Thank you

You made me a better President, and you made me a better man.

President Obama’s Farewell Address

“I’m asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change…

This bill isn’t a compromise. It’s extortion.

Three weeks ago, Americans went to the polls. Voters were deeply divided on…

How Queerness Erased Bisexuality

To me as a queer activist and young scholar in the early 1990s, the term queer seemed to capture it all — the political urgency of combating heterosexism, my feeling and knowledge that the binaries of gender and sexual orientation were created through forced conformity…

How do we respond to threats after our endorsement? This is how

We endorsed a candidate, and faced…

My NerdCon Stories Talk about Mental Illness and Creativity

Okay, so I want to share with you three brief stories of bad times in my life.

First, it’s July of 1998. I’m living in a town called Moose Pass, Alaska, and after a breakup, I sink into a depression. I…

Stop Crowdsourcing Your Confidence

Let’s be real for a second. How often does your mood and confidence…

Aging out of the VMAs

Ah, the VMAs. An awards show that has given us some of the most memorable pop cultural moments in the past decade. Even…

I Got Scammed By A Silicon Valley Startup

Telling my story isn’t going to be easy. Oftentimes I feel embarrassed, enraged, and…

Caleb Thomas Schwab Wasn’t Brave. He Was Ten. How We Let A Child Die In Kansas.