Articles Posted in the Commentary Category
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Gays In The Prison System
TweetDuring a recent stay at the Philadelphia Prison System I saw, first hand, how the gay population in a correctional facility so large is treated. A county jail in which inmates prey upon each other…
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The Battle For America’s Soul
TweetIn apocalyptic times, people look first for a saviour. On paper, it looks like the United States is limping into its 57th presidential election in bad shape. Taxes are high, debt is the dirty word…
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Why Every Girl Needs A Gay
TweetGone are the days when a gay man is expected to marry a woman and live as if he’s straight, never mentioning the truth of how he feels, but there is still a long way…
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Will Someone Please Ask Heterosexuals to Stop Making Gay Babies?
TweetIn regards to civil rights, North Carolina has decided to take more than a few steps back rather than forward. The GLBT people of NC have endured more out loud discrimination recently due to voting…
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The New Rainbow Radicals
TweetThe question of equality in America is really a matter of time at this point; polls show an increasing number of Americans support marriage equality and those numbers show no signs of decreasing. President Obama…
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Out Is The New In
TweetFor me, the most important evolution in any GLBTQ person’s life is becoming comfortable in their own skin. We’ve come a long way from bullying and hate crimes and made coming out more comfortable than…
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Evolving
TweetAs June arrives and PRIDE celebrations begin I like to take inventory of my impressions and thoughts over the past years. Much like President Obama, my ideas on gay marriage have been evolving. As an…
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Editor’s Letter
TweetLast month we dealt with race, and this month’s issue we’re dealing with the topics that apply to the GLBT community. I am gay. I came out when I was 14 and have never had…
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Closeted: A Southern Epidemic
TweetIt was a warm, spring day in northern Mississippi when I asked my brother’s friend to humor me with an impromptu photo shoot. Despite his insecurities, he obliged, pulled off his shirt, and let me…
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What The Fuck?
TweetMuch the way I do not understand poor, uneducated, blue-collar or service industry workers in the South voting for rich, privileged, Ivy League, Republicans to represent their best interests, I find Gay Republicans to be…
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The Truth About Race
TweetSo often people are concerned with race. In America, it is a most volatile subject, one that causes hate crimes, murders, hatred, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination and many other horrible consequences. To be concerned with race…
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Editor’s Letter – Race Issue
Tweet The complexities of race are something that I personally understand and feel I have a unique perspective on. I am biracial (half German and half African-American), whom is often perceived as either Hispanic or…
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Trayvon Martin: His Shooter’s Intentions
TweetIntentions? “He’s got his hand in his waistband and he’s a black male,” George Zimmerman told the 9-1-1 dispatcher. Do not follow him,…
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It’s Just Hair, If You’re White
TweetRecently, I was on the Seattle ferry and found myself a few seats from a beauty school student. We began talking hair and I told her of research I conducted on Black women and the…
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My Big Fat Legal Wedding
by Ivy Louise Crawford-Jonker on Jun 05, 2012 | No Comments
TweetMy wife of three years and I are going to get married in New York next week. We have intermittently discussed going somewhere to get legally married, but have always decided that there is no…
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