A brave Republican Congressman vowed to use the "power of humiliation" against the gays and their advocates who "love functioning in the dark." Somebody has to do it! If not he, who? If not now, when?

So sometimes, on this here third rock from the sun, a thing happens when a man will fall in love with and/or be sexually attracted to another man or a woman will fall in love with and/or be sexually attracted to another woman. Often, this is called "being a gay person" (ˈbē(-i)ŋ ā ˈgā ˈpər-sən) and it occurs rather…

Here's an animated excerpt from The Stranger's lifestyle guide How to Be a Person (co-written by our very own Lindy West!), in which Christopher Frizzelle narrates his advice to closeted gay people looking for the best way to come out. "Here's what you don't realize," he says. "No one worth your time actually gives…

When a comedian makes an offensive joke, what comes to follow is fairly predictable. Some people are angry, others less so and, inevitably, there's a rush of defenders claiming at least one of two things: 1.) That comedy clubs are a safe space and 2.) that comedians, by virtue of their profession, should be able to…

Bryan Safi explains we can't mess with marriage, because it's been around for "like, a gabillion years." And! "In all the history of all the world, nothing changes." A video clip made of win, after the jump. [Current]