Why Gay Marriage is NOT "Bad for the Kids"

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These days, gay marriage is the hot issue in American politics. States have been legalizing gay marriage left and right, which is awesome. It even seems like many politicians on all sides are starting to realize that the question of gay marriage is not “if” it will be legalized nationwide, but “when”. Many are starting to change their tune – even if they’re not fully supporting it, they’re at least not flat-out condemning it (there are still some who do, obviously, but the general trend seems to be moving away from that pretty quickly). While a lot of the arguments against legalizing gay marriage are based in religion (which I have a whole host of issues with, but that’s another post for another time), one argument that’s always confused me is the one where they try to make it about “the kids”. The argument I’m referring to is the one that says that kids do best with a mom and a dad, two parents of opposite genders. Coming from an educational background in psychology combined with years of working with kids in various capacities, this argument makes zero sense to me. I’m writing this tonight because I want to explain why, and I feel like it needs to be put out there into the world.

Long Distance Love - Beating the Odds

Tell your friends that you're in a long distance relationship, and they'll either ask you how cyber-sex works, or tell you it isn't going to last.

Tell your family, and they think it’s just some stupid phase/it's not real/you're just trying to get more time on the computer without having to leave your room.

Google "long distance relationships", and the first link to come up is an article titled "10 Reasons Why Long-Distance Relationships Just Don't Work."

And the truth? They do work- you just have to put in the effort.

Mythbusters: Asexuality and Eating Disorders

QHST would like to know what YOU think!

Dudes and dudettes, welcome to a very special edition of this column. As you’ve probably all worked out already, it’s asexuality awareness week! That means, in case you haven’t worked it out yet, that this week is going to be full of posts about asexuality.

And this week, I’m going to discuss with you all the possible correlations between asexuality and eating disorders.

When I started researching this a few weeks back, I was expecting to find a lot more than I did on the topic. Instead I found numerous threads and pages rejecting the idea. So I continued researching.