Why I’m a Proud Queer for Palestine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would shake his head at this title. During Netenyahu’s speech to Congress last year, he took time for an [...]
Trump Uses National Child Abuse Prevention Month to Push Anti-Trans Agenda
I am writing this from Philadelphia, “the birthplace of America.” If I were America, I would be desperately searching for that big cervix in the sky [...]
Respect Yourself: Why Using Terms Like 'Tranny' Is Not Empowering
Words can make or break a person. How you communicate with another informs their perception of you, and how you allow others to communicate with you also forms [...]
America's Detransition: The Far Right's Coordinated Attack on Climate Policy and Trans Rights
Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media AssociationWhat if the far-right’s endgame isn’t just stopping progress, but erasing it [...]
No Room for Creeps: Stand for Trans Dignity on Transgender Day of Visibility and Every Day
I’m writing this column on International Transgender Day of Visibility. Michigan’s own transgender activist Rachel Crandall Crocker founded TDoV in [...]
Finding the Courage to Flee the U.S. to Save My Trans Daughter
Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media AssociationWell, we did it. Two weeks ago, I climbed into our SUV with my 23-year-old trans daughter and I [...]
An Open Letter to Gavin Newsom From a Former Trans Supporter Who Feels Betrayed
Say, Gavin:As I dug through my photo library on my phone the other day, I came across a photo from September of 2004. A friend of mine, Cecilia Chung, was being [...]
Marco Rubio Helps Trump Pull Off A Disappearing Act That Isn’t Magic — It’s Criminal
Little Marco. Remember when Donald Trump used to call Marco Rubio that? Trump was obviously referring to Rubio’s short stature and, knowing Trump, also [...]
Instead of Yelling at Clouds, an Old Man in Wisconsin Voices Support for Rainbows
Hello and welcome to yet another day of the horrifying reality show none of us can escape from: the “Destroy the U.S.” edition of “The [...]
Gavin Newsom Throws Trans People to the Wolves in the Name of Political Ambition
On the way home from the gym this evening, my 15-year-old son asked me what I thought about transgender women participating in certain sports. He gave an [...]
Pragmatic Joy: Four Ways You Can Help Michigan's LGBTQ+ Community Thrive Despite Political Headwinds
I could go on at length (just ask my loved ones) about the palpable disappointment I’ve been feeling lately as “centrist Democrats” (we used [...]
Uniting with Trans People: Why Solidarity Is Essential for the Whole LGBTQ+ Community
When straight people see the acronym LGBTQ+, they tend to think of the varied people falling under its broad umbrella as a monolith — a cohesive group of [...]
Iowa Republicans Tell Transgender People in the State to Disappear or GTFO
“Today, I signed into law a bill that safeguards the rights of women and girls,” Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) said in a video posted to X.Sounds good [...]
Trump Administration Somehow Only Finds 'Merit' in Straight Cisgender White Men
Say what you want about Democrats, but at a bare minimum, at least Democratic administrations hired qualified people. For the most part, people appointed by [...]
Why MAGA Fans Are Afraid of My Parenting Style (and Why I'm Doubling Down On It)
The haters are out in full force, already feeling emboldened by this new administration. I will never understand the fear that surrounds the need to enforce [...]
The Trump Administration Is Erasing Transgender People in the Past and in the Present
Greetings from New Orleans. I’m writing this at my dearest friend’s house in Algiers Point. I have to admit, I wasn’t thrilled with the idea [...]
The New York Times Is Complicit in Trump’s War on Transgender People
I’d like to give a very special fuck you to The New York Times and all of the other major newspapers that went out of their way to get Donald Trump [...]
Under Trump, U.S. No Longer Stands for Human Rights, Decency
MEXICO CITY — Then-President Donald Trump on July 16, 2018, defended Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference that took place in [...]
Democrats Counter Republican Screams with Cowardly Silence
I’m watching the United States fall to fascism in real time and yet the alarm bell that I, and so many others, are ringing is being ignored by the [...]
Today Is the Day: Rallies at State Capitols, Including One in Lansing, as Transgender Activism Comes Alive
Every revolution has a starting point, a historical touchstone that when looked back upon, people will say it was when anger and fear and ideologies coalesced [...]
Trump Waves Magic Marker to Try to Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Trans People
It is simply impossible to keep up with the barrage of anti LGBTQ+ news coming out of the Trump Administration. Upon taking office, Trump wasted no time signing [...]
Why Scott Bessent, Trump's New Gay Treasury Secretary, Must Denounce Anti-Trans Actions
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent, President Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, in a rare bipartisan vote of 68-29.
The Trump Administration Has Declared War on Trans People. Fight Back.
Well, it’s happening. As I write this, the absolute worst president of my lifetime (and quite possibly ever!) is being sworn in to do the job again. At [...]
