When Shawn Binder got sick, he found himself grateful for the way his father prepared him for the worst.
No One’s Sexual Assault is Funny
Nico Lang insists that despite the fact that we’ve been desensitized to gay jokes and making fun of prison rape, nobody’s rape is funny.
Changing the Politics of Street Harassment Means More Men Must Step Up
Nico Lang was thirteen when he was given his first Playboy, along with the message that “real men” make women into objects for their own pleasure.
Steve Grand, Country Music and The United States of Amnesia
Nico Lang explains that if he’s successful, Grand will be the first country singer to get famous because of his sexuality, rather than in spite of it. But we need to be mindful of who is still being left out.
Why ‘Star Wars’ Still Matters
Scott Brady discusses German philosophy regarding the nature of morality—and how it all relates to Star Wars, of course.
I Almost Witnessed a Hate Crime
“I am a person of color and I am gay, and I live within a LGBTQ community that seems to not be able to reconcile that.”
This Is Not An Article About Being Positive
When Joseph Varisco was diagnosed as being HIV+, he learned a lot of things. But mostly he learned just how complex people can be.