Gay marriage and the right to be ordinary

I had an uncle whose second or third wife nobody in my family liked. I don’t really know why, and I didn’t have an opinion of my own.

Topics: sexual orientation , sex

An executive order could end LGBT discrimination in contracts

The Washington Post 1 day ago

President Obama’s continuing popularity among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans is due in large part to major accomplishments ...

Topics: sexual orientation , sex

Thomas W. Ogletree: Why I disobeyed the United Methodist Church's unjust teaching on same-sex marriage

The Washington Post May 08

View Photo Gallery —From same sex marriages to prohibitions on homosexual behavior, Christian churches range in their outreach to gay members.

Topics: sexual orientation , relationship , sex

Book review: ‘Cheat the Clock’ by Margaret Webb Pressler

The Washington Post 1 day ago

Jim Pressler looks good for his age. Very good. “Although I’m 17 years his junior and firmly in my 40s,” writes his wife, Margaret Webb Pressler, ...

Topics: sex life , sex

Among Indian tribes, a division over gay marriage

The Washington Post May 13

For Heather Purser, the first pang came more than a decade ago as she gathered clams on Puget Sound’s Chico Beach, watching her cousin’s new husband ...

Topics: sexuality , sex

‘Aroused’ movie review

The Washington Post May 02

The documentary “Aroused” features interviews with 16 adult-film actresses, but it’s not a story about pornography. That’s according to photographer ...

Topics: sexuality , relationship , sex

Is Jason Collins the Jackie Robinson of 2013?

The Washington Post May 03

In 1947, when Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball, the world was not integrated. The movie "42" would have to last a lot longer than a ...

Topics: sexual orientation , sexuality , sex

Jason Collins’s religious critics need to practice what they preach

Mike Wise for The Washington Post May 01

With Jason Collins clearing one of big-time team sports’ last barriers to equality, it’s time to extend an olive branch to some of the other people ...