Category Archives: it gets better

November 2, 2011, 9:56 am

Q: Can You Be A Sexual Harasser and Still Be President of the United States?

I have to give you the short answer, because my internet is still in and out due to the Halloween Nor’easter:

You betcha.

For all the women who wanted to have sex with the prez pictured at left, how many do you think pushed away a groping hand? Or went along for the ride, whether they wanted to or not, at a moment in history when any man could have a job for which a more skilled and intelligent woman would not even be interviewed? At a time when one of the best political jobs most women could hope for was running Jackie’s schedule? (more…)

October 14, 2010, 8:09 pm

Straight People, Listen! Part II: The Homophobia News Of The Week In Review

By Claire Potter

Carl Paladino campaigning in New Paltz, NY after
his ill-chosen homophobic words. Photo credit.

There is a lot going on in the gay world nowadays.

Following the suicide of Tyler Clementi at Rutgers, the straight world has discovered institutionalized homophobia and is “shocked, shocked!” that gay youth are not only routinely bullied in school, but that teachers, principles and coaches stand around and watch while it happens. They are even more shocked that to be the recipient of repeated homophobic bullying is so isolating and devastating to a young person’s self esteem that death seems like a good option.

Before you decide to hang from the highest tree those Rutgers students who posted to the Internet a video of Clementi kissing a boy (the event that precipitated his suicide leap from the George Washington Bridge) or make your own “It Gets Better” video, consider this. What if Clementi …