In 2003, when I was 21 years old, I made the decision to go to college. After barely graduating high school, I had struggled to find a path forward. I held a series of entry-level, part time jobs, seemingly at random. I lived at home and helped my dad with…

I once believed a conspiracy theory that nearly ended my life. This is my argument against banning them online. In 2011 I was sick, desperately, continuously, hopelessly sick. I had begun what was then a very lonely journey through HIV diagnosis and treatment and my future outlook was grim. Although…

I attended college from 2003 to 2009, earning two degrees and taking nearly every liberal art’s class available on the subject of gender, sexuality, race and social justice. Despite my leftist zeal for understanding and passionately championing the issues I learned about, I often found myself as the subject of…

With the aggressiveness of progressive social agendas being imposed onto children without parental influence being as common as it is, its easy for conservatives to react with suspicion or even outrage at anything resembling this agenda. Drag queens reading stories to very young children, 11-year-old boys dancing in drag in…

Being transgender is not a simple concept. Despite the instinct of the Left to present it as an effortless truth only the most hateful and ignorant disagree with, the experience is exceptionally complicated. In the same way, too many on the Right fall too comfortably into merely dismissing it all…

It can be argued that resentment and hostility in the LGBT movement, at one time, was fully justified. The Religious Right was heavily focused on homosexuality as a concept and often disregarded how its message impacted gay individuals. Many organizations, advocacy and political and writing careers grew out of combating…

When I was 10 years old I loved the X-Men. I devoured the comic books, covered my room in character-themed curtains and a bedspread and watched the cartoon version every Saturday morning. The entire concept fascinated me and while other superheroes felt over-the-top and ridiculous, I believed the X-Men were…

In an unlikely alliance, the conservative Right and a growing feminist movement have found common ground on a very important issue of our time. Without realizing it, both groups have been fighting the same battle, often expressing the same concerns, and have yet to recognize each other fully. The feminist…

I have often found a fascinating conflict between the way groups of people engaged in politics describe themselves and others. As a person who engages in politics as a hobby I have a adopted a specific language shared with others in my ideological circle. …