Gay Girl/Straight World
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Hop on the LifeCycle
When I think about San Francisco and Los Angeles, I think ethnic food, thrift stores, and the friends who live there. I never think about traveling on a bike from one city to the other. Read story.
We’re Here. We’re Just Like You. Get Used to It.
This past Saturday was my one-year anniversary of coming out to my parents. Read story.
The Indy’s Gay Girl Hits SBCC
Gay Girl/Straight World Columnist Penny Patterson Speaks to City College Students
Gay Girl/Straight World columnist Penny Patterson speaks to Santa Barbara City College students. Read story.
When Straights Take Over the Gay-borhood
What does it mean when all the straight families start taking over the gay neighborhoods? Could it be a good thing? Read story.
What to Learn from the Murder of Lawrence King
I didn’t really have a lot of fears growing up. Read story.
Val Days
Gay Girl / Straight World
Quite a few years ago, a friend invited me to an anti-Valentine’s Day party. Read story.
When Marriage Is a Four-Letter Word
Marriage. Despite its eight letters, I’m convinced it’s a four-letter word. Read story.
Don’t Ask, We’ll Tell
I’m not sure if you heard, but the USS Ronald Reagan docked in Santa Barbara this past weekend. Like its namesake, this newest and largest aircraft carrier is no shrinking violet, with a 1,092-foot hull housing more than 5,500 sailors and 80 aircraft. Read story.
Loving The L Word
“Same Sex, Different City,” the billboard read. It was 2003 and I was in Los Angeles with my old girlfriend, driving around that vast, sprawling metropolis looking for thrift stores and a vegan restaurant. Read story.
UCSB’s New GLBT Director
In October, UCSB was blessed with a new director for the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Samuel Santos. Santos started his career at UC San Diego and has worked with college students for quite some time now, helping to increase tolerance and create a safe space for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) community. Read story.
The Theater, Darling
My girlfriend, Jackie, looked at me perplexedly when I explained where I had just been — a lecture at UCSB by Felice Picano, one of the leading historians on gay culture in the 1970s and ’80s and author of the recently published Art and Sex in Greenwich Village. Read story.
Home for the Holidays
The other night, my girlfriend Jackie and I were in the kitchen making dinner. We were chatting about our respective days when she dropped a little relationship bomb. Read story.
What the Bible Tells Me
The Indy's Gay Girl has something to say to those who rely on the Bible to condemn homosexuality. Read story.
Six Degrees of Stellastarr*
This is the story of the teeny, tiny world of gay women and a band called Stellastarr*. Read story.
Get Out!
I first came out to my parents five months, two weeks, and five days ago. Read story.
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