Ooh, I remember that one. The police completely botched that whole thing.

I see. I think that there’s still lots of reasons why a trans boy might want to be in Girl Scouts though, like if they were in it before they transitioned, or if they had friends in it.

Yes, we are talking about 7 and 8 year olds. Do you think most schools are like, “Your kid who has a penis wants to be called “she” and use the girls’ restroom? Yeah, we’re totally cool with that with no verification.”?

Because Miller hasn’t written anything remotely coherent since the early 90’s? I mean, I LOVE Batman: Year One and his Daredevil run, but the man who wrote those stories is not the same man who wrote All-Star Batman & Robin and Holy Terror.

And so, of course, DC has hired him to write ANOTHER comic because this one was such a roaring success.

But who publishes those anymore? Asimov’s, maybe—but who’s going to pay for a print mag when there’s so much good stuff online?

Most webcomics creators start out independently, with their own website. I think Kate Leth did a series on how to get started (it might have been someone else—can anyone verify that?). Some places, like Image and Thrillbent, occasionally take submissions.

I don’t think the OP means any harm here. And while I don’t know about any boys in Girl Scouts, there are girls who participate in Boy Scouts, so it’s not a silly question. Frankly, I don’t see why there would be anything wrong with a boy in Brownies really.

Transgender kids have to go through extensive counseling and psychiatric examination before they transition. It’s not like playing dress up. We have lots and lots of research that shows that gender is set by around age 2-3. It isn’t really that complex.

As far as I know, there is no actual rule against boys joining Girl Scouts, although I’m sure some individual troops wouldn’t want to deal with having to separate sleeping facilities and stuff like that.

I think we would all be highly interested in that.

She...was voting for Obama...because he was her second choice after Rick Santorum?

My life’s work is to spread logical moderation, one ignored internet comment at a time.

Look, I agree that the optimal solution was for people to not be jackasses and to legalize gay marriage through popular vote. Preferably back in the 60’s when the topic first came up.

Well, a lot of big names were really prolific this year. Personally I think Mirror Empire might have done better if they stuck it in the Science Fiction category instead. I’m surprised Elizabeth Bear didn’t get anything, though. I though she had a great year.

These people realize that there are lots of religions that are okay with gay marriage, right? “Freedom of religion” doesn’t mean just your religion.

Gee, it’s almost like religion is a huge and multifaceted system that means different things to different people.

Plus, didn’t the Aztecs have polygamy?

Yeah, I think Roberts needs to get a refund for his history education.

Seriously. Alison Brie looks like she’s half his age. I know she’s not, but my god, did the character lose her virginity at age 12?