Why Does God Hate Figs So Much?

From 1999 to 2005, I ran a website called godhatesfigs.com. I realized that I've never talked about it in my newsletter, so here's the whole story. (Warning: this article contains references to homophobia and religious bigotry.)

Back in the late 1990s, when I was first acknowledging my voluminous queerness, I stumbled across a horrifying website called godhatesfags.com. This was the product of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, which used to show up and protest queer events. I found tha...