Parting Glances: Once Upon a Time of Terror (Part 2)
Though perhaps unspoken among gay men and doctors nearly 40 years ago when the AIDS crisis started, the presumption of a death sentence was understood. When [...]
The Tradition of Connectedness
BY CURTIS LIPSCOMB It is that time again, and after months of strategic planning and securing partnerships, Detroit comes alive. The summer heat, the creative [...]
Transmissions; Uniformly Bad
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH Since prior to the last election, many have warned of the precarious position transgender law was on the federal level. While great [...]
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
When the country's chief law enforcement officer meets with a group that toils daily to hurt LGBTQ people, that's deeply troubling. But when he goes out of [...]
Creep of the Week: Linda Harvey
Have you raped a rainbow today? No, that isn't from a Skittles advertisement gone wrong. It's just what LGBTQ people do. Take things away from good Christians [...]
Parting Glances: Once upon a time of terror (Pt. 1)
It's been nearly 40 years since media stories began to appear about what seemed the onset of a pandemic among gay men (and drug users). The acronym for these [...]
Who Speaks For Us?
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH On a recent episode of Chelsea, a Netflix-based interview show, host Chelsea Handler asked guest Janet Mock about another transgender [...]
Be Vigilant, Be Informed, Speak Out to Oppose Religious Discrimination
BY JAY KAPLAN In the midst of LGBT Pride month celebrations, on June 22 a three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the injunction (stay) [...]
Creep of the Week: Karen Handel
Another day another truly terrible person elected to Congress. America is on a roll when it comes to voting for people who are the worst. As I write this I'm [...]
Parting Glances: Woo! Woo! You, too, Wonder Woman?
Sixty-three years ago, when I was a gay, impressionable teenage DC Comics Book fan, a shrink named Fredric Wertham claimed that the bitter seeds of crime were [...]
