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Tig Turns 42, Talks About Memoir & Prof Blastoff Tour

"Happy Birthday, Dan"—Tig turned 42 Sunday, 24 March (yes, about two weeks ago). We at Vp are very happy she's alive...alive and kickin'. ...

Velvetpark's New Reading Series

It's with real delight that Velvetpark announces our first reading series. ...

The Science of Cats; Or, I Rub You, I Claim You

Sometimes I ponder the glory that is myself. My glistening silver fur, my lion's head and paws, my fluffy belly just like your favorite down pillow.... Really, am I not the greatest? ...

The Happening is Happening Again

A happening was the name given to spontaneous (or somewhat spontaneous) art events that were non-linear and multi-disciplinary as well as audience participatory in nature. ...

April 2013 Horoscope

ARIES ...

MHP Recap: Shola Lynch on Bringing Angela Davis to the Silver Screen

This past Saturday Melissa Harris-Perry interviewed Shola Lynch, director of the highly anticipated Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, coming to theaters in select cities this Friday. ...

Mattilda B. Sycamore's Trippy, Angsty "The End of San Francisco"

Shirking the idea that time unfolds linearly and our lives are both affectively lived and narrated chronologically, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's ...

Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary

It’s inevitable. I’m thinking about marriage. ...

United States v. Windsor

83-year-old Edie Windsor stepped in front of the Supreme Court Justices to proclaim the injustices that married same-sex couples face under DOMA. Here are her remarks after the hearing. ...

SCOTUS Live Prop 8

Follow Prop 8 hearing in and outside the court house, live:   ...

Armory Show 2013, I Think the Focus Group Worked

Before this year's Armory show 2013 the organizers convened a ...

Lesbian Feminist Comedian Jessica Halem on Ellen DeGeneres as Pathbreaker

Listening to "All Things Considered" last night while driving in the car, Moon and I were delighted to hear Vp friend and all around funny queer femme girl Jessica Halem speak passionately ...

Ali Liebegott's Addictive "Cha-Ching!"

Ali Liebegott's Cha-Ching! is the latest publication from the City Lights/Sister Spit series imprint at City Lights Books. ...

Walk in the Park

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Paul McCartney Supports Pussy Riot in Letters to Russian Authorities | Music News
Rolling Stone
May 23, 2013

Sir Paul to the rescue. The former Beatle sent handwritten letters on behalf of Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, asking Russian officials to consider parole for the incarcerated women.

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Pussy Rioter Opts Out of ‘Absurd’ Parole Hearing, Starts Hunger Strike
Jezebel
May 23, 2013

After being refused permission to appear at her own parole hearing and subsequently forbidding her lawyers to further represent her, Maria Alyokhina, one of the band’s two imprisoned members, has begun a hunger strike to protest a justice system ...

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Fox News Says Middle School Anti-Bullying Class Is Lesbian Role Playing
Jezebel
May 23, 2013

When Bard College students recently held anti-bullying workshops at a middle school on topics like gender identity and consent, instructors split boys and girls into two groups to practice "saying no" in a comfortable setting.

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Peace Corps Opens to Same-Sex Couples
Out Traveler
May 23, 2013

Peace Corps deputy director Carrie Hessler-Radelet announced on Tuesday that the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas.

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What Happens When a Gay Boy Scout Comes Out to His Camp Leader
Advocate.com
May 23, 2013

Apparently being gay in the Boy Scouts is DADT all over again...

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Was the London killing of a British soldier 'terrorism'?
guardian.co.uk
May 23, 2013

Knife welding crazies... terrorism?

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Saltz and Davidson on Donald Judd’s Loft
NY Mag
May 23, 2013

The newly renovated loft of famed installation-light-sculptural artist Donald Judd will open at the end of this month. Cirtic's Jerry Saltz and Justin Davidson argue its merits, too minimal or not too minimal that is the question...

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