Tag: Body Dysmorphia

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Transgender folks in the military — this is what the slippery slope looks like

Obama planted a poison pill when he put transgender folks in the military. Republicans should discharge them, instead of quibbling about surgery. Two interesting headlines about transgender people in the military. The first comes from Gateway Pundit: The second is at Truth Revolt: Here’s the short story: Republicans tried to stop

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Was Mapplethorpe the moment we lost the battle for American culture?

I watched HBO’s documentary about Robert Mapplethorpe, and it brought back a long-forgotten memory.  In 1989, my then-boyfriend and I went to an art gallery affiliated with UC Berkeley to see the controversial Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that had so aroused Jesse Helm’s wrath. My memory is that the gallery was

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