Is The Constitution Passe?
By Abby Dees Thinking Out Loud Despite my radical spirit, my committed feminism and deep distrust of old establishments, after I went to law school I became [...]
Time For Dedicated Action
By Eric Radar Viewpoint President Obama made history last week when he proclaimed his support for LGBT equality in his second inaugural address. Never before [...]
At the Bottom of the Barrel
By Abby Dees If you are a regular reader of mine, perhaps you noticed that I was MIA last month. A dedicated procrastinator, l can't blame last month's [...]
Jodie Foster: Coming Out, Motherhood, and Contributing to the LGBT Community
By Dana Rudolph It's official. Not just "calling her then-partner 'my beautiful Cydney' in public" official. Not just "the kids have both their names" [...]
Lost in Translation - Django Unchained
First and foremost, let me say I am no movie critic. My tastes in film are as varied as my tastes in music, books and just about everything else. My personal [...]
Stay Committed To Fight
Eric W. Rader In the closing days of the Michigan Legislature's lame-duck session, Republicans hastily passed bills to fulfill the right-wing wishes of a [...]
Viewpoint: Intersections
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith When we talk about transgender rights we often view this as a singular, monolithic entity, uniquely positioned and separate from [...]
Confessions Of A Marriage Doubter
Opinion By Abby Dees I've been writing about marriage a lot lately, which seems weird to me because even up to my own wedding in 2008, I had mixed feelings [...]
Linden Schools Get An 'F' In Anti-Bullying
By Jim Larkin I find it interesting that Linden Superintendent Ed Koledo said Linden schools are "working hard to address bullying", "Fenton Gay Teen Takes [...]
Gender Identity Is Not A Disorder
By Kathleen LaTosch Viewpoint On Dec. 3 the American Psychology Association announced that it is replacing "Gender Identity Disorder" with the more neutral [...]
We're Going to The Supreme Court! The Supreme Court Takes Review of DOMA and Prop 8!
By James Esseks This is it – the Supreme Court marriage moment that the ACLU has been working towards for years. The Court announced today that it has granted [...]
Naming All The Parts
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith Viewpoint Definitions are slippery things. Language is constantly evolving and words change. New terms are created, old ones become [...]