So, today is June 1, the official start of LGBT Pride Month! A month of parties, commemorations, parades, and festivals that helps bring significant visibility to a population that must consistently fight to be seen. You see, one of the … Continue reading On Pride…
In the last month, I’ve watched countless news broadcasts and social media updates focusing on first, North Carolina’s HB2 with its restriction on bathroom access, and then, a directive from the Obama administration to allow transgender youth access to bathrooms … Continue reading On Bathrooms…
Word is that the FDA has “finally lifted their ban on gay men donating blood.” For those of you who didn’t know how this all went down, you’d go up, fill out the questionnaire for men and whatnot, and one of the questions was “Have you ever had sex with a man, even once, since 19XX (I think it was 78, but I could be wrong…)?” Until I was 20, I always lied and said no, I’d go on in, give my blood, get my cute sticker, feel good about myself, and encourage others to do the same. I had … Continue reading On Donating Blood…
I guess the cat’s out of the bag now, eh? The headline-grabbing hack of Ashley Madison and subsequent disclosure of the 38 million users’ personal information has opened a door on a notion that many beyond these 38 million wished … Continue reading On Ms. Madison…(Ashley, that is…)
I was in my car. Driving back home after a visit to friends when I turned on the news in my car. It was almost 10 a.m. and I waited…anticipating the worst. I was apprehensive, yet, had feigned for years that this sort of fight (for marriage rights that is…) wasn’t one that was going to impact me anyway. I was a little angry actually–there were so many other fights that needed fighting: trans* rights and protections, employment non-discrimination, the scourge of bullying and anti-LGBTQ discrimination in schools–and here we were, pouring millions into a fight that we were probably … Continue reading On Marriage…
It’s unfathomable to me. I just don’t quite understand–how can someone make a conscious choice to enter a house of worship and systematically annihilate those inside? What is it about this person, in some ways similar to me, White and … Continue reading On Charleston…
Gene Kelly, Ph.D. 