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The anguish of loss and the promise of ‘it gets better.’

The anguish of loss and the promise of ‘it gets better.’

We have to do better because Leelah isn’t the only young person in this position or facing this level of crisis. We have to do better and truly love these youth because the people who should be there for them often are not and are the people torturing these kids.

December 30, 2014 Comments are Disabled general
This week in HIV/AIDS, December 30, 2014

This week in HIV/AIDS, December 30, 2014

This week in HIV/AIDS, is an ongoing weekly blog series where I highlight news or commentary about HIV/AIDS in an attempt to increase the dialogue about HIV/AIDS within the LGBTQ community.

December 30, 2014 Comments are Disabled Activism, general
Will State Strategies Propel LGBTQ Rights Forward in 2015?

Will State Strategies Propel LGBTQ Rights Forward in 2015?

What will the LGBTQ movement need to focus upon in 2015 and how. Commentary regarding a state-level strategy for LGBTQ issues as identified by David Mariner and published on The Billerico Project.

December 30, 2014 Comments are Disabled Activism, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies
The future of LGBTQ Rights is bleak: Eminem is gay?

The future of LGBTQ Rights is bleak: Eminem is gay?

See James Franco realizes what a bunch of assholes we are that we will believe anything put before us, when it is done by some guy who collectively, we want to get in their pants. And by that, I mean Franco’s as wells Eminem’s.

December 27, 2014 Comments are Disabled Activism
A Gay Man Reads ‘Lesbian for a Year.’

A Gay Man Reads ‘Lesbian for a Year.’

Review of the book, “Lesbian for a Year” by Brooke Hemphill which documents Hemphill’s history seeking intimacy through sex, and includes a year where she dates women exclusively.

December 26, 2014 Comments are Disabled general, Review
Christmas 2014: What we choose to believe and disbelieve.

Christmas 2014: What we choose to believe and disbelieve.

Ideas about myths and realities that we either accept or choose to disbelieve including Santa Claus, Jesus’ virgin birth, and an anti-police movement.

December 25, 2014 Comments are Disabled general
A Gay Man Sees “The Gays”

A Gay Man Sees “The Gays”

There is a great need for cultural critique and someone needs to really skewer modern gay male culture. But, “The Gays” neither glorifies Fag overindulgence and self absorption nor adequately indicts it in a way which becomes humorous.

December 21, 2014 Comments are Disabled general, Review
This week in HIV/AIDS: December 22, 2014

This week in HIV/AIDS: December 22, 2014

This week, I start a new series of posts regarding HIV/AIDS, where weekly, I’ll post about one or more related items I’ve seen in my news feed or elsewhere.

December 18, 2014 Comments are Disabled general
KYS, Stigma, HIV, and Hornet

KYS, Stigma, HIV, and Hornet

I received an email today regarding HIV and stigma partly in reply to a series of posts I wrote about HIV back at the end of November: 2014, HIV and the Gay Community Who deserves HIV/AIDS? HIV and accountability HIV and PrEP The email came from Sean Howell, CEO at Hornet, an online gay men’s dating app. The app has what Sean called the KYS (Know Your Status) feature and grew out of much work with[Read More…]

December 17, 2014 Comments are Disabled Activism, general
Guest Post: What’s it like coming out in different areas of the country?

Guest Post: What’s it like coming out in different areas of the country?

Blogger’s note: a few weeks ago, I received a request from someone who wanted to write a guest blog post for my blog, and the post that resulted from that request is below. I have not used guest blog posts at all, and I was hesitant at first but decided to accept a post anyway. From my perspective, I was handed an opportunity and I could take it or not. The opinions expressed are strictly[Read More…]

December 14, 2014 Comments are Disabled general