Bad in Bed Live! 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through June 30 8 p.m. Aug. 16, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Aug. 17-18, 11 a.m. Aug. 19 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheatreokc.com 405-708-6937 $35-$38 21+ Shelby Simpson didn’t want to read her own book. The Enid-born author didn’t think the subject matter […]
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Cover Story: OKC Pride reflects on 30th anniversary as it marches toward the future
“This [parade] is an important moment for Oklahoma,” Rogers said. “It is difficult for many people to do. But we’re marching not in a militant fashion, but instead in a parade, which is first of all a lot more fun, and also to say and to show that we’re people just like anyone else.”
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Artist Jamie Pettis curates Backfire: A Cultural Explosion to retaliate against the establishment and negative state stereotypes
“I think we’ll see a lot of that realness and rawness have to come out again, because everyone’s going to be feeling it,” he said. “You can’t run away from it.”
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The Chapman Report
Based on a novel that itself was based on Alfred Kinsey’s landmark, controversial survey of human sexuality, The Chapman Report — now on MOD DVD from Warner Archive — dramatizes the data-collection efforts of Dr. Chapman (Andrew Duggan, It’s Alive) and his assistant, Paul Radford (Efrem Zimbalist, TV’s The FBI) in one particularly prosperous California […]
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Bad move, ‘Bad move’
Check my logic here: If a person opposes preventing X from happening, that person is not opposed to X happening. Because Rev. Kern opposes the ordinance banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, it seems as though he is not opposed to people being discriminated against on this basis. Why is codifying nondiscrimination a […]
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Bad move, ‘Bad move’
Check my logic here: If a person opposes preventing X from happening, that person is not opposed to X happening. Because Rev. Kern opposes the ordinance banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, it seems as though he is not opposed to people being discriminated against on this basis. Why is codifying nondiscrimination a […]
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Delayed reaction
The policy amendment, which was introduced by Ward 2 Councilman Ed Shadid, would provide protections for city employees who have faced discrimination because of their sexuality — an issue that has failed to win support at the federal and state levels. The council appeared divided on the issue when it came up for discussion. “There […]
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Moral ‘Oral’
Frank mentions the letters of the New Testament are “full” of admonitions for avoiding sexual sin. I suppose that depends on what one considers “full.” But since he’s taking shots at a gay man for his belief that there isn’t a conflict between homosexuality and Christianity, I’ll tell you there are a whopping three passages […]