controversial policy has been criticized for years by the gay community. ...
HatManJim // A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe in women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.
Mick // Kids are not as gullible as they used to be. No longer believing that sticky photos of naked ladies will make them go blind, conservatives need a new scare tactic: Turning gay. (Video after jump)
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I like to give credit where it’s due and recently I found myself whooping with delight at Britain’s Got...
Dear Madame X, I’ve heard that taking prenatal vitamins can help your nails, hair and can even relieve some...
Anne Fine’s Fly in the Ointment takes me quickly through the life of Lois, whose son is dead after...
