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 [...]
Channeling Our Anger to Bend the Arc
BY MICHELLE E. BROWN It's been over 100 days and I'm still angry. I've been angry since November. It's not sour grapes just because my candidate did not win. [...]
Your Opinion Is Not Worth My Life
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH Recently, Heineken put out a long for advertisement and accompanying website, titled "Worlds Apart." The premise was to set up two [...]
When Mother's Day Isn't So Rosy
BY STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, PH.D. For some, Mother's Day is not a warm day of celebration. Many dread its arrival because their mother has passed or their [...]
Flaming, But Not In a Good Way
STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, PH.D. You have probably heard this term thrown around a lot lately – Gaslighting. Gaslighting is a psychological term we, as a nation, [...]
Disclosure and Deception
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH Caitlyn Jenner has an autobiography coming out, and sat down with Diane Sawyer to do an interview about her life as part of the [...]
Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families
BY DANA RUDOLPH This coming weekend, the March for Science in Washington, D.C. and hundreds of other global locations will encourage science that "upholds the [...]
7th Circuit Decision: 'Ultimate Case'
BY JAY KAPLAN Two very important and significant court decisions impacting LGBT rights were issued last week. The first, Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College [...]
Transmissions: Not Safe
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH As I write this, I am packing and planning my trek to Orlando, Florida for the 2017 LGBT Media Journalists Convening. While I should [...]
View From the Bottom: Have Your Cake
BY EMELL DERRA ADOLPHUS Cake is often the centerpiece of our celebrations. And depending on the occasion – birthdays, baptisms, and most of all, weddings – [...]
A Message from the Publishers
BY JAN STEVENSON AND SUSAN HOROWITZ This Sunday, hundreds of LGBT people will shop, dance, eat, drink and be merry at the 7th Annual Ultimate LGBT Wedding [...]
