By John Mack Freeman Cynthia Chin-Lee’s book Operation Marriage about same sex marriage and its effects on families has been released as a short film. After making the rounds at film festivals, the entire film is availabe on Youtube. You can watch it below:
Year: 2015
ICANN to auction .gay domain
By John Mack Freeman The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has denied a request from gay businessman Scott Sietz’s Dotgay LLC to manage the newly approved .gay top-level domain. While Sietz had said that he would use the domain to maintain the community-focused nature of the .gay domain, ICANN’s scoring felt that […]
“Pride” DVD cover doesn’t mention homosexuality
By John Mack Freeman One of the most popular LGBT films of 2014 had a strange release in the United States. Pride, which is a British film about gay and lesbian activists who rallied to striking miners in the United Kingdom in the 1980’s, was released in the United States by CBS Films this week. CBS and […]
Florida: Marriages okay, but weddings not so much
By John Mack Freeman One of the major stories this week is that same sex marriage will officially get underway in Florida this week due to a ruling that invalidated the state’s ban on same sex marriage. However, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had appealed the ruling to the US Supreme Court asking for a […]
Opportunity: “Outlawed 2015” conference to discuss censored literature
By John Mack Freeman The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature in the Madden Library at Fresno State University will be hosting a conference entitled “Outlawed: The Naked Truth About Censored Literature for Young People” from April 10-12, 2015. From their website: Learn how censorship presents itself in a variety of manners. While […]
In Memoriam: Margarita Donnelly
By John Mack Freeman Margarita Donnelly died this week at the age of 72. Donnelly was best known as the founder of Calyx feminist press. From the Coravallis Gazette-Times (click for full obituary): Born Margarita Patricia Rosa Donnelly y Donnelly in Caracas, Venezuela to American parents, she attended college in the States. She earned a […]