by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 26, 2013 | Celebration
I went into town to find a demonstration of happy gay people, but the only demonstration I could find was in front of the State House around a man running as a Democrat for Congress. Everybody seemed happy, but they didn’t seem gay. I crossed the street. There were...
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 26, 2013 | SCOTUS
What we are looking at here is a developing definition of gay man that is very porous. There isn’t really such a thing. Alfred Kinsey collected data on sexual histories that resulted in his creation of a seven point scale in which he said everyone could be placed....
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 25, 2013 | SCOTUS
When I was growing up, everybody around me—my parents, my grandparents, my sister and brother, my cousins, my scoutmaster, my teachers, the priest, politicians—thought the same way about how I was feeling. I was definitely aroused by men and by particular aspects of...
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 25, 2013 | SCOTUS
In this video (one of “Law Talks” that I have just discovered), Ari discusses the effect of the decisions already announced on the decisions not announced and on the drive of gay people for equality. Watch it here.
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 25, 2013 | SCOTUS
Ari Ezra Waldman has a post up on Towleroad about the implications of the affirmative action decision for the marriage cases tomorrow. The post can be read here.
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 24, 2013 | SCOTUS
Ari Ezra Waldman and Towleroad published the fourth post in the run-up to the Supreme Court decisions this week. He gives us eight things to keep in mind when we read the decisions. Here is the
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 23, 2013 | SCOTUS
It’s at the end of the last, the third, night of the fighting, people are drifting away, some of them to go down to the piers for sex and some to the trucks, but our guys are still sitting on the high stoop next door to the Stonewall, watching and listening to things...
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 22, 2013 | SCOTUS
Yesterday I posted two links to Ari Ezra Waldman’s posts on Towleroad under the heading “Gay Rights After SCOTUS.” Here is a third. It’s on “The Future of Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships.” I’ll keep up with Ari’s posts and will pass on the links...
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 21, 2013 | SCOTUS
Towleroad and Ari Ezra Waldman are aware that the Supreme Court will probably be releasing the decisions in the marriage cases Friday morning, June 28, 2013. Ari is running a series of explanatory blog posts in preparation for these decisions, which promise to...
by Dwight Cathcart | Jun 8, 2013 | SCOTUS
This month, the Supreme Court will decide the Prop 8 case, known as Hollingsworth v. Perry, and the DOMA case, known as US v. Windsor. An analysis of what these cases are and what they mean for the gay community and the prospects for a gay success can be found on...
