Kate Clinton

The film got made because it did not rock anyone’s world or challenge any racial or gender stereotypes. The only good sex with skin was straight.read more

As I return with one final sigh off my rocky walk, I still carry my worry with me. I feel for the Gulf residents watching their beloved coast, their healing place – birds, water, reeds – get tarred and choked. I cannot imagine their sadness.read more

Coming out is still the basic building block of our movement. Come out. Enjoy the down time of your family’s shunning you. They often come around.read more

The Party of Hell No is the White Party. The only response to hate speech is more speech. Once again, silence equals death. Ask, tell, scream, yell. This is a big f**in deal.read more

The tribute to horror films was an unrelenting filmic homage to violence against women.read more

Of course I am disappointed in my President. Mind you, it is a lovely change from my despair during eight years of Bush.read more

It wasn’t like, “Pass the papardam, I’m a pro-choice, pro-peace lesbian, here’s the chutney.” But close.read more

Republicans treat President Obama as if he were a substitute and they are just waiting for the real deal to come back in the room. That would be a white Republican male.read more

The cost of not worrying about what will become of you when you get sick is never factored into health care costs, and it’s priceless.read more

With any luck I will not have to sit through my friend’s re-enactments of Bruno’s anal bleaching scene.read more

Heterosexuality is in crisis.read more

As much as I was fully prepared to be disappointed in the Obama administration, I am surprised by my disappointment.read more

We emcee rallies, introduce local politicos, ride in open convertibles waving sweatily to spectators pointing at us and mouthing, “Who’s that?” Sometimes we even get to perform short sets in between mega-amped, lip-syncing divas of the dance club scene.read more

I will never forgive Arlen Specter for his questioning of Anita Hill.
I recommit myself to challenging hetero-supremacist, bibliocratic, don’t-ask-don’t-tell denial of life.read more

The fanatics can't beat back marriage equality.read more