All posts by Sean Bugg
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Dueling Rallies
The good thing about dueling rallies is that, if you choose, you can focus on the one that uplifts you rather than the one that...
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A Tale of Two Rallies [video]
On Sunday, Aug. 15, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) brought its ''Summer of Marriage'' bus tour to an end on the east lawn of...
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Will Phillips: ''The Storm Is Coming'' [video]
Arkansas elementary school student Will Phillips, who made headlines in 2009 when he refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in class because the nation...
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Spoken Words
The language barrier is an everyday part of my family life. Given that I spend much of my time working out of my home office,...
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Leaving Hate Behind
There was a time when I really hated straight people. Not surprisingly, this was during my younger years, when my activism was more fiery and...
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Mix Masters
Admit it – you've tried to play matchmaker with a friend or a co-worker because you just knew he'd be perfect for this single friend...
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Oklahoma’s first transgender candidate takes on the notorious Sally Kern
“I fully anticipate someone will try to make it an issue…but I want to be a representative, and I don’t want to let the fact...
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The Domino Theory and the Ex-Gay Movement
It hasn’t been that long since anti-gay activist George Rekers put “lifting my luggage” into the American dictionary of hypocritical sexual innuendo by taking a...
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Learning Experiences
I am terrified to write about transgender issues. That's not an easy thing for me to admit, given my own self-image as a writer who's...
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Big Lies
As gays and lesbians, we're not unused to hearing lies told about us. For decades, homophobes and anti-gay activists have relied on the big lies...
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Reality Distortion
Reality can be so confusing. Once again, as we traipse our way through a Supreme Court nomination hearing in the Senate and as Republican presidential...
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Finding Faith
For a godless homosexual, I'm unusually interested in the religious faith of LGBT people who are believers. This comes, in large part, from my own...
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The Wedding Singer
Elton John's performance during the celebration of Rush Limbaugh's fourth attempt at successful matrimony has become like the inappropriate and unwanted wedding gift that keeps...
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Feels Like the First Time
I was 19 years old and newly out of the closet -- not entirely by choice -- when I saw my first gay Pride parade....
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Chely Wright
When Chely Wright first took the stage at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in 1989, the young country singer from Kansas was fulfilling a childhood dream....
