A Watershed for Equality

watershed: 2: a crucial dividing point, line, or factor: turning point Last week I framed Election Day in terms of a makeover: Before—the run-up to November 6, characterized by dread and fear of a Romney win and the ensuing turning back the tide on pieces of progress too numerous…

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This Year’s Olympics

Any foreigner in Britain in 2012 must think the country was going through another world war. The amount of jingoism, flag-waving, anthem singing and hyperbole spilling out of the national media has gone into overdrive, suddenly proclaiming this country to be the 'greatest country ever', a claim that hasn't been…

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Doctor Tries to Cure Homosexuality and “Abnormal” Gender Behavior in Females With Experimental Drug

Dr. Maria New, a pediatric endocrinologist of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Florida International University, and psychologist Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg of Columbia University, are once again in the news with their controversial experiments on female fetuses with the experimental and dangerous drug dexamethasone (DEX) after Dr.…

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THE TAKING AWAY OF TABOO

By Midnite Writer I was appalled to learn today that a biggie e-publisher and selected ghost writers are on a mission to re-writing famous, classic literary works of art in a format that would spice them up.  Having read these classic novels in high school, I find this to…

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Crime and Punishment for the Younger Set

This past June the Supreme Court overturned mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for minors on the grounds that it constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the 8th amendment.  This comes on the heels of similar humanitarian rulings, such as getting rid of the death penalty for…

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Male Circumcision: A Necessary Cut?

Circumcision (the removal of some or all of the foreskin of a male's penis) made headlines again in Cologne, Germany this week where a court ruled it illegal to circumcise an infant for religious reasons regardless of parental consent.  This new law was apparently brought on by the case…

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A Speech Given At the 1st Annual Stonewall Vigil In Vermont by: Meg Tamulonis
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A Speech Given At the 1st Annual Stonewall Vigil In Vermont by: Meg Tamulonis

I became aware of the “Stonewall Riots” through Pride marches and protests while growing up in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.

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