by Carl Matthes
Hypersex has hit the headlines. Obviously, too many males are unable to control their raging testosterone and bad judgment.
It’s gotten so prevalent that, according to Shari Roan in the March 1 edition of the Los Angeles Times, the American Psychiatric Association has proposed that “out-of-control sexual  appetites be included in the next edition [...]

by Carl Matthes
About the same time (1948) that Democratic U.S. President Harry S. Truman was ordering the desegregation of America’s military, the government of South Africa was instituting “apartheid.” The South African Dutch and English occupiers/ransackers (think today’s fictional “Avatar”), were moving in an opposite direction to emerging American and International codes of conduct. They [...]

by Carl Matthes
Despite a lack of movement towards equal rights on the national political stage for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Americans (Where are you Democratic Liberals and Progressive when we need you?), there are three important LGBT gains as we enter 2010.
Houston, America’s fourth largest city, elected native daughter and Rice University graduate Annise [...]

by Carl Matthes
He’s a radio commentator who’s an entertainer. An entertainer who is a super-salesman. A salesman who ridicules and promotes hate. Making the front page of the February 8, 2009 Los Angeles Times was the man who is all those things rolled into one larger-than-life personality: Rush Limbaugh.
And, he’s gaining [...]

by Carl Matthes
In today’s celebrity driven world, there is increasingly aggressive competition to catch the next wave, fire-up the media, make big bucks and burnish your “Celebrity!”
Recently, two of the world’s most cutting-edge Celebrities - ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin and international shock-comic Sacha Baron Cohen - hit the Celebrity Sweepstakes (CS) bulls eye.
There they were, [...]

by Carl Matthes
Whatever else Washington, D.C. stands for, it certainly stands as the center for mixing sex, religion and politics. Whether it’s brothels, hustlers, men’s rooms, escorts, mistresses or interns, it seems there is an unending supply of politicians willing to give the mix a vigorous stir. And, unlike their Liberal [...]

by Carl Matthes
(There, in the White House, for this historic event. -Ed.)
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a reception in honor of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Month on June 29, 2009 in the White House. The First Couple greeted approximately 250 LGBT leaders in the East Room at a meeting [...]

by Carl Matthes
There’s been another informed and intelligent decision by the Obama administration.
In August, 2008, in an LA Progressive article entitled “Census Nonsense,” which decried the Bush administration’s move to exclude legally married same-sex couples from being counted as married couples during the upcoming 2010 census, I wrote, “…to capsulize the situation, as it stands [...]

by Carl Matthes
Hey, Mr. President, just to recap: Congratulations on your election!
And, let’s not forget your great election campaign: Skinning the Clintons, skunking the Republicans and skidding into home base with the 6th largest Presidential victory margin (10 million votes) of all time, bringing a gaggle of Democrats along with you: Your coattails aren’t just stylish, they’re long! [...]

by Carl Matthes
July 26, 2009 marks the 60th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman signing Executive Order #9981 ending racial segregation of the United States military. 2009 also marks the 16th anniversary of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the law passed by Congress mandating the discharge of openly gay, lesbian or bisexual military servicemembers. According to [...]