Olympians

The 2012 Olympic Games in London are finally here! There is so much to celebrate, and one of them is the small, but increasing number of resilient athletes who are remaining true to themselves and saying they are part of the LGBTQ, etc. community.

This article and slideshow presents these 22 athletes, a majority of them women. This number is up from the 10 in 2008 in Beijing and 11 in 2004 in Athens.

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Hot College Hunks

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"Google's Bisexual Problem"

Check this out: go to Google and type in "bisexual". The normal autocomplete does not appear. Find this weird? You're not the only one, and it's not just a problem with your computer: it's a problem with Google.

This article on the Huffington Post by Faith Cheltenham, President of BiNet USA, is beyond fantastic and further demonstrates just how much bisexuals are made invisible by society. Please read this and tell everyone you know about this, especially since this post won't show up automatically on Google. ;)

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Circumsion: Whose Choice Is It?

Have you heard about the recent ruling by a German court that basically made circumsizing boys illegal? This has obviously caused an uproar in the German Muslim and Jewish communities, where circumsion is an essential part of their religious beliefs.

The BBC had this article that examined the situation in Germany, posing the question: "Is it a parent's right to choose?"

The court claims: "The child's body is permanently and irreparably changed by the circumcision. This change conflicts with the child's interest of later being able to make his own decision on his religious affiliation." One newspaper compared circumsion to female genital mutilation.

I'm not convinced by these arguments. I'm cut and certainly don't remember such bodily harm when I was only a few days old (besides, coming out of the womb is a pretty big shock to a baby's body as well). I also agree with three arguments against the ruling in the article:

1. It warns that circumsion procedures could be carried out in more dangerous situations now, putting children in harm's way.
2. What about piercing the ears of little girls (or boys)? Isn't that a similar situation where there is bodily harm done without a child's understanding consent?
3. What about the Christian ritual of infant baptism? Isn't that forcing a child into a religion they are not free to choose?

Obviously I'm fine with circumsion; I believe it is a personal choice by the parents to make for their child whether to perform circumsion or not; after all, no child is able to make any sort of decisions when they're infants, and the parents are parents and guardians for a reason.

What do you think? Did the German court make the correct decision or have they taken things too far?

All About Semen

Thought you knew everything you needed to about semen?

Might want to check your certainty. Gizmodo put up a great, albeit brief article highlighting the important facts about semen. The article discusses things like its disrespected past and the fact eating a banana will probably not affect its taste.

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Paddy O'Brian For Your Friday

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OSU's Brutus Bisexual?

Did anyone else see this story about some crazy in Findlay, Ohio calling on the state to change the state tree because buckeyes have male, female, and bisexual flowers on the same tree? Guess he just outed OSU's mascot Brutus.

I knew there were a lot of narrow-minded people in Ohio, but this guy is beyond ridiculous. As an Ohio native, I now have more reason to be proud to be called a buckeye: we're both bi!

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