A friend of mine sent me an e-mail today that got me thinking: I’ve failed as a father. [My daughter] has asked for . . . a Barbie doll. Worse, a blond Barbie doll. Forget saving her from working in porn; likely she’s doomed to life as a truck stop hooker. Now, my friend does have…
It’s been a wild weekend for Las Vegas “Fag Bug” plans and activities! And it’s about to get hotter! On Friday there were about eight of us handing out Fag Bug fliers at First Friday downtown. We got there at 6 p.m. and it was hotter than the surface of the sun! I think it…
Tomorrow is the two-month anniversary of The Sin City Siren. I wanted to check in with you, my faithful readers (thank you very much), and get an idea of what you like, what you don’t and what you’d like to see more of. Want more news? More guest columns? Less personal anecdotes? Let me know! Tell…
Good news everyone! Things are really rolling along to get the Fag Bug event off the ground next month. She’ll be here July 26 and 27 so it’s less than 30 days away! I had an incredibly productive meeting last night with members of the local HRC (Human Rights Campaign), which is starting a new…
Yesterday was Father’s Day and I am proud to offer this piece written by my best friend Joshua Todd. He’s not only a brilliant social worker devoting his professional time in Portland, Ore. to the first Youth Bill of Rights in the nation, he is also an organizer for Daddies & Pappas, which held its…
While I’m a huge fan of Feministing, I’m a little upset with them right now. They’ve had a series of posts lately about how marriage is bad, mm-kay. (Sorry but I can’t figure out how to trackback to their site.) I’m not going to say that marriage is perfect, for everyone or even available to…
Wanted to be sure to share that I am leaving CityLife, in case there was anyone who doesn’t know by now. My last day is Friday. (I do have a story in this week’s edition, out tomorrow.) I’ve had a really good run there and had a lot of fun, even won some awards here…
As always, there are more things happening in the world than there is time to blog or talk about it. But I don’t want to let these things completely slide off the map without a mention. Forgotten Voice, the newspaper for the homeless (started by a feminist alum of the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada’s…
Sometimes you just can’t un-hear something. And oh how I wish I could. I just learned that there are plans for a new reality show to be filmed in Alaska. This makes me sick to two levels. First, I hate Survivor-style reality shows. Second, get out of my home state! I’m from Alaska and treasure…
I’m conflicted about the latest celeb trend to bring SexyBack to the environment. Case in point, designers hawking “trendy” resuable shopping bags. On the one hand, as I’ve said before I’m elated any time we can do a sort of image rescue of eco-concerns because of that whole “dirty hippie” stigma. (All apologies to my…
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