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September 26, 2008 — Restructure! The same-sex marriage bill is “a threat to any Canadian who supports multiculturalism,” said Stephen Harper in 2005, before the Liberal Party of Canada passed the same-sex marriage bill.

I am writing a screenplay with another writer back in Los Angeles.  We get along well, but waste a lot of time getting into ridiculous arguments on the phone about the direction of the scenes.  The problem is that we have different word views about men, women, and relationships.  I am married.  He

In which The Gay Recluse is momentarily exasperated. Heigh everyone! Check out these side-by-side ledes as they appeared on the New York Times home page this morning: John McCain A Scrappy Style By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Senator McCain honed his debate skills both in and out of politics.

{ September 19, 2008 @ 7:00 am } · { Women's Issues } { Tags: bisexual, Gay, gender roles, gender stereotypes, homosexual, Lesbian, queer, transgendered, Women's Issues } When I set out to do some research on this post, I found a video that really sums it up better than I could. 

When I arrived in Dublin, my bus from the airport broke down.  I asked the driver, “Is this the Central Bus Station”.  Nope.  I headed to grab a taxi, when I found out I was about only 200 meters away.  We weren’t at the Central Bus Station, but if we had been any closer I would have bumped into it. 

Response to James Jones: Beyond the Guardian caricature September 8th, 2008 Posted in Homosexuality, Marriage | Professor Gordon Wenham & Revd Dr John Nolland, Trinity College, Bristol The Press Many were shocked and saddened to read in the Guardian a few months back that James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, had written that ‘the Bible sanctions same-sex relationships’ (Guardian, 5/2/08).

I hope this rumor is untrue.  New York Post is reporting that my favorite, hot, brilliant, (very out) lesbian news anchor, Rachel Maddow, is facing pressure to get a “network makeover” for her new show.   Also known as: be femmy for “the suits” at MSNBC.  There is talk of a skirt; let’s hope she is behind a desk.

Six Days One June Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Late on Tuesday night I stumbled across the subtly gay-themed half-hour monologue, Six Days One June, starring Rhys Ifans, on BBC1. It was wonderfully written and offered a very different image of gay life to that most popular today, namely the glamorous, sexy, well-toned, often-laid and well-off club-goer.

In which The Gay Recluse incurs the wrath of Stephanie. Remember how we took on Milan Kundera for writing homophobic blather in The Curtain, his highly acclaimed book of essays about the art of novel-writing? In which he says that Albertine was “killed” for him when he learned that the Proust character was based on a man? If not, you can read about it here and here.

In which Dante and Zephyr take over The Gay Recluse. Friends! Not every cat is a lolcat!