Creep of the Week: Scott Lively
Happy Pride Month, everybody! June is the month when the sale of rainbow merchandise skyrockets and anti-gay right wingers decry the very right of LGBTQ [...]
Parting Glances: Hyde and seek with Dr. Cory
To diddle an old saying: You can't judge a gay author — or his book — by the cover. Case in point: Groundbreaking 1951 sociological expose, "The Homosexual in [...]
Trans During Wartime
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH There was a collective groan on the 8th of November 2016, as we saw Donald Trump take the presidency. With his victory, we knew that [...]
Wearing My Pride Like Some Rainbow Rompers!!!
BY MICHELLE E. BROWN Bet that got your attention! ROMPERS!! They've been around forever. No, I don't have one. No, I don't care if you wear one. No, I don't [...]
Creep of the Week: Laurie Higgins
For my mom's 63rd birthday my sisters and I took her to Drag Queen Bingo. She won a round and ended up on stage where she very proudly proclaimed that she had [...]
Mombian: LGBTQ Parents: Resistance, Persistence, and Pride
BY DANA RUDOLPH This wasn't the Pride Month I was looking forward to. I hoped we would be celebrating gains built on marriage equality, not battling to stop [...]
Parting Glances: Gone with the Winds of Rainbow Time
Fifty years ago Detroit's Washington Boulevard was a busy setting for exclusive shops, upscale restaurants, elegant bistros, stretching sedately from Grand [...]
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
As I write this I'm taking in the news of the bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. 22 confirmed dead so far. At least 59 injured. Truth be [...]
Don't Cry Alone. There is Help.
BY TONYA Y. GRIFFITH, LMSW The LGBTQ community is still fairly silent when it comes to having conversations about mental health. As a trauma-focused therapist [...]