Gay Pride 2012 on The Good Life
From our roots at Stonewall to the history we’re making today, our queer families, our straight allies, and the future of gay pride. Our pride, parades, politics, and love, in The Good Life on The Good Men Project.
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Where Do Pride Parades Come From?
Heather N. takes us back to Stonewall, birthplace of the modern Gay Pride movement.
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No More Red Ribbons
Michael Triplett at this year’s Gay Pride wonders, Did AIDS go away?
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Pride’s Progress: The Mainstreaming of Gay Culture
Stefan Borst-Censullo believes the mainstream success of Pride Parades means the gay rights movement is winning.
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Healthy People Get the Flu Too: A Poem
Gregory Sherl notes that “running water does not care about sodomy.”
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The Corn Curl Experiment
Lizzie Stark tells a story of four high school friends, coming out, AIDS, and how their friendship—and their cheesy, irresistible puff of corn—last for decades.
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I Think You’d Be Proud of Who I’ve Become, Dad
Jared Karol used to be embarrassed to have a gay dad.
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A Boy’s First Pride
Avital Norman Nathman explains Pride to her son, a boy who has loved the rainbow parade all his life.
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What I Learned From Launching WhenICameOut.com
Jessica Wode finds the common threads in hundreds of coming out stories.
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The Perfect Match: When Love Means Giving an Organ
Joshua Taylor had already given his heart to his boyfriend of 15 years, Ryan Doughty. Then Ryan needed a kidney. Savas Abadsidis writes of true love and other miracles in this heartwarming real-life fairy tale of a gay couple who get a happy ending.
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Christian Exorcism Leads to Gay Teen’s Suicide
“Love the sinner, hate the sin” is a cop out, says Christian Piatt. On the courage to love our gay neighbors, and why Christians are charged with preventing bullying and suicide of LGBT youth.
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Bear Pride
Christopher Banks’ funny, heartwarming introduction to bear culture in Australia and New Zealand.
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The Future is Celebration
Everyone has a secret. Deanna Ogle finds our humanity in how we embrace one another, secrets and all, at a PostSecret event.
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Gay Catnip
John Dwyer, A straight Peace Corps Volunteer goes to D.C. Pride as an ally, never guessing at the support that would be reciprocated.
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Kings for a Day: A Bear’s First Pride
Gay pride is more than sex: it’s acceptance, diversity, and love. Tully Fitzsimmons finds healing in the acceptance of the crowds, from the pain of having been bullied long ago.
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It’s Time to Open Up Your Closet
Nikki B. points out how many different kinds of closets there are for us all to open.
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Everybody’s Trans: Gender Oppression Hurts All of Us
Laverne Cox brings us her essay, originally printed on The Huffington Post, on why the freedom of gender expression is not just a trans issue.
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Half Court: An FTM Story
After a long journey, Eli Walker finally has a body that matches his heart’s desire.
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Transformers as an Allegory for Transsexualism in America
David Zucker’s zany theories likely come from staying up too late watching cartoons.
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The Monster at the End of This Post
Justin Cascio writes of juvenile fiction and transgender tropes: the first rule of monsters is learning who is a monster.
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The Long Road to Pride
From “Gays for Ford” to the 1979 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, Kile Ozier makes a lifetime journey to Pride.
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A Gay Cowboy’s First Castro Pride
Scott Terry grew up in serious cowboy culture, and was taught quite well what homosexuals were, so he knew he couldn’t really be one; he was just a regular guy attracted to other regular guys. Then he went to his first Pride parade, way back in 1987, and found … thousands upon thousands of regular guys just like him.
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OMFG They Passed the Gay Marriage Bill
Kaleb finds a new Empire State of Mind at the historic Stonewall.
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Gay Day at Disney Meets the Promise Keepers
Justin Cascio remembers when being out and proud has been a courageous, life-affirming act.
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What Do LGBT+ Have to Be Proud of?
Josh Whitfield asks, What do we in the LGBT+ community have to be proud of? The answer is, Ourselves. Here’s why.
—Photo credit: Avital Norman Nathman