How Entertainment Weekly Changed My Life as a Gay Kid and Led Me to Become a Journalist
You wouldn’t be reading this right now if it weren’t for Entertainment Weekly. EW is why I became a journalist. This fact only makes it stranger, [...]
I’m Not Mad … I’m Disappointed in Jussie Smollett: On the Cultural Ramifications of a Staged Hate Crime
I rarely watch television. My demanding job is equivalent to a reality television show, so most evening broadcasts hardly entertain me. But there was a time on [...]
Censoring the Censors: How You Can Fight Back Against Conservative Attacks on Inclusive Books Across the Country
Preschooler Heather is no stranger to opposition. Lesléa Newman’s 1989 “Heather Has Two Mommies,” the first picture book to depict [...]
Sondheim Found Just the Right Words to Illustrate My Life as a Gay Man
I never met Stephen Sondheim or had an endearing correspondence with him. Apparently, there are a lot of people who have framed letters from him, or a [...]
Free to Be: Michigan's Dismissal of Gender Reassignment Requirement Is a Long Time Coming
"To hold that piece of paper brought tears to my eyes." That is how my friend and former ACLU of Michigan colleague Amy Hunter says it felt to finally obtain a [...]
Is Queer Art with the Word 'F*g' In It Still Worth Celebrating?
I've been wrestling with one painting ever since selecting works for a new exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) back in September [...]
Hotter Than July Helped Me Share How Proud I Am to Be Bisexual
Growing up, I followed in my mother's footsteps. Like many single Black women raising a child, she represented diligence and poise. I performed femininity out [...]
I've Fought for LGBTQ+ Equality for Decades. Then a Dream Came True: I Threw Out the First Pitch at a Detroit Tigers Game.
On June 11, I realized a dream come true 33 years in the making when I got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Detroit Tigers game, part of the [...]
Rep. Jeremy Faison Attempts to Kill Gay Country Music Star Bill
You know how they say there's no such thing as bad publicity? And also how they say don't feed the trolls? Well, in a convergence of the two I have discovered [...]
Being a Trans-Affirming Parent is Support, Not Abuse
I've posted quite a bit about trans kids, but I haven't talked about their parents. Republicans are characterizing parents like me as dangerous, reckless, [...]
Caitlyn Jenner Throws Her MAGA Hat Into the Ring for California Governor
Congratulations, everyone! We did it! Anti-LGBTQ+ bias is over and done now that Caitlyn Jenner is running to be California's next governor! If we've learned [...]
How Lil Nas X Is Leading Black Queerness Out of Purgatory
If it feels like Lil Nas X releases a new video for "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" every day, it is because the Twitterverse and Lil Nas himself haven't had [...]
