I was shocked. So there I am sitting on my bed. “Shelia” is on the phone with scratch marks across her tear-stained face, pleading for help, as her partner “Debbie” abuses her. It’s a familiar pattern: objects are thrown, Shelia is pushed around, and verbally assaulted. One day they’re holding hands and kissing at the [...]
The Violence That Dares Not Speak Its Name
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Joseph Massad at UCLA: Gay-Bashing 101

A Columbia professor claims that homosexuality is an imperialist plot against the Arab and Muslim worlds.
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