Prism & Pen

For decades, we watched from the sidelines. Now we have a seat at the bar — and the game on every screen

Christian nationalism vs pluralism. I’ve lived this SCOTUS nightmare already.

A journey through fear, faith and finally being seen.

Understanding science in the modern age

What Jo Polniaczek and Alex P. Keaton taught me about what I really find attractive

On marriage and sexuality

The show constantly makes it seem that being an adult virgin is like being an alien.

Queer people have long had to create alternative relational ecosystems

Queer farmers play a major role in our agricultural and environmental initiatives, and we need to support them

A gay progressive Christian wrestles with judgment and self-preservation

Deadnaming saved forever

What straight people will never understand about finding love as a gay man.

The (E)X-Men and an uncanny allegory

The National Parks Service is removing references to bisexuals from The Stonewall Monument website.

Focusing on the LGBTQ part of the series

The truth he couldn’t live with finally found me.

From a straight cis guy

Identifying the root cause of my fear of being an out gay woman

On obeying and being disappointed

The warden

The ongoing travails of being in a mixed-orientation romantic relationship

What allyship should look like

wasn’t in the script: A flawed, cis-coded film about a trans teen exposes a painful truth: we’re expected to be the adults before anyone…

Why Davey and Goliath still walk with me on my path as a progressive Christian

A lesson in persuasion from Harvey Fierstein and Barbara Walters.

Despite everything, he is still my father.

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