A new study finds that students bullied because they are believed to be gay are much more likely than others to be suicidal and depressed.
LGBTQ Mentoring Program Transforms Life for Chicago Students
May 8, 2013 By 6 Comments
Lincoln Park High School is a pioneer for a new type of LGBTQ club that gives individuals the support they seek.
The Impossibility of the Closet
April 26, 2013 By 4 Comments
The “is he or isn’t he?” saga of former NFL All-Pro Kerry Rhodes suggests that keeping silent about one’s sexuality may no longer be an option.
Law That Would Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ For Minors Blocked by Federal Court
December 22, 2012 By 5 Comments
Conversion therapy is controversial, dangerous, and ineffective. But Christian-rights groups claim banning it violates the right to free speech.
California is First to Protect Gay Minors from Antigay “Therapy”
October 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
Annie Scudder of TrèsSugar talks about the measures taken by the golden state for LGBTQ teens.
Assumed Identities: 10/13
September 20, 2012 By 3 Comments
What have other people assumed they knew about you?
Guys, Was This Homophobia Week And Nobody Told Me?
September 3, 2012 By 4 Comments
Because seriously, I’ve read a lot of truly distressing anti-gay stories this week. Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio classifies gay people with murderers and rapists in its curriculum. A sociological course on “deviant behavior” includes, along with criminal behaviors like murder, rape, and robbery, the existence of homosexuals. Err, homosexuality is not deviant behavior, it [...]
Indecisive, Slutty, and Closeted: Bisexual Men in 3 Stereotypes
August 10, 2012 By 2 Comments
Tobias is everything you expect bi men to be, and then some.
Bisexual, Pansexual, Born or Made?
August 9, 2012 By 10 Comments
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse knows bisexuality is real, but wonders if he was born this way or made.
Can You Be Gay By Choice?
June 26, 2012 By 19 Comments
Choosing one’s own (sexual) identity: Shifting the terms of the ‘gay rights’ debate
Gay Day at Disney Meets the Promise Keepers
June 25, 2012 By 4 Comments
Justin Cascio remembers when being out and proud has been a courageous, life-affirming act.
What Do LGBT+ Have to Be Proud of?
June 23, 2012 By 4 Comments
What do we in the LGBT+ community have to be proud of? Us.
Everybody’s Trans: Gender Oppression Hurts All of Us
June 20, 2012 By 19 Comments
The freedom of gender expression is not just a trans issue.
Christian Exorcism Leads to Gay Teen’s Suicide
June 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
“Love the sinner, hate the sin” is a cop out, says Christian Piatt. On the courage to love our gay neighbors.
Spelling Queer With L, G, B, & T (and A, I, P…) Part 1
June 8, 2012 By 17 Comments
HeatherN offers a “Queer Dictionary” to help understand the terminology surrounding sexuality and gender.
Against the Violence Against Women Act?
May 19, 2012 By 188 Comments
Noah Brand investigates VAWA for himself, and discovers that it allows for equal protection under the law of all victims of domestic violence – regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
“It’s a woman’s job to make her man feel safe — a safe place that doesn’t expect him to do brave things just because he’s a man.”
This is a comment by Kat on the post “A Husband’s Job Is To Create Emotional Safety”.