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Let’s not be stupid, people

July 23, 2012Russell Saunders 23 Comments

Full disclosure:  I have never eaten at Chick-fil-A. Part of this is due to the lack of any of their franchises around where I live.  The last time I know I had the chance to sample their wares was years… Continue Reading →

gay rights chick-fil-a, dan cathy, thomas menino

An option foreclosed

July 17, 2012Russell Saunders 51 Comments

This makes me terribly sad: “After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America has emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays,” The Associated Press reports. According to the wire service, Scouts spokesman Deron Smith said the 11-member committee… Continue Reading →

gay rights, parenting boy scouts of america, BSA, gay dads, gays

In other news, he’s also cute

July 2, 2012Russell Saunders 97 Comments

Are you sitting down?  I hope you’re sitting down. Friends, it turns out Anderson Cooper is gay. I hope you were sitting down. My only reactions to this news are: 1)  Oh, sure.  Fine.  Come out publicly in The Daily… Continue Reading →

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But… but I just exchanged all my cash for rubles!

June 11, 2012Russell Saunders 1 Comment

Well, crap.  Here I was, hoping to add Moscow to my lifetime “Places I’ve Marched in Proud Gayness” list, and they go and pull a stunt like this. This is not from The Onion, and it’s not April Fool’s.  Moscow’s… Continue Reading →

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Well played, JCPenney

May 31, 2012Russell Saunders 8 Comments

Gawker: In what appears to be a direct response to the failed boycott campaign of anti-gay group One Million Moms, JCPenney yesterday unveiled a new Father’s Day ad featuring a same-sex couple playing with their children. Well, I like that… Continue Reading →

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I guess you “win,” North Carolina

May 9, 2012Russell Saunders 25 Comments

Some time ago, I was considering a position at a children’s hospital somewhere in the Midwest.  While it would be overstating things to say I was a shoo-in, I was a strong candidate and I know there was enthusiasm within… Continue Reading →

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Why I won’t vote GOP, part gabillion

May 2, 2012Russell Saunders 44 Comments

From the New York Times: Richard Grenell, an openly gay and longtime Republican foreign policy spokesman hired last month by Mitt Romney’s campaign, resigned abruptly on Tuesday after his appointment came under attack by antigay activists in the party. “We… Continue Reading →

gay rights GOP, Matt Rhoades, mitt romney, Richard Grenell

What _______ said

April 17, 2012Russell Saunders 4 Comments

(Sorry to steal your schtick, Elias.) From the same interview to which my esteemed colleague at Jubilee linked there comes the following quote from Barney Frank, with which I could not possibly agree more heartily: I believe very strongly that… Continue Reading →

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My own experience of being gay in medicine

April 5, 2012Russell Saunders 9 Comments

Yesterday Andrew Sullivan linked to an item at WBUR’s Common Health blog, in which Dr. Mark Schuster, a tenured professor and pediatrician at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital tells his story of being a gay man entering the medical… Continue Reading →

gay rights Common Health, gay rights, Mark Schuster, medicine

I am having some trouble with the Ravi verdict

March 17, 2012Russell Saunders 42 Comments

From the New York Times: A jury on Friday convicted a former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, of hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man in their dorm room. The jury also found Mr. Ravi guilty… Continue Reading →

gay rights Dharun Ravi, New Yorker, Tyler Clementi

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