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The LDS Church Male Hierarchy’s Full Frontal Against a Possible Female...

Even though Dallin Oaks, a top leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said that you cannot support LGBTQ+ rights and be a Latter-day Saint, it was worth putting the breaks on the...

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Trump’s Latest Salvo Directed at Rendering Trans People Invisible & Silent

This is an update and addition to a previous commentary. While running for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump said at campaign rallies that he would be a different kind of Republican because he would...

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What the Recent Attack on Jussie Smollett Can Teach You About Allyship

On early Tuesday, January 29, 2019, actor, and all around amazing entertainer, Jussie Smollett was the target of a racist, homophobic attack in Chicago. The actor, apparently by himself at the time,...

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Gay Man Quits Cult After Trying Reparative Therapy

Matthew Olshefski grew up in a loving household with two parents and two siblings. When he was 12, however, the family joined a religious cult that would soon shake up Matthew’s sense of self. — Check...

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Election Prompts Queer Woman To Stop Living Fake Life

For a long time, Chris Landtroop was out to herself but mostly lived her queer life under the radar. After the 2016 Presidential elections, however, she soon realized that not living openly was hurting...

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Lesbian Avenger Recalls Highlights Of 1994 ‘Pride Ride’

Cathie Berrey-Green was living in Austin, Texas in 1994 when she decided to join the Lesbian Avengers, an LGBTQ activist group. It being the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Cathie and three...

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Gay Man Comes Out to Friends…

From a young age, Luis Carlo Parga was advised by his father to “embrace being different.” This was a lesson that would stay with him throughout his life and inspire him to bring his authentic self to...

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Sometimes I’m a Woman, Sometimes a Man

Throughout their life, Erin Busbee was regularly perceived to be a boy. While they wrestled with how comfortable they were with this perception, Erin eventually learned to embrace the fluidity of their...

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You’re Not a Suitable Candidate

I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and then I was raised in Philadelphia, and then I went to Baltimore to go to Johns Hopkins for their gender program. I don’t know if it was the first place in the...

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1990s: Gay Man Fights for Inclusion and Representation in Chicago’s Veteran...

I had already agreed to start the Chicago chapter gay, lesbians, and bisexual veterans of America, GLBVA. That was 1991. — It’s never too early to start talking about Father’s Day on The Good Men...

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2000s: A Civil Union in Vermont and a Marriage in Massachusetts

When Vermont began permitting civil unions, Ted Chapin and his husband got one. When Massachusetts began allowing marriage rights to same-sex couples, Ted and his husband got married. Which date do...

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How the New York Media Covered the Stonewall Riots

Chad Painter, University of Dayton The Stonewall riots were a six-night series of protests that began in the early morning of June 28, 1969, and centered around the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York...

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1948: Father Sends Gay Son to Two Psychologists

When his father began suspecting Stanley might be gay, he took him to a couple of psychologists. Luckily, neither psychologist tried to change Stanley – and he would continue to have a loving...

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A Year After the Raising of the Rainbow Flag Incident in Egypt

— The Egyptian Initiative calls for an immediate stop of this campaign and stresses the need to respect the rights of those accused in accordance with constitutional and legal guarantees at all stages...

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Bhutan Takes First Steps Towards Decriminalizing Homosexuality

— In a historic effort, Bhutan’s national assembly, the country’s lower house of parliament, took the first step toward decriminalizing what is described in their law books as ‘unnatural sex’, which...

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LGBTQ Civil Rights Organization Launches Gender Justice Toolkit w/ Celebrity...

#WordsMatterGenderJustice #WordsMatter #NBJCAdvocacy DETROIT—The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), officially launched its Words Matter: Gender Justice Matters toolkit, this weekend, at the 2019...

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Log Cabin Republicans’ Trump Endorsement Betrays the Cause of Civil Rights

  The Log Cabin Republicans, a conservative alleged LGBTQ rights organization, has recently endorsed Donald Trump for reelection in 2020. Though the group did not formally come out in favor of Trump’s...

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New Study Reveals Best States for LGBTQ Rights

— BestPlaces.net looked at ten indicators to produce the first ranking of Best States for LGBTQ Rights. Same-sex marriage is the only Federal right, so other related rights vary widely across the 50...

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They Are Our Kids and They Were Purposely Chosen

When Gregory first met his husband, their first date conversation quickly turned to raising a family and their mutual desire to have kids. Before long, they were living together and exploring the...

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Trauma and Trump: The Rise of Amish Authoritarianism

When people today think of the Old Order Amish they tend to romanticize: kerosene lamplight, no television or Twitter, plain dress, horse-drawn buggies and the simple farmer’s life. What they do not...

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