"I found it odd that none of the local news outlets revealed the name of the dealership."

Part of this, I think may come from the fact that the entire "it's not a choice" was used as a central theme for a long time, and still is to a large degree. Pansexual doesn't fit neatly into that model because...well, if both appeal, why not just find a nice person of the opposite sex and be done with it? (Not my…

Yes, pretty much. It's evolved into a palatable market segment. Trans and bi are less safe and marketable and therefore get shorter shrift (and in most cases, no shrift at all).

To be perfectly honest, I think she wanted to do something that would seem avant-gard/artsy/provocative/begging-to-be-analyzed, and Madonna had already used the pointy-bras-on-the-male-dancers thing, so this was what they came up with.

LittleBearNYC — Undoubtedly we're dealing with a better set of "problems" than we were in 1973 (or 1984, when I came out). At the same time, I get a little squeamish when activism reaches the stage where it ceases to be about forward movement and starts to be about management, because it feels like it ceases to be…

This. And I think giving space for people to own up to past ignorance is important. Remember that Kim Kardashian has her own audience, and it's probably not this one. It may look like "baby steps" from where we sit, but it may not be "baby steps" for an audience that follows Kim's every move and looks up to her as a…