There's a reason we have different standards for adults and children. We don't say a twelve year old should be treated as an adult if she has sex with an adult — no matter how much she "wanted" it, because we have decided that young children don't have the capacity to consent, or to sign contracts, or to rationalize…

Everything about this is incredibly messed up. I live a county over from where this happened and it's everywhere on the radio, news, etc. These are all children - I'm horrified by the two girls' actions and horrified by people calling for them to be tried as adults.

How do we expect men to respect women or women to rise to more power when we don't respect our queendom in the same way that men respect their kingdom?

I hope it's paid for by right-wing tears.

Many children emphatically assert their gender quite young, though like all child development, there is a window. If their assertion falls within societal norms, it tends to go unremarked or even unnoticed. In this particular situation, the little girl I am referring to happened to have a twin brother and a slightly…

When I was eight I got grounded from AOL because someone ratted me out for reciting the lyrics to Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" in a chat room.

My dad regularly wears a sweatsuit with JUICY across the ass.

You are on a LGBT site. Kat reports on LGBT issues. Where Kat lives is irrelevant. If the president of France made a similar proclamation, I'm sure Kat would write a piece on that, because, like I said, THIS IS AN LGBT WEBSITE. If you want to read an in depth discussion on Obama's foreign policy go elsewhere.…

I was just telling my fiancé that we should use the rest of our wedding fund for this. The chance to meet LeVar and wear THE VISOR from TNG is a way better experience than a dumb wedding.

"A Brave and Startling Truth"

Lol @ this comment on the Associate Press website:

From now on everyone should please refer to my husband as my "consort," thanks.

Well, Jefferson was a stuckup slaver, Lyndon Johnson was a bit of a jackass, Kennedy is probably good for a one-night-stand, but the guy's probably not going to call later, Eisenhower was a nice guy but a bit old for my taste, And Jimmy Carter's lusting in his heart for peanuts is a bit too kinky for my blood.

It's all fun and games until you accidentally gnaw your fingernails off while eating Cheetos.

More importantly, why would you want to take away every human's fundamental right to be comfortable in their clothing of their choice?

Sorry, the best years of my scholastic life were the ones I spent in a school with a dress code - no trying to figure out what to wear that wouldn't offend some damned gang or another, no clothing items that would get stolen because they were the newest most expensive sneaker or shirt with something offensive to…

This is like the only post ever where this would be an appropriate comment.

Someone once wrote on yelp that I was off-putting because I walked too quietly.

Fix'd. I'd rather hear that from you than from some dickhead mainpage commenter going "THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE DECLINING JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS OF THIS WEBSITE TIME FOR ME TO STOP READING IT BUT WAIT FIRST I MUST COMMENT ON EVERY ARTICLE AND SAY THE EXACT SAME THING FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS."