Fort Worth Texas Councilman Joel Burns» videotaped
story about being gay and bullied as a child recently went viral on the internet.
Not exact matches
You should pay attention to the recent
stories about the
gay community's boycott of SPI Group's Stolichnaya vodka for its
being a Russian product.
The Silicon Valley billionaire told the New York Times that he
was upset
about a 2007 article outing him as
gay, among other
stories.
It
's not a
story Gay likes to retell, though he did record a video testimonial
about it during Romney
's 2008 presidential bid.
But I fear that if his remains the only
story presented
about what it means to
be gay... or what it means to have HIV, for that matter....
society needs to stop protecting the rights of
gays and lesbians and should focus on our mere extinction if we do nt repent, and hed to the words of CHRIST, we should not
be spending even a minute talking
about gays, bc the main story is how ignorant and stupid society has become, KNOW THIS, IF YOU REMOVE THE WORDS CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS AND DECIDE THAT IS NO LONGER A STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR
about gays, bc the main
story is how ignorant and stupid society has become, KNOW THIS, IF YOU REMOVE THE WORDS CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS AND DECIDE THAT IS NO LONGER A STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR
story is how ignorant and stupid society has become, KNOW THIS, IF YOU REMOVE THE WORDS CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS AND DECIDE THAT IS NO LONGER A STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR SI
is how ignorant and stupid society has become, KNOW THIS, IF YOU REMOVE THE WORDS CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS AND DECIDE THAT
IS NO LONGER A STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR SI
IS NO LONGER A
STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR
STORY ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR
ABOUT A BABY FROM BETHLEHEN AND NOW ITS
ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR
ABOUT SANTA CLAUS, AND PEOPLE
ARE LEARNING TO ACCEPT OTHER RELIGIONS MOVING TO NY THEN YOU CAN EXPECT EVIL AND DISOBIENCE TO PROVAIL how can any group of people who blantenly marry in a church before GOD ALMIGHTY and demand that society accept them, have any place NEXT TO A HOLY GOD IN HEAVEN, WHO
IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR SI
IS WITH OUT SIN, ACCEPT THEIR SIN.
I saw the title, and thought this
was going to
be a «Chick - fil - a»
story about World Vision discriminating against
gays (I
'm a little behind on my news gathering).
Some recent contributions to this conversation include Grace Biskie
's plea to engage in racial reconciliation, Erin Thomas»
story of what it
's like to
be a person of faith with Asperger
's Syndrome, Aric Clark
's defense of the passionate Mainline, Dianna Anderson
's explanation of what feminism
is not, and Registered Runaway
's heartbreaking post
about what happened when his father learned he
was gay.
In the
story of Sodom, in Genesis 18, God had ALREADY decided to destroy the city BEFORE the attempted rape of the angels — which incidentally
was perpetrated mainly by heterosexuals since ALL the men of the city
were involved, and we know that throughout history,
gays have only represented
about 10 % of the population.
«You
're not like those people» — For many parents, the only thing they know
about homosexuality
is what they know from
gay pride parades or
stories of lewd, immoral behavior.
, or share a
story about yourself, or how you
are showing love and acceptance to
gay people, I will enter you in a drawing on February 14 for a free copy of Washed and Waiting.
It
's not really a
story about gays.
It
's a
story about bigoted believers and the next generation of less delusional believers who don't get their panties in a knot
about gays, and don't want to continue to deny them their rights, regardless of what religious shamans and charlatans and The Babble says.
Note: I realize each of these
stories is about a
gay man and a straight woman.
«Clues like these,» writes Justin, «combined with the Gibeah
story, made it seem likely to me that this
was a
story about a violent threat, not a
story about a
gay city.
its so amazing there people
is this world are so caught up in living for themselves, what if the rapture happened while reading my text, what then, will you stil care what clothes you are wearing or what what car you are driving,, while GOD is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
is this world
are so caught up in living for themselves, what if the rapture happened while reading my text, what then, will you stil care what clothes you
are wearing or what what car you
are driving,, while GOD
is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or
be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you
be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
be willing to die for christ then, i would rather
be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
be ridiculed by the world for
being a true christian then
be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the
story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench
is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
is thirst, THE BIBLE
WAS WRITEN BC HELL
IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
IS REAL AND GOD
IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
IS REAL, DO NOT
BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION
IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING
BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIR
BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIRE?
For example, the
story of Sodom and Gomorrah
is very clearly
about rape, not
about gay people.
So when there
are uplifting
stories about gay christian people will you and others do the same.
In the
story of Sodom, in Genesis 18, God had ALREADY decided to destroy the city BEFORE the attempted ra pe of the angels — which incidentally
was perpetrated mainly by heterose xuals since ALL the men of the city
were involved, and we know that throughout history,
gays have only represented
about 10 % of the population.
The second paragraph of the WSJ
story states, «' I don't want to have a national debate
about freedom of religion when my whole purpose
was to defend a strong and wonderful and appropriate city ordinance,» said Ms. Parker, a Democrat and the city's first openly
gay mayor.»
For example, reactions to the
story about the woman using an American flag as a cleaning rag might
be compared with reactions to a variant in which she uses a rainbow flag she found in the street after a
gay pride parade.
I read this news
story yesterday
about a dog scheduled to
be put to sleep because the owner suspects it of
being gay.
I'd also
be interested in hearing more
about your
story, such as when you first discovered you
were gay, how long you waited before you told people, that kind of thing.
Also featured
is a
story about one mom's unpredictable path to building her family (with a happy India adoption ending), an article on Jackson Heights, Queens as the new neighborhood for
gay and lesbian parents and an article on Pride and Joy families for upstate New York parents.
And obfuscated his betrayal of the public trust with a sympathy
story about his lack of self acceptance
re being gay.
But we've
been told there
's a different Conservative
story, David Cameron
is its champion and this
is what they say
about picking on
gay people: «Yes, we may have sometimes
been slow and, yes, we may have made mistakes, including Section 28, but the change has happened.»
Looking back, my own favourites
are simple, short reports, such as, «Last days of the Spike», a feature
about the closure of an institution for the homeless, and a page 1 news
story, «Schools escape clause 28 in «
gay ban» fiasco», which upset a bunch of bigots.
It
's OK to
be quiet; you don't have to immediately chime in with a
story about your
gay friend or declare your love for queer people to «prove» your compassion.
What makes Hornet stand out
is the team's effort to engage with the LGBTQ community by sharing news
stories and informative articles
about the
gay lifestyle.
Fantastic Beasts 2 Won't «Explicitly» Address the Fact That Dumbledore
's Gay, Even Though It
's a Movie
About Him and the Man He Loved What makes these
stories the Most Popular?
He adapted the script from an article
about the real Michael Glatze (by Benoit Denizet - Lewis) and seems to try to present the
story without bias; however, it
's evident that Michael
's confusion
is destroying him, and the
gay community incinerates their former advocate.
It
's a true
story about gay magazine editor Michael Glatze (played by James Franco), who goes from
being an out - and - proud LGBT activist to a fervent Christian «ex-
gay.»
When We Rise, ABC's miniseries
about the LGBT rights movement,
is a big, sweeping
story that reminds us how far lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender people have come in the 40 years since the
gay rights movement began.
The way that people talk
about their repressions, like Reverend Rick and his
story of
being «rescued from a
gay bar by parishioners who noticed his car,» can make for comic relief.
If you want to see how adult and wise Hollywood movies could
be before censorship intruded, see «Queen Christina,» which has
gay inferences, implied lesbianism and a love
story about two people who jump into bed
about two hours after first meeting.
Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE,
about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to
be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature
about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner
about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to
be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I
AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true
story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.
Character LeFou, played by Josh Gad,
is the sidekick to the
story's villain Gaston and «
is confused
about his sexuality», according to director Bill Condon, who also described a brief scene as a «
gay moment».
The guys both
are rising stars who lead two coming of age
stories about young
gay men — Nick in the upcoming Love, Simon and Harris in last year's critically acclaimed Beach Rats.
The coming - of - age
story receives a 21st - century update in Love, Simon,
about a closeted
gay everyteen who falls for an anonymous classmate he
's been chatting with online.
Adapted by Tony Kushner from his own Pulitzer Prize - winning play, and directed by the incomparable Mike Nichols, Angels in America
is, in its own too - vast - to - fully - summarize - briefly way, a
story set in New York during the AIDS crisis,
about two men with AIDS in particular, Prior Walter (Justin Kirk) a young
gay man living with his partner Louis (Ben Shenkman); and Roy Cohn (Al Pacino), the infamous McCarthy - hearings lawyer, conservative pitbull, and closeted homosexual.
Set in 1983 in Northern Italy, Call Me By Your Name
is undoubtedly a
gay love
story, though it
's less
about coming out than coming of age.
It took awhile to finally get all the parts right to adapt this 2007 book of first love between a young boy of 17 and an older intern staying with his family for the summer at their Italian villa, but once Luca Guadagnino realized he would direct, and a cast came together, he knew it could go beyond just
being a
story about a
gay relationship, but rather something
about that first passion you feel for someone, a universal
story to which everyone can relate.
Last year, he once again played
gay in I
Am Michael (also directed by Kelly),
about the real - life
story of Michael Glatze, a
gay activist who renounced homosexuality to become a Christian pastor; and Wild Horses opposite Robert Duvall.
«Above and Beyond» «All Things Must Pass» «Amy» «The Armor of Light» «Ballet 422» «Batkid Begins» «Becoming Bulletproof» «
Being Evel» «Beltracchi — The Art of Forgery» «Best of Enemies» «The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution» «Bolshoi Babylon» «Brand: A Second Coming» «A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez
Story» «Call Me Lucky» «Cartel Land» «Censored Voices» «Champs» «CodeGirl» «Coming Home» «Dark Horse» «Deli Man» «Dior and I» «The Diplomat» «(Dis) Honesty — The Truth
about Lies» «Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll» «Dreamcatcher» «dream / killer» «Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The
Story of the National Lampoon» «Eating Happiness» «Every Last Child» «Evidence of Harm» «Farewell to Hollywood» «Finders Keepers» «The Forecaster» «Frame by Frame» «Gardeners of Eden» «A
Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile» «Godspeed: The
Story of Page Jones» «Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief» «He Named Me Malala» «Heart of a Dog» «Hitchcock / Truffaut» «How to Change the World» «Human» «The Hunting Ground» «I
Am Chris Farley» «In Jackson Heights» «In My Father's House» «India's Daughter» «Ingrid Bergman — In Her Own Words» «Iraqi Odyssey» «Iris» «Janis: Little Girl Blue» «Karski & the Lords of Humanity» «Killing Them Safely» «Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck» «Lambert & Stamp» «A Lego Brickumentary» «Listen to Me Marlon» «Live from New York!»
I want to bring other young people along not just
gay Asians but people of color, and trans folks, who have amazing
stories but
are too shy to speak
about.»
Responding to comment
about the Gospels
being contradictory, my answer outlines some of the different ways of interpreting the Bible in general — Fundamentalist, Liberal and Conservative perspectives, applied to the
story of Creation, the science / religion debate and the issue of
Gay Marriage.
It
's a
story that happens to have
gay characters in it, and not a
story about gay characters (and really, there
's only one openly
gay male in the
story).
Winner of the British Carnegie Medal as well the Printz Award, Chambers» novel combines WWII romance with an edgy, contemporary
story about English teen Jacob, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman even as he
's attracted to an openly
gay young man.
For a special contest and issue of Creative Nonfiction magazine, we
're seeking true
stories about doing it — whether you
're straight,
gay, or other; alone, in a couple, or in a crowd; doing it for the first time or the last, or not doing it at all.
Also featured
are an Osama bin Laden speech
about 9/11, pictures of a bunch of happy white men featured in an advertisement for the best lawyers in New York, the
story of two
gay men in Soweto who
were caught having sex and then stoned by onlookers (one of the men later died from his injuries), and a Hindu shaman possessed by a spirit.