Cardinal Raymond Burke
Welp, child sex abuse in the Catholic Church is in the news again and wouldn’t you know it, the Catholic Church is trying to...
Steve King II
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) doesn’t really know anything about gays and lesbians except for one thing: He doesn’t like them. Not one bit. ...
Digital divide
As we’ve seen in recent years, social media has the power to create tremendous change. With the click of a button, messages can reach...
Everyday heroes
Last Saturday, a gunman opened fire at a constituent event held by U. S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in Tucson, Ariz., killing six...
Loss of a true leader
If you’re like me, you hate to go to funerals. In fact, many of us in the LGBT community have gone to far too...
Symbols and words matter
In defending the Confederate flag flying on public property in South Carolina, political pundit Sara Fagen said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with George...
Letters and Feedback
Power 99/Clear Channel, it’s 2011 for God’s sake! We’ve come a long way. We have done a ton of learning and...
Metcalfe’s mania
It is by no means a secret that state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is an opponent of LGBT rights. However, his actions this week...
Focusing our efforts for progress
Did the summer just end? It certainly did, and the fall political season, as expected, began right on time, the day after Labor Day....
Healthy living with HIV
As recently as the late 1980s, an HIV infection usually meant an early death. Within a few years or even a few months of...
Silver lining in Republican rhetoric
So how do you put a silver lining on Tuesday’s election? It’s not as hard as you may think for the LGBT community. ...
Questions you’ve asked me
I asked my Facebook friends to suggest topics for this week’s column. They came up with subjects such as bullying, LGBT history, the White...
Transphobia
Being in middle school is tough. Your body is going through often-mortifying changes: acne, body hair, growth spurts. Your hormones are raging. Kids are...
Give us some love, guv
The bill that would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity or expression” to the state’s nondiscrimination law was voted out of the House State...
From Stonewall to the White House
I was sitting on the train Monday heading to Washington, D.C., to join the president and First Lady at the White House for their...
Living life to the fullest
This time of year, we all get to pause and reflect on the new year, and what the last year brought. For...
Creep of the Week: Richard Land
I’ve been critical of antigay folks for a long time. I’ve even been known to call them names (“creep,” for example), but...
Truth telling
Coming out is a highly personal process. As the community celebrates National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, as well as LGBT...
Vote for change
We’re just as excited as the next person for the 2016 election season to be behind us. While a good portion of that has...
Making it better
News came this week that a transgender teen took his own life in a Philadelphia suburb, a tragedy that illustrates the wealth of work...
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