For as long as I’ve followed the news and its weekly examples of the latest clergy or politician who has professed what are often called “family values” — which everyone knows is code for anti-LGBTQ+ equality — it has become routine, even expected, to find
What does the reversal of Roe mean for Obergefell? Overturning marriage equality is now a present threat. Many of the issues both people of color and LGBTQ+ Americans confronted in President Trump’s first term — health care, unemployment, housing, immigration, voting rights, among others —
James Dobson, the late founder of Focus on the Family and an adviser to five U.S. presidents, became one of the most influential evangelical leaders in the United States from the late 20th century onward. Through his 70-plus books, radio broadcasts and political lobbying, he
Admit it. Loving LGBTQ+ relationships could be better. It’s the cultural messages about ideal relationships that actually keep us from having relationships that are all we’d like them to be. No matter how damaging these messages might be, society has little incentive to change them
The standard explanation is that Pride Month commemorates the date of the Stonewall uprising in June 1969, but with time and hard-won successes, its celebrations became more like LGBTQ+ expos or commercial fairs than Stonewall-commemorating fights for acceptance and liberation. The larger ones not only
It’s so much more than rainbow logos What does Pride mean today? Is it the vibrant parade of colors marching down the street? The rush of joy as music blares through the alleys and people dance uninhibitedly. Or is it a political statement, a reminder
There will be parades and observances across America this Memorial Day commemorating U.S. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. But not all service members will be honored for their acts of service, bravery, and patriotism. Back in the day, LGBTQ+ service members who died
Team Trump Just Killed a Queer Health Project Critical to My Wellbeing All of us rural queers need some attention and respect I was so happy to open an email last week from a research team studying the mental health of thousands of rural queer
What was I doing on March 31, 2009? I wasn’t observing the first International Transgender Day of Visibility. Back in the U.S. after years in Quebec raising a foster child with my gay partner, I was writing novels and living a Bohemian lifestyle in a Detroit
If only we could embrace diversity the way Nature does Don’t get me wrong: I like all the letters that could be added to become LGBTQI+. In fact, I think there should be more — the more, the merrier. Now, that will drive copy editors