From ResetDOC, the “dream” of Helem: Beirut’s gay community has "come out" and started to make its voice heard; the West and the Orientalism of sexuality: An interview with Joseph Massad, author of Desiring Arabs; an article on Lot’s sin and that “extreme solitude”; and an interview with Hossein Alizadeh, spokesman for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. From FP, an article on Uganda's outrageous new sex law, which outlaws homosexuality and prescribes the death penalty for having sex while HIV positive. From Public Eye, a special report on the U.S. Christian Right and the attack on gays in Africa. Michelle Goldberg on Uganda’s radical anti-gay measure and the American religious right. An interview with Lisa Darden, who helped to alert Pastor Rick Warren to the dangers of remaining silent. From Episcopal Life, what will it take for the cries of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender folks in Uganda to be heard? From Christianity Today, is Handel another gay Anglican?: Why the question matters. A review of When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage by M.V. Lee Badgett. A review of The Greeks and Greek Love: A Bold New Exploration of the Ancient World by James Davidson (and more and more). Queer Theory's heist of our history: Larry Kramer on historians and academics, including many gay ones, who refuse to believe that homosexuality has been pretty much the same since the beginning of human history. From New Scientist, an article on homosexual selection and the power of same-sex liaisons.
