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Today the Supreme Court declined to revisit its ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
The justices rejected the appeal of Kim Davis, the memorably oft-married former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples a decade ago.
The justices did so without comment. At least officially. I have to think Clarence Thomas, who's called for ditching the 2015 decision, made comments to his fellow justices that might require their conference room to be repainted.
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This week People magazine revealed its annual "Sexiest Man Alive," and for the first time the distinction went to an openly gay man.
English actor Jonathan Bailey is 2025's beefcake. The photos of the 37-year-old "Wicked" star posing shirtless on an English beach will have gay men panting and straight women crying. Or vice versa.
I'm a lesbian. I enjoyed the pictures with his dog.
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I belong to a Facebook group for lesbians in the Pacific Northwest, and today a member posed an uncommon question.
Though "a little embarrassed to ask," she wanted to know "how are you supposed to dispose of old vibrators? I know we aren’t supposed to throw them away in the trash but that’s what I usually end up doing."
She chose to be anonymous. Big surprise.
Some responses were humorous, like throw them in the neighbor's trash, or white elephant them, or use them as dog toys.
Practical respondents suggested recycling the batteries, which frankly would've been the extent of my contribution.
I never underestimate lesbians on the topic of vibrators or the topic of recycling. But when those two disparate subjects are combined? For some sisters of Sappho, it's such an orgasmic moment they don't even need a vibrator.
One woman posted an article on recycling sex toys. A self-described "Sapphic toy reviewer" let us know, "Most companies have a recycling option where you can remove the motor and drop it off. The vibrator itself, without the motor, cannot be recycled and has to go in the waste."
In a completely cliched display of lesbianism, another woman replied, "They're e-waste. They should be taken to the proper e-waste facility, even if it's just an e-waste recycling bin like at some malls. It's worse to throw them away if their batteries and capacitors are still intact, but either way e-waste is pretty harmful for the environment."
Informed, technical, ardent, preachy. I read that and felt an unusual desire to wear Birkenstocks, read Adrienne Rich, and become an organic radish farmer.
