GOP Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler: I Don’t Always Cry at Weddings. Just Gay Ones.
258-169. That’s the final vote tally in the House of Representatives for the Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA), which repeals the odious anti-equality [...]
Driving Mother Knickers: Recalling My Special Friendship with Charles Alexander
Every night the call would come. “Any gossip?” he would ask. Sadly, there wasn’t usually much worth mentioning since we’d spoken just [...]
Proud Boys Misunderstand What 'Slay, Queen' Means, Bring Guns to Drag Event
You know what the scariest thing about drag queen story hour is? The part where hooded men wearing body armor show up with assault rifles.That’s what [...]
From One Whale to Another: Watching ‘The Whale’ as a Fat Queer Man
When Brendan Fraser’s character Charlie first appears in director Darren Aronofsky’s new film “The Whale,” he is masturbating to gay [...]
In Praise of Finding Comfort Within Queer Found Family After Club Q Tragedy
Just ahead of the 2018 midterms, I was attending a GOTV prep meeting for Mallory McMorrow’s first state Senate campaign when I received a text from my [...]
Club Q Shooter’s Dad: My Child Might Be a Murderer, But at Least They’re Not Gay
Note: The Club Q shooting suspect identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. However, their father uses “he/him” pronouns when referring to his child [...]
When Our Queer Safe Spaces No Longer Exist, Where Do We Go When Tragedy Strikes?
Sunday morning, we woke up to another massacre targeting members of the queer community. Our sense of community causes our pain. We mourn the loss, not because [...]
A Man Walks Into a Bar — Another Horrific Day in the United Guns of America
We’ve all been to a place like Club Q. An unassuming place tucked into a strip mall that doesn’t look like much from the outside, but offers a [...]
We Are Sad, Angry and Weary. And We Are Asking More From Our Leaders.
It’s been a brutal year for mass killings in a broken America. In 2022, victims include young schoolchildren, college students, grocery shoppers and, once [...]
Men Are From Mars, Women Need a Penis: Life on Planet Shapiro
Let’s take a trip in the way-back machine to “Saturday Night Live” in the late 1970s. Specifically to the recurring skit featuring The [...]
