The COVID vaccine is safe and important for LGBTQ people
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Aimee Stephens was a transgender woman.
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How a Supreme Court decision could determine the 2020 presidential election
My husband, Jason, asked an intriguing question on our daily Facebook Livestream this week. What will the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling on LGBT nondiscrimination...
The emotional impact of social distancing
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If Carroll can’t get justice, how can we?
Like millions of American women, I’ve been reading E. Jean Carroll for decades. Witty, incisive, uncompromising and very, very smart, her work has appeared...
Congress Must Act for LGBTQ People
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton that gay, lesbian and trans people are covered by Title VII of...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
The Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ workers are protected under federal employment discrimination law. This is huge. In another world we’d be celebrating this...
Biden puts U.S. on LGBT world stage
Last week I wrote that the U.S. State Department sent out a directive to all U.S. embassies throughout the world. Simply put, it told...
Happy 20th birthday, Philly Black Pride
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Everybody is a little bit racist, homophobic, prejudiced
Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, first observed as an official federal holiday in 1986. While most of you will be enjoying a...
Creep of the week: Karen Pence
Imagine walking into art class one day in grade school and finding that none other than Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Mike Pence,...
Creep of the Week: Ken Harrison
I haven’t thought about Steve Bannon in a hot minute. Best minute of my life, now that I think about it.
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Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
As I write this, it is Election Day in America. Millions and millions of people have already voted and today people are in lines...
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
If all goes well, by the time you read this Donald Trump will no longer be president. But 2021 has not been going well....
Pope Francis: If you don’t have something nice to say, then say nothing.
It’s disappointing, though not surprising, that Pope Francis recently came out and said that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions. The man has...
Creep of the Week: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
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LGBT history, from burlesque to drag
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