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Bayard Rustin: A complex legacy

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 28, 2012

The gay civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin was born a hundred years ago, on March 17, 1912. Considered the key organizer of the historical 1963 March on Washington, Rustin was involved in movements for racial and economic justice till his death in 1987. Yet, he is relatively unknown today and often deliberately stayed in the background, […]

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‘Brother Outsider’ filmmaker Bennett Singer talks Bayard Rustin

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 21, 2012

Out filmmaker Bennett Singer is the co-director and co-producer, with Nancy D. Kates, of the critically acclaimed 2003 film, Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, about the gay, African-American civil-rights activist whom many consider the main organizer behind the historic 1963 March on Washington.

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The New Yorker Sheds More Light on the Clementi-Ravi Story

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 7, 2012

Can we grapple with the complexity of the truth instead of being seduced by the more palatable tale of good and evil?

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Against Equality in Australia!

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 30, 2012

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Cynthia Nixon Is Not My Choice for A Hero

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 23, 2012

Cynthia Nixon was far more interesting as a straight woman than she is as a lesbian.

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Newt Gingrich: Polyamorist?

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 19, 2012

Caught between people who wanted me to be part of their polyamorous relationship, my response has usually been to flee. Really, people, can we just fuck and let it be?

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Fuck Love

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 1, 2011

Excerpt: We continue to pretend that the only people who can fuck you up are the people you fuck.

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Make Marriage Work Like Disappearing Ink: Mexico Contemplates Two-year Marital Contracts

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 30, 2011

Imagine that: a world where marriage is not some sacrosanct institution which you tie yourself to in order to survive.

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“Neoliberalism’s Handiest Little Tool”: Against Equality Interview with Josh Pavan in No More Potlucks

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 6, 2011

You can marry naked and hanging upside down from a hot air balloon and share your marital bed with multiple strangers every day – none of that will change how the state endows your marriage with benefits it will not give to the unmarried.

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Interview with John D’Emilio about Allan Bérubé’s “My Desire for History”

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date June 8, 2011