GLBT

I live in a small, mostly Christian town, that's generally pegged as being conservative. It's not an area that's know for being open-minded, so the first local Pride Festival created a stir.  Read More »

You are fifteen and you are in love. You are all the things a fifteen-year-old usually is when in love. You are wide-eyed and hopeful. You are single-minded and not to be convinced that he is not The One. You are also terrified, cold, lost, and confused, because up until tonight, when you felt you would burst if you didn’t tell someone how you feel about him, you had a home. But then you told your parents that you are head over heels in love with another boy. Now you live on the street.
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This year, Day of Silence made me want to scream.  Read More »

I'm sure many of you know about, heard of, or participated in the Day of Silence today. This year was my first year participating and I found it very moving and enlightening.  Read More »

The Rainbow Families annual conference was this weekend. It is a convocation of resources for GLBT families all over the Upper Midwest. There are workshops about legal protection of partners and children, artificial insemination, transgender parenting issues, saving for college, and adoption, just to name a few. I've gone to the prospective parent workshops before, so this year, I decided to do the educator track. What I learned about the school conditions of GLBT youth was upsetting. It hasn't gotten much better in the ridiculously huge number of years since I graduated from high school.  Read More »

DISCLAIMER: Pursuant to this country's right to free speech, I can and WILL post this blog which contains my opinion. I welcome comments, both for and against, what I believe in. I would say that if you plan on using my blog to post comments promoting hatred and discrimination, I would advise against it.  Read More »

At a Purim-themed burlesque show last night, I felt a definite sense that something progressive was unfolding around me. People of many ethnicities, faiths, and orientations were gathered at the gay bar to celebrate a classic tale of speaking truth to power. The energy at the bar was suffused with the spirit of something, but was it progress?  Read More »

"I just want to be tolerated!"

It's a line I hear often from a rather large amount of my gay/lesbian/bi friends; a line that resonates throughout the overal LGBT community. So, I find myself guiltily wondering, is it selfish of me to want more?  Read More »