Richard Kim

Good God, Bad God

December 23, 2008

If Rick Warren, Barack Obama and the gay community can find common ground, it'll be on civil, not religious, grounds. So let's separate church and state.

Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won

November 5, 2008

With bald lies and racial pandering, an anti-gay marriage intiative succeeds in California.

Waiting for the Barbarians

October 16, 2008

The GOP's machinery of hate has taken on a life of its own.

The Culture War Disarmed

May 22, 2008

This time, Democrats won't be losing the culture war.

Mike Gravel

November 8, 2007

An inconvenient truth-teller.

One of My Own

April 26, 2007

Although the murders at Virginia Tech had nothing to do with race, Korean Americans remain worried about anti-Asian fallout.

Haggard Values

November 9, 2006

The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.

The People Versus AIDS

June 21, 2006

If the United Nations is to keep its promise to grant people with AIDS universal access to treatment by 2010, it will be because activists are holding world leaders accountable.

Pop Torture

December 7, 2005

Pop culture does more than validate the claim that torture could help foil bombs seconds before detonation. In shows like 24, where scenes of sensory deprivation are mixed with family melodrama, torture is so routine that it seems one more plot device to create intimacy in characters. The reality is that torture isolates its victims from any sense of intimacy.

In Defense of Pat Robertson

August 26, 2005

The wacky televangelist may have done us a favor by bringing the insanity of Bush Administration tactics into plain view.

Witnesses to an Execution

August 7, 2005

An international furor over the hanging of "two gay teenagers" in Iran.

Beyond Gay Marriage

June 29, 2005

By engaging the marriage debate only in terms of "gay rights," progressives have put themselves in a losing position.

The L Word

October 19, 2004

Mary Cheney has devoted her entire career to providing cover for lesbian-hating organizations.

Goodbye, Mr. McGreevey

August 17, 2004

How Jim McGreevey perfected the art of swimming in the mainstream.

State of the Union

June 18, 2004

The Descent of Marriage?

February 27, 2004

When gays wed, all hell will break loose. If only.

Queer Cheer

July 2, 2003

Lawrence ought to be read as protecting all consensual, private sexual relations, not just those that resemble heterosexual, procreative marriage.

Sodomy for Some

May 1, 2003

Santorum hates much more than just "homosexual acts."

Bush and AIDS

February 6, 2003

For Bush's words to translate into an effective AIDS plan, the Administration will have to reverse course on its policies.

What Are They Reading?

January 8, 2003

Beyond the AIDS Quilt

December 12, 2002

Eminem: Grammy's Homecoming Queen?

July 9, 2001

Stop Global AIDS

June 23, 2001

ACT UP Goes Global

June 21, 2001

Andrew Sullivan, Overexposed

June 5, 2001

Straights Can Change, Too

May 17, 2001

Eminem--Bad Rap?

February 23, 2001

Eminem's lyrics may be more banal than exceptional in the way they invoke homophobic violence.

The Other Gay Media

June 22, 2000

The Truth About Hate Crimes Laws

June 24, 1999