“The Trans Question” Is Harmful to Everyone
"What is a woman?" Politicians seem obsessed with trans people, and it's getting scary. Rachel Levine - Assistant Secretary of Health for HHS and a transgender woman, testifies before [...]
My daughter’s gender expression often leads to her being misgendered.
She loves her haircut and wearing black. She hates "girl pockets" and being misgendered. What happens when your child's gender expression gets them misgendered, like all the time? [...]
Tips to help you find an lgbtq friendly doctor and prepare for your visit.
Finding an LGBTQ friendly doctor isn't easy. Here are some tips to help you find the right doctor as an LGBTQ person and prepare for that first appointment. According to [...]
Using Cupcakes and a Gay-Straight Alliance to Combat Bullying
I was bullied in middle school. And I thought I had just suffered so much because people spread rumors that I was a lesbian and stepped on my foot. Oh, no — this was academic paradise compared to my friends’ lives.
Pride Link to Launch Host Home Program in Response to Homeless LGBTQ Youth Issue
In early 2020 Pride Link will launch their Host Home Program. The program will help find homeless LGBTQ+ youth between the ages of 18 and 24 temporary host homes.
My Journey to Accepting my Bisexuality
I realized that I wasn’t on a journey of discovery or realization. I wasn't searching for anyone else to love or accept me. I was searching for self acceptance. I realized that my acknowledgement and acceptance of my sexual identity does serve a purpose. Even if it wasn't something immediately visible because of my marriage.
What does Pride mean to me?
This was the question asked, as I walked in the room of my first PFLAG meeting in eight years. Back then I was the outsider. An “enemy in the camp.” I was the leader of one of the largest “ex-gay” organizations in the US.
Follow Your Pride
Pride means so many things to so many people. Some enjoy the fun, accepting atmosphere. Others use it as a platform from which to bring to light injustice and courage. Still others find it as a source of comfort in a world that may treat them as “less” every other day of the year.
What is pansexuality? A pansexual woman’s point of view.
What does it mean to be pansexual? Pansexual, to me, means that I love anyone unconditionally by personality alone. Some might say "hearts not parts" which I feel is a true statement. Then again, not many people understand what it means to be pansexual.
SC Equality to Challenge South Carolina’s “No Promo Homo” Law
South Carolina's "no promo homo" provision reads, sex education “may not include a discussion of alternate sexual lifestyles from heterosexual relationships including, but not limited to, homosexual relationships except in the context of instruction concerning sexually transmitted diseases.” S.C. Stat. § 59-32-30(5).