The Year We Fight Back
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith By now, the crowds have dispersed from Times Square, leaving behind heaps of confetti, deflated balloons and the odd, broken pair of [...]
Transmissions: Deadnames
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith On Dec. 2, a fire broke out in a warehouse building in Oakland, California. Its tenants knew the building as Ghost Ship; it housed an [...]
Going High: Hard Work, Frank Talk & Not Backing Down
I remember being told as a child that "sticks and stones will break your bones but names/words can never hurt you." There was even a snappy retort — "I'm [...]
Why We Need Safe Spaces
By Keith Orr My husband and I are the owners of the aut BAR, a gay bar and cafe. We work hard to provide good food and drink. We strive to provide good, or [...]
Positive Thoughts: A Sense of Community
By Jeff Berry Community is a word I often hear bandied about at various HIV meetings, conferences, and gatherings, but it's sometimes a loaded word that often [...]
Mombian: Picking Up the Shards
By Dana Rudolph I made a cake on Nov. 8 to celebrate what I thought would be Hillary Clinton's election. For decoration, I melted sugar into sheets and broke [...]
Weathering the Storm
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith As I write this, it is late autumn. The weather, just recently still as warm as summertime, has turned cold, and the day was a rainy [...]
ACLU's Moss Defiant, Committed to Fight After Election Delivers Trump
Kary Moss, Executive Director Edith Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court case, United States v. Windsor, which successfully overturned [...]
How Do We Find Hope in a Time of Fear and Recriminations?
Ligia (Romero-Balcarcel), who is my caseworker at the Lansing Area AIDS Network, told me as I first start discussing this speech to accept the Kaye McDuffie [...]
The Band-Aid's Been Ripped Off
Many are wondering what the holy hell happened Nov. 8. Progressive/liberals/dreamers believed, as a society, we had grown — evolved to be inclusive and more [...]
Transmissions: Remembrance
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith I've long dedicated my like to transgender causes. In 1993, before the internet had really become "a thing," I was fighting America [...]
Why I Took on Charles Pugh
By Austin Williams Last week after Charles Pugh took a plea deal https://pridesource.com/article.html?article=78771, the victim in that case identified [...]
