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The Supreme Court hands gays a win in the struggle between tolerance and tradition U.S. News & World Report By Katia Hetter From the last century’s struggles over slavery to this one’s battles over civil rights, abortion and freedom of speech, the Supreme Court has been a barometer of the nation’s culture clashes. Now, by delivering an unexpectedly [...] U.S. News & World Report By Katia Hetter ABC let Ellen declare she was a lesbian on national television but would not sell 15 seconds of airtime to Olivia Cruises & Resorts to advertise lesbian-only cruises on the April 30 show. An ABC spokesman said that the ad–with two women embracing–might not be suitable for children [...] skirt! magazine By Katia Hetter I blame it all on the polyester green pants. Unlike today’s fashion-conscious eight-year-olds, I was not in charge of buying my own clothes in the third grade. In 1977, my mother bought my clothes on sale or made me wear the clothes my grandparents had sent us. When I had burned through all [...] Entertainment Weekly By Katia Hetter In Ali Liebegott’s The IHOP Papers, Francesca, a 20-year-old virgin, deals with coming out (and everything else) by cutting herself. She falls for her philosophy prof, follows her to San Francisco, and competes with a parade of male and female lovers. Fed up with the bi/lesbian drama, she moves out and gets [...] Entertainment Weekly By Katia Hetter Long before tennis star Renée Richards broke ground for transsexuals in the late 1970s, Laura Dillon became a man in the ’40s. Pagan Kennedy’s The First Man-Made Man details the British aristocrat’s transformation. Dillon dressed like a man, took hormones, and underwent 13 operations courtesy of a plastic surgeon who had treated [...] Entertainment Weekly By Katia Hetter High school cheerleader Lois Lenz is torn between make-out sessions with her best friend and a future that includes the local junior college and marriage. Then her new guidance counselor sets her up with a job at a mysterious Bay City ad agency. In Monica Nolan’s send-up of 1950s lesbian pulp novels [...] Entertainment Weekly By Katia Hetter Years before Fidel Castro rose to power, José Antonio Cubeñas beat him up after a high school stickball game – Castro had struck out, then thrown his bat and injured a player. Like many of Castro’s ex-classmates at Colegio de Dolores, one of Cuba’s top Jesuit schools, Cubeñas grew up to fear [...] What happens when your relationship hinges on your taste in cheese? Out Magazine By Katia Hetter I trace my insecurity about food to an ex-girlfriend who turned cheese shopping into a power struggle. We hadn’t been together more than three months when she asked me to buy cheese for a party she was hosting. I didn’t grow up [...] New preachers say the Bible is the good book of financial advice By Katia Hetter Standing on the bare stage of the University of Charleston’s auditorium, Dave Ramsey thunders to the West Virginia crowd: “The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil. It says”–and the audience filling the 937 seats speaks with him–”the [...] |
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