Not In Your Hand

By Richard Schneider
Seems it’s been a while since the religious Right went into full freakout mode over a logo or ad campaign, but they pretty much lost their minds over a change in those multi-colored and commercially personified candies known as M&#…

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Shirley T. & Me

By Jer Long
Life with Shirley T., was a rollercoaster ride through an Edgar Allen Poe version of Alice in Wonderland. Her peaceable downtimes I relished. Her flipping nightmares I bore with monkish silence. Her madcap express I boarded eagerly. Unpredi…

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LGBT people nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes

About one out of 10 violent victimizations against LGBT people are hate crimes, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. LGBT people are nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes. …

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Keep Telling Her Story

By Dick Atkins
Tiffany never gave up hope for her ultimate goal, finding love and comfort in the body and soul she felt was hers.
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Between Panic and Pride

By Anne Kruse
For many, feeling pride about who we are is a foreign concept, but we worked at it
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What Comes After

by Mae Espada
My mother whimpering, choking, eating her own words: “Really, who, what, are you?” Me, sitting down, clutching my phone in one hand and my bandaged chest in the other. This can’t be true. It can’t be true.
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