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Do Schools Really Need to be Safe Spaces for Queer Kids?
Do Schools Really Need to be Safe Spaces for Queer Kids?
What’s really happening in those school buildings, anyway?
Danni Michaeli
Jan 27
Hey Tennessee, Rejecting Federal HIV Funding Ain’t Christian!
Hey Tennessee, Rejecting Federal HIV Funding Ain’t Christian!
It ain’t “pro-life” either. Having trouble with moral priorities?
James Finn
Jan 27
“God Curses” Gay People, Claims Church of England Historian Lee Gatiss
“God Curses” Gay People, Claims Church of England Historian Lee Gatiss
“We can’t bless what God curses”
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Jan 24
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My Guide to Surviving Anti-Transgender Hate
My Guide to Surviving Anti-Transgender Hate
You need to filter. You need to watch the puppies.
Emma Holiday
Feb 3
Loveless By Alice Oseman: A Queer & Asexual Masterpiece
Loveless By Alice Oseman: A Queer & Asexual Masterpiece
A milestone in queer storytelling
Laura Halls
Feb 3
The Methodist Church Is Splitting Over Gays But Not Booze or Gold
The Methodist Church Is Splitting Over Gays But Not Booze or Gold
Leave it to Texas to turn back time
Arthur Keith
Feb 3
A Strange Warning (Anastasia the Nonbinary Dragon)
A Strange Warning (Anastasia the Nonbinary Dragon)
Chap 12: The blue dragon’s gaze was meaningful, as if the truth would cost Ana to find out.
Sieran Lane
Feb 3
After School Satan Clubs Spotlight Christian /Anti-LGBTQ Privilege
After School Satan Clubs Spotlight Christian /Anti-LGBTQ Privilege
School districts work hard to stop Satan clubs, using the same tactics they use to stop student-led, after-school LGBTQ clubs
James Finn
Feb 2
A Poem: “Until Death Do you Part”
A Poem: “Until Death Do you Part”
My husband died in 2015 but I am with him stronger than ever!
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Feb 2
Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Michael Brown Claims to Love Gay Couples. He Doesn’t.
Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Michael Brown Claims to Love Gay Couples. He Doesn’t.
Befriending gay people in order to change them is not real love
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Feb 1
Their Attempt at Public Shame Became My Freedom from Shame
Their Attempt at Public Shame Became My Freedom from Shame
We must own who we are, not live their judgment
Henry Lee Butler
Feb 1
Good Imbolc, Happy New Year From Two Lesbian Feminists, Cats, and a Comet
Good Imbolc, Happy New Year From Two Lesbian Feminists, Cats, and a Comet
My regular pagan holiday letter
Molly Martin
Feb 1
Larry Tomczak Calls Amy Grant ‘Enemy of God’ over LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Larry Tomczak Calls Amy Grant ‘Enemy of God’ over LGBTQ+ Inclusion
He is miffed she won’t respond to his rebuke
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Jan 31
What’s So Horrible About Trans Hormone Therapy?
What’s So Horrible About Trans Hormone Therapy?
Transgender Transitions: Reflections from the Other Side
Kathryn J Redman
Jan 31
J.K. Rowling and Her Unending Lies About Transgender Women as Rapists
J.K. Rowling and Her Unending Lies About Transgender Women as Rapists
Correcting the lies of violent bigots
Laura Halls
Jan 31
Transitioning as a Twin: A Story of Sisterhood and Chosen Family
Transitioning as a Twin: A Story of Sisterhood and Chosen Family
As a child, I was connected to my sister. She was my twin, and we barely were apart. We did everything together from playing in the…
Joan Rittberg
Jan 31
PA School Silences LGBTQ Students/Staff, Muzzles Elie Wiesel
PA School Silences LGBTQ Students/Staff, Muzzles Elie Wiesel
The school district later backtracked on Wiesel but not on their defective “neutrality” policy that banned his words
James Finn
Jan 30
Saying LGBTQ+ People Have Faith is Blasphemy: Christian Post Exec Editor Richard D. Land
Saying LGBTQ+ People Have Faith is Blasphemy: Christian Post Exec Editor Richard D. Land
Land calls Andy Stanley’s observation about LGBTQ faith “astounding”
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Jan 30
Does Writing for Medium Make Any Difference in Trans Lives?
Does Writing for Medium Make Any Difference in Trans Lives?
How do we counteract a legislative war?
Stephanie Moga
Jan 30
LGBTQ Current Events as Bad 90s Flashbacks: Outing, HIV, and God’s Curses
LGBTQ Current Events as Bad 90s Flashbacks: Outing, HIV, and God’s Curses
Prism & Pen Weekly — January 29, 2023
James Finn
Jan 29
Simply Trans, Even I Struggle With Pronouns
Simply Trans, Even I Struggle With Pronouns
It’s true. I too must adapt.
Nicole Anderson
Jan 29
HIDE YOUR WOMEN AND GIRL FOLK FROM TRANS WOMEN!
HIDE YOUR WOMEN AND GIRL FOLK FROM TRANS WOMEN!
Don’t worry about the boys, they can protect themselves*
Emma Holiday
Jan 28
Keir Starmer: Liar, Con Man, Enemy of LGBTQ Rights
Keir Starmer: Liar, Con Man, Enemy of LGBTQ Rights
Ending the lies of Keir Starmer
Laura Halls
Jan 28
Things I Don’t Like About Being Gay, or We’re Not All Flight Attendants, Mary
Things I Don’t Like About Being Gay, or We’re Not All Flight Attendants, Mary
It’s mostly about being fabulous and having a big dick
Arthur Keith
Jan 28
Will a Gay Meth Addict Hop a Bus and Run Away?
Will a Gay Meth Addict Hop a Bus and Run Away?
Slammed: a Memoir — Chapter 10 Part 4
John Cormier
Jan 28
I’m Coming Out (as Trans)
I’m Coming Out (as Trans)
Whoosh, I had to transition.
Saoirse
Jan 27
Why Trans Visibility Matters: “You Are Not Alone”
Why Trans Visibility Matters: “You Are Not Alone”
Did I just meet a trans embryo?
KP_the_writer
Jan 27
Advice to Alzheimer’s Caregiver Newbies: Gay, Straight, & Otherwise
Advice to Alzheimer’s Caregiver Newbies: Gay, Straight, & Otherwise
Alzheimer’s does not discriminate. It reaches out to gay, straight, bi, young, old, married, single, male, female, cis, trans, black…
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Jan 27
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