Positive Thoughts: Finding Hope in 'Crystal City'
In the trailer for the new feature-length documentary film "Crystal City," Rob, who is living with HIV and four years sober, says that during his time dealing [...]
Creep of the Week: Trump Administration
Public Service Announcement: Wash your hands – more than you already do. And get yourself a bottle of rubbing alcohol and some cotton balls and swab down your [...]
Creep of the Week: Iowa House Republicans
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20717712 When I was in elementary school I was taught that the Mayflower landed at Cape [...]
Parting Glances: A CT Black History Remembrance
As an emerging gay teenager, I attended Cass Technical High School where I was fortunate to soon discover there were others like myself in the process of [...]
Positive Thoughts: I'm a Beautiful Black Queen Living With HIV, Not Stigma
By Porchia Dees I am a Beautiful Black Queen Living with HIV. It has taken a long time for me to come to terms with that statement, because the concepts of [...]
Creep of the Week: Steven Hotze
When I went to the library recently there was a black man, maybe in his 30s, standing outside collecting signatures. Being civic-minded and nosey, I [...]
A Hair-Raising Talk of Race, Sex and Gender
While I typically write about trans issues, this particular column will not start with a story about a transgender or nonbinary person. Rather, it begins with [...]
Parting Glances: Dopplegangers, Big 10 and Me
As a recent resident of the Henry Ford Senior Retirement Village Community, consisting of some 800 units — I live in Berkshire Gardens — I have had some [...]
