GOP Co-Sponsor of DOMA Has Change of Heart After Son Comes Out as Gay

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So after two years and much prayer, Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has decided to change his mind regarding the issue of gay marriage.

We’ll Always Have Chicago [Video]

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Thomas G. Fiffer remembers Julia: “Fingers that penned intense love poems … Fingers that were skilled in other arts as well.”

The Perfect Match: When Love Means Giving an Organ

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Joshua Taylor had already given his heart to his boyfriend of 15 years, Ryan Doughty. Then Ryan needed a kidney.

The Opposite of Loneliness

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Marnia Keegan died tragically in a car accident, days after graduating from Yale. Before she died, she wrote of the connections that keep us together.

The Disease of More

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Sure tax and regulatory policy are important. But none of it will mean shit unless we all wake up from this belief that more is better.

It’s About More Than Titillation: Don’t Give Up On College Sex Week

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Eric Henney examines how the “Sex Weeks” being held at universities such as Harvard fail, and also how they succeed.

Should Anyone Earn a Billion A Year?

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Tom Matlack invites discussion around a simple question: Should the mega rich be admired or vilified?

Is Yale QB Hamlet or Rapist?

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Patrick Witt was suppose to be the answer to Penn State.

Are Ivy League Colleges Misrepresenting How Diverse They Really Are?

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“The trouble with diversity … is not just that it won’t solve the problem of economic inequality. It’s that it makes it hard for us to even see the problem.”

Everyone’s a Freak: What Fetishes Can Teach Us about Male Sexuality

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Perhaps the real nature of physical attraction is some characteristics about someone that, for whatever crazy set of reasons and non-reasons, you are obsessed with.

Vice President Biden Says ‘No Means No’

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The government is instituting new guidelines for campus sexual assualt for all colleges and universities that receive federal funding.

Yale Responds to Frat’s Rape Chants

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In response to an outrageous pledging stunt in October, Yale just announced a new initiative to combat sexual misconduct.

Ohio High School Chants ‘Powder-Blue Faggots’ at Football Game

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Taking a cue from Yale DKE pledges, students from North High School in Eastlake, Ohio, had this to say about the opposing team.

In Yale Fraternity Pledging, Rape Is a Laughing Matter

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This week, a YouTube clip of a Yale University Delta Kappa Epsilon pledging ritual went viral on campus. Posted Wednesday night, immediately after the events took place, the video documents the DKE pledges marching blindfolded on Old Campus—home to the majority of Yale’s freshman women—shouting chants such as “No means yes, yes means anal” and “Fucking sluts.”

Study of the Day: Positions of Power

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“The high status achieved by some men and women in gender-incongruent occupations can be unstable, vulnerable and ultimately fragile.”