Erotic Coloring Contest Winner:
Congratulations to Big Brain Girl for her moody take on Christine Phillips‘ illustration of my short story “Following the Thread”.
Read about the contest and see the other winners here.
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California Ahead of the Curve
We’ve Got Your Gay Divorce Right Here
It was bound to happen. As soon as discussion about gay and lesbian marriage equality was starting to feel pretty commonplace, it seems everyone is talking about gay divorce.
Fundamentally, I don’t believe my community will be any more fickle in marriage than any other group, and is bound to be far more devoted in marriage than, say, conservative male politicians.
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Little Drama vs. Big Drama
Thanks to cartoonist Joan Hilty for sharing this timely panel from Bitter Girl. You can read more about her work and follow her comic on JoanHilty.net.
Here’s a link to an interview with Hilty that I posted last spring.
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Where’s Maria Martinez Patino?
There Isn’t a Way to Test for Gender
The media circus and travesty surrounding the recent “gender testing” of South African runner Caster Semenya has led to South Africa’s Minister for Women and Children filing a complaint with the United Nations over how her case was handled.
I’ve been watching this story unfold with fascination, sorrow, and outrage.
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A Femme Surrounded By Butch Voices
I’m suffering from a sort of culture shock. I noticed it as soon as I left the hotel yesterday.
You see, I’ve long known this about myself: My head turns when I see certain men on the street. Maybe it’s the cut and hang of a leather jacket, the perfect fit of a pair of well-faded jeans, or the shine of a polished shoe or boot. I watch their stride, long and certain, and the way their hips move. I admire the trim of their hair. And then I think, “Damn. If only you were a woman.”
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Hello, Hot Butches!
Finally, the unveiling of the site we’ve been waiting for: Top Hot Butches: The 100 hottest butch, masculine, androgynous, genderqueer, transmasculine, studs, AGs, dykes, queers, and transguys, a project by Sinclair Sexsmith, the kinky queer butch top behind Sugarbutch Chronicles.
Read more about this project and check out the list…
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Featured Fiction:
Steam
Finally back in her hotel room, Claire kicked off her shoes and sat down at the little table. She put her feet on the edge of the bed. It had been a long day and everything ached. Her feet hurt from being pushed into business shoes all day, and her neck was cramped from sleeping on the plane. Her right hand reached up to rub it, and she rolled her head, pressing her fingers into the tight cord at the back edge of her neck.
“Levator scapulae.” The words popped into her head involuntarily as her fingers rubbed back and forth across the muscle fibers.
