Sexual politics
McCain backed legislation allowing Medicaid to cover Viagra for men, while forbidding the federal health-insurance program for the poor from covering birth control pills for women.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | August 13, 2008

Hummel splits from ABC6; Planned Parenthood CEO resigns

Politics + media
When Jim Hummel decided to depart last week because of the approach being pursued by new management, it seemed to encapsulate the take-this-paycheck-and-shove-it fantasy of many people.
By IAN DONNIS | August 06, 2008

No sex, please, it's Boston?

Nicholas Hlobo tones it down at the ICA
It’s a big, curious, floating object, a leaping whale, a flying squash, a makeshift anatomy display, with a bit of carnival atmosphere.
By GREG COOK | August 04, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Selena Coppock

We put a visiting comic on the hot seat. This week's victim . . .
Tila Tequila, where’d you come from? You’re this manufactured little pop tart. Euch. Grody-wack.
By MARC HIRSH | August 07, 2008

Papa don't preach

Letters to the Boston editor, July 18, 2008
The total “wake-up call” is the promotion of father-less-ness in our great land and the effects it is having on society.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | July 16, 2008

Love Comes Lately

Splendid and dreamlike
Singer’s fear of impotence and death remains deftly woven into the dreamlike patchwork of Schütte’s narrative.
By BRETT MICHEL | July 09, 2008

Stop the bastards!

African exiles get political.
If you’re unfamiliar with the history of Ethiopia, you’ll probably be lost. (Try skimming a summary before you go.)
By GREG COOK | July 08, 2008

As goes Gloucester?

Debating the ‘pregnancy pact’ will not make a surge in teenage motherhood disappear
Waves of chatter wash over the city of Gloucester, where 17 high-school students are pregnant.
By EDITORIAL | June 25, 2008

Infectious thinking

Dr. Lovemonkey
My live-in boyfriend of the past three years has herpes.
By DR. LOVEMONKEY | June 24, 2008

Communion shouldn’t be based on politics

Religion
Catholic priests call themselves “vicars of Christ,” so those giving communion need only recall Christ’s forgiveness of a thief on an adjacent Calvary cross, and ask, “What would Jesus do?”
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | June 18, 2008

Pride Week 2008

Sustaining community: the fun never stops
Boston Pride Week 2008 is shaping up to be a joyous smorgasbord of celebrities, literati, dancing, singing, boozing, schmoozing, friends, family, and joyful noises galore.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | June 04, 2008

Power outage

As South Africa celebrates 14 years of post-apartheid rule, AIDS and electricity could spark revolution
Damn it, I want to be optimistic. I have always seen my glass as half full and not half empty. Now I think it’s dry. I’ll check once the lights come on again.
By PETER-DIRK UYS | April 23, 2008

It's out of this world

The ART hosts Elections & Erections; Trinity does Blithe Spirit
Uys’s new show takes its title from two things that were illegal when the now-63-year-old gay white man was growing up in South Africa: democracy and sex.
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 08, 2008

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