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Chubby Chaser Prom – A Reminiscence
March 30, 2012 – 11:27 pm | No Comment
Chubby Chaser Prom – A Reminiscence

I sit on my bed with my laptop, my back against the wall so nobody can see what I’m doing. The website I’m signing up for is called Adam4Adam. The margins are mosaics of gay …

Ga(y)mers: A Queer Look at the State of the Gaming Industry
March 15, 2012 – 1:53 am | No Comment
Ga(y)mers: A Queer Look at the State of the Gaming Industry

I like my videogames, but I would like them a lot more if they would stop being so blatantly homophobic and heteronormative.

Queer Pets: A Love Story
March 6, 2012 – 7:45 am | No Comment
Queer Pets: A Love Story

They are ‘making it work’ in a 2×4 foot enclosure in a drafty corner of a college apartment, with only shards of alfalfa and some stale pellets to eat, and a very full litter box, but love conquers all….

Silence = Death: Lessons in AIDS Activism
March 6, 2012 – 1:09 am | No Comment
Silence = Death: Lessons in AIDS Activism

Over on Bruinwalk on a cold February day, at least three fundraisers are taking place. Most are for Dance Marathon, an event that enlists thousands of students to raise money to fight pediatric AIDS. They’re …

Seeing With A New Spectrum: A Conversation about UCLA’s Vital LGBTQ Space
March 6, 2012 – 1:00 am | No Comment

Seeing With a New Spectrum
by Dylan Chouinard and Kim Lau
“There are three kinds of gays. Party gays like to have fun and get drunk. Political gays are activist-y and fight for rights and stuff. Normal …

Plastic Rainbows: UCLA’s Ally Week Evaluated
March 6, 2012 – 12:58 am | No Comment
Plastic Rainbows: UCLA’s Ally Week Evaluated

“FAGGOT!”
The word is howled from a car as it races through the intersection at Gayley and Strathmore on a recent Friday evening, hurled at first-year psychobiology student Kenny Saleh as he walks back to his …

A Minute of Your Time: Notes from the Canvassing Trail
March 6, 2012 – 12:30 am | No Comment
A Minute of Your Time: Notes from the Canvassing Trail

The door standing in front of me is worn with age. It may have once been a pleasant shade of blue, but its extended life has stripped it of color. This weary door is my …