http://youtu.be/zFJnr1_bjSM Ellen DeGeneres dared her viewers to “sneak up behind perfect strangers” and dance behind them without them knowing it. Well, for one New Yorker the prank went terribly wrong. A video that began circulating on Monday showing NYPD officers surrounding prankster Alexander Bok, a black man, pulling off the stunt that is supposed to…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! In Galatians 5 there is a list called the Fruit of the Spirit. As we stay connected to God…
I took a few things I consider positive away from my Pentecostal upbringing, and one of those things was a non-religious concept of how to apologize. In the Foursquare church I was raised in the concept was called “repentance,” but I separate repentance as a tool to apologize from the term’s religious connotations. I think…
Michael Sam became the first openly gay athlete in the NFL. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams. Madison Square Garden was almost empty. Why? No one stays around for the last 50 picks. The spin with ESPN sportscasters began immediately. First, they were saying his numbers did not qualify him for the NFL,…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God – this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! In the 1970s, comedian Flip Wilson made “The devil made me do it” a national catchphrase. As host…
I don’t know about you but Facebook has morphed from a forum where I can read about the mundane and idiosyncratic activities of my friends around the world to a kind of event invite clearing house. Every day I receive invitations to do, or see, or join one thing or another, and these are from…
After his breakout performance in Bridesmaids, Irish actor Chris O’Dowd hopes to engage more gay fans this spring with his Broadway debut as oafish simpleton Lennie in Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck’s 1937 play about Depression-era migrant workers — even if they’re mostly there to see James Franco. For its most recent issue The Advocate…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article for this magazine entitled “That was then. This is now.” (Issue 138, Jan. 16) I asserted that the national political trend is to address large issues like income inequality, global warming and justice for workers in mayoral elections. I opined that San Diego would take a…
WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner has again offered a false and factually inaccurate explanation for why he won’t support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – which passed the Senate one week ago with bipartisan support from 10 Republicans. Boehner re-iterated his opposition to the legislation that would simply protect hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
