I Can Relate to Megan Rapinoe
This video is making the internet rounds. It’s been described as triumphant. (It's of U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe being asked to describe herself in…
#SCOTUSmarriage: A Weird Day to be Queer
It's such a weird day to be a queer person. I know that today's Supreme Court ruling signals some kind of social shift, moving the…
My response to WSJ’s transphobic (&idiotic) op-ed:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Oh, Bari Weiss. You’re being so glib…
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Why are gay bars in DC shuttering?
DC is supposedly the country's #1 gay mecca, yet 4 gay bars closed in the city in the last year alone. Wondering what's going on?…
“You’re not always prepared for so much feeling”
"What country are we living in and in what year, when priests bless half-drunk nationalists that pelt people with rocks while the police look on…
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LGBT News: Serving in Iraq While Trans & Closeted; Homelessness; Anti-Sex-Ed Bill in Utah
1.) Sam Taylor just finished an eleven-month tour in Iraq as a chaplain's assistant with the U.S. army. While enlisted, she hid her transgender identity…
UPDATE: New Shelter for Homeless LGBTQ youth in NYC
This is great news: On the evening of Monday, November 7, The Ali Forney Center ...reopened a 20-bed emergency shelter in Brooklyn as a shelter…
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Voices of the Movement for LGBTQ Homeless Youth
I attended a rally on Monday of this week put on by a coalition of organizations fighting for more homeless shelters for LGBTQ young people.…
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Breaking: Moscow Pride Banned Again
The Russian Government has marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by once again banning Moscow Gay Pride. Moscow's Deputy Mayor Ludmila Shvetsova cites…
Horiffic Homophobic Attack in TN
I usually write my own original content in this blog and don't simply repost other people's words. I try to add my perspective to what's…
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