Many months ago, I started to write a post about whether someone should change his or her last name when getting married. I gave up when I finally realized that all I could write about were the different options. In other words, the entire subject had so many different personal options that it seemed foolish [...]
Filed under: Pop Culture | Tagged: Marriage Name | 8 Comments »
Well, this is classy: The Republican website for a Minnesota Senate race posted a video, highlighting the latest reason you should vote for a GOP candidate this election cycle: Republican women are hot; Democrats are dogs. The YouTube clip shows photos of Republican women in flattering glamorized poses (frequently in bikinis), juxtaposed with purposely unflattering– [...]
Filed under: Harassment, Politics, Pop Culture, Stereotyping | Tagged: Democrats, Politics, republicans, sexism | 1 Comment »
It was only last December that the HRC released its “Buy For Equality” report on corporate equality practices, highlighting Target’s 100% rating on LGBTQ rights. But now the gay rights group has issued a clear repudiation of the retail giant, calling on them to seriously reevaluate their donation policies, or lose all support of “fair-minded [...]
Filed under: GLBT, Politics, Same-sex Marriage, Violence, Workplace | Tagged: Gay rights, homophobia, LGBTQ, Same-sex Marriage, target | Leave a Comment »
In perhaps the most telling example yet of the consequences of the Taliban’s increasing return to power, a 19-year old woman and a 25-year old man were stoned to death pursuant to Taliban orders. The two were in love. They eloped when the man was unable to persuade family members to allow him to marry [...]
Filed under: International, Law, Violence | Tagged: Afghanistan, Stoning, Taliban | Leave a Comment »
This is a photo of a class at a girls’ school in Qaysar in the northern region of Afghanistan. For those of you who think that wearing a burqa is a woman’s choice rather than cultural and religious oppression, just ask yourself if you would like to be like these Afghan girls. But, actually, these [...]
Filed under: Burqa and Other Veils, Education, International | Tagged: Education, Taliban | 4 Comments »
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just issued a new report on the percentages of workers in the federal work force. Overall, women make up 44.1 percent of all workers. This is up only slightly from the 42.3 percent in 2000. However, the number of women in the highest pay levels among civil servants [...]
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Karen Cunagin Sypher was found guilty of attempting to extort money from University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino after the two had a sexual encounter in a Louisville restaurant in 2003. Although Sypher had claimed that Pitino raped her, no charges were ever brought against Pitino. Pitino is married and the father of [...]
Filed under: Abortion, Sports | Tagged: Abortion, Karen Sypher, Rick Pitino, University of Louisville | Leave a Comment »
Obviously, it was a great decision by Chief U.S District Judge Vaughn Walker to rule that California’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The ruling will certainly be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court (the NY Times gives reasons why the Supreme Court will have difficulty in reversing Judge Walker’s ruling) and, therefore, [...]
Filed under: GLBT, Law, Same-sex Marriage | Tagged: Judge Vaughn Walker, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Prop 8 | 1 Comment »
