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An LGBT by any other acronym, etc

Mar 9th, 2010 | By CanuckJacq | Category: This and That

Last week, Hal geeked about words. Today, because I now feel free to express my geekiness, I will geek about acronyms. There’s even a chart.
The reason I’m thinking about acronyms right now is because of Law & Order SVU’s recent episode called “PC” featuring Kathy Griffin as a lesbian activist. You can read lots about [...]




Words Matter

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By HAL | Category: This and That

“Seventy-nine percent of [US] Democrats said they support permitting gay men and lesbians to serve openly. Fewer Democrats however, just 43 percent, said they were in favor of allowing homosexuals to serve openly”. What does this mean for the rest of us?




BoLT Magazine

Feb 24th, 2010 | By click here | Category: This and That

BoLT Magazine is a new Irish magazine for Irish queer women, due for publication at the end of March, this year. Run by a team of eight, and helped along by a recent Christmas fundraiser at Dublin’s Outhouse, the magazine is an inclusive, interactive publication designed to give a voice to all women within Ireland’s LGBT community.




Gaelick longlisted for Irish Blog Awards 2010

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By orange | Category: This and That

We got some good news here at Gaelick over the weekend: We have received mention four times in the Irish Blog Awards longlist of nominations!




Happy Valentine’s Gay from all god’s creatures

Feb 14th, 2010 | By click here | Category: This and That

It’s Valentine’s Day, named after the Christian saint. You know, Christians, who say that homosexuality is an unnatural abomination. So, here’s a list of God’s creatures in respect of which homosexual behaviour has been observed, both in the wild and in captivity. Hooray!




Poll: Is it ever OK to out someone?

Feb 9th, 2010 | By CanuckJacq | Category: This and That

On Sunday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the judge who will decide whether or not to uphold California’s Proposition 8 , which banned same-sex marriage, is gay. The article itself points out that the story is a little bit of a non-story and that everyone knew Judge Vaughn Walker is gay anyway.
Why did the Chronicle out Judge Walker? Why do we out anyone? And is it ok?




Rainbow Week

Feb 3rd, 2010 | By tabula rasa | Category: This and That

It’s that time of the year again, when most colleges go gay during their Rainbow Weeks or days. They serve to raise the visibility of LGBT students on college campuses, and thereby help LGBT students know that they’re not the “only gay in the village”. This is especially true for the smaller colleges throughout the country, where some students can genuinely feel that they are alone.




A Suppa Earl Gae

Jan 28th, 2010 | By webmaster | Category: This and That

Good morning folks! Its around that time to have a gander around the news sites and see what gay and lesbian angles we can find. I was almost assaulted by the inkwell and quill during the weekend when I dared suggest that Jane Lynch getting married wasn’t exactly news-worthy.




Ladies’ Gardens

Jan 26th, 2010 | By CanuckJacq | Category: This and That

This may not be as exciting as Sundays at Pantibar but there comes a time in a gay girl’s life when Sundays at Pantibar give way to Sundays in wellies, at least if you happen to live in the middle of nowhere, which I do. You don’t, however, have to live in the middle of [...]




How Gay is Marriage?

Jan 19th, 2010 | By CanuckJacq | Category: This and That

There are still plenty of people who are disappointed with the push for civil unions and same sex marriage. They see it as buying into a middle-class, religious, heterosexual ideal that really has nothing to do with gay people and how we live our lives.