Caitlyn Jenner Blames 'Woke Teachers' for the Existence o Trans Kids
As the old Cyndi Lauper song goes, “Money changes everything.”No matter how many times US Weekly proclaims "stars — they’re just like [...]
Gov. Reeves Tells Transgender Mississippians to Go Cis Themselves
Gov. Tate Reeves and his fellow Republicans want to help the children of Mississippi.This is great news! There are so many choices! So many ways to better the [...]
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Throws Transgender Students to the Wolves
Who trashed it best?
Open Letter to Robert Gruss, Anti-Gay Catholic Bishop and My Neighbor
This story is a response to the Prism & Pen writing prompt, Let’s Write Very Queer Letters to Politicians and Community Leaders!Dear Robert,I hope you [...]
Op-Ed: A Vote for Biden Is a Vote for the LGBTQ+ Community
As a proud LGBTQ+ Michigander, I know there’s only one choice this November to protect our community’s rights and freedoms — and that’s [...]
Right-Wing Extremists Continue Their War on What's Really Hurting Our Kids: Books
Pop quiz time!If you had a dollar for every time a book was banned during the 2023-2024 school year, you would have:$4$40$400$4,000The answer is $4,000, though [...]
Idaho Legislators Continue to Flex Their Muscles, Use Those Muscles Against Trans Youth
The national political and legal landscape for transgender youth in Idaho is… not great!While it should be absolutely appalling that elected leaders in [...]
Tim Walberg: Michigan’s Worst Congressman?
Congressman Tim Walberg, a man with the name and look of a substitute teacher, is an unlikely candidate to grab headlines. Yet after his latest blowup over [...]
Trump Is Old And Tired, But That’s Not What Makes Him Objectively Terrible
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but old people get tired. Which is why disgraced former president Donald Trump fell asleep during day one of his [...]
25 and Out!
I am 52 years old and incredibly corny. As I write this, my final column, I keep hearing television variety show sign-off songs in my head, whether it’s [...]
Re-Remembering Brent Dorian Carpenter: A Writer Who Pushed Boundaries With His Fearless Essays
Over the past two decades, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing my name among the bylines in this paper of some pretty talented writers. I was blessed to win [...]
Lies, Lies — and the Conservatives Who Tell Them in Order to Assert Their Dominance
I know that this is going to come as a shock to everyone, but I have to say it: The folks who want to ban transgender people from public bathrooms and overturn [...]