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Near the end of this tirade, Morgan included an old chestnut for the queers in the audience, something I’ve grown used to hearing from every “edgy” comedian who wants to get a few yucks doing material about sissy men or butch ladies or epicene androgynes or whoever is filling the straight male id with abject terror this week: “If you can take a dick, you can take a joke.” The implication...

Another week, another collection of web adventures.

• ColorLines shares responses to the claim of a “post-racial society.”
• At TransGriot, Monica reports on an anti-trans* “bathroom bill” in Maine. If you’re a Maine citizen, check the link at the end to see how you can help.
• Bitch contributor Sarah Jaffe unpacks the impacts the Bush tax cuts have had for their...

Catch up with Political InQueery and Grey’s Rounds contributor Everett Maroon as we talk about the Obama Administration’s LGBT initiatives, how GOP candidates are beginning to frame Obama’s presidency thusfar, predictions for summer politics, and yes, Weinergate (with apologies to the Watergate Hotel).

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Seatbelts, everyone!

If there’s one show I watched as a kid (other than Star Trek) that made me the nerd I am today, that show was The Magic School Bus, with its accompanying series of books. In MSB, Ms. Frizzle’s class was a utopia where learning was literally a magical experience. Starting on PBS, it has also had stints of syndication on NBC, Qubo, TLC, and...