Open Letter to SCOTUS: Are LGBTQ Persons a Protected Class?
Are LGBTQ persons a protected class, and if not why shouldn’t they be?
Recent Posts
This Week in HIV/AIDS: HRC Guide Provides Crucial Advice
HRC released a new booklet/guide that provides valuable information in a readable format.
Hiatus to Continue for a Few More Weeks
As most of my regular readers know, I put the blog on hiatus, a few weeks ago, and the plan was to take eight weeks away from blogging and social media. I am feeling more ready to return earlier than that, but not quite yet, so the hiatus will continue for now. Thanks to all those still visiting the blog for being readers, and hang around till I get back to posting regularly.
Indiana and discrimination: Is this the beginning of gay segregation?
Time will tell how these laws pan out. Some believe they will be ruled unconstitutional, others see a very long road ahead to undo the damage they are now doing. Time will tell.
Major announcement coming regarding Andre Gray
Police announce bodies of Andre Gray and Paul Kochu found in West VA- no further details released.
Male Privilege 101
This Philadelphia Magazine article is a must read for anyone who struggles to understand the concept of privilege and especially male privilege. The other day, I had a discussion on Whisper (I know, not a bastion for level headed dialogue) with someone who thought feminism was just a fancy word for female whining about men. We sent cordial, respectful, and honest messages back and forth for quite a while as they finally came around and[Read More…]
James Franco Don’t Know Jack About Gay
Franco has identity (how a person self identifies), orientation (one’s biological/organic predisposition), and expression (one’s gender presentation in relation to gender norms) mixed up and treating them s if they are one and the same thing.
Dolce Gabbana Hypocrisy
Many people within the LGBTQ movement can be seen as hindering progress towards full equality every bit as much as Dolce and Gabbana.
Gay Pi
At some point, we will have a calculation a little more complex than pi perhaps, which helps us describe sexual orientation in the way pi helps us describe a perfect circle. We aren’t there yet. Science isn’t there yet, and the calculation hasn’t yet been worked out, but in time, it will.
It gets better (if you’re alive to tell about it).
Even on days when I’m barely breathing, I think it is an extremely small price to have paid to still be alive! I have lived and am continuing to live such a tremendous and exciting and rewarding journey, and I shudder at how quickly and easily my life almost ended because I wanted it to stop.