Dont Say Gay

White allies and any white person who is not supporting and voting for legislators who are removing our rights, this is not about you. For all the rest though, what I am about to say applies to you. Black People, Latinx, Arabic, Asian, Indigenous and every POC person, everyone from the LGBTQIA community — especially if you live in Louisiana, Florida and Texas- here’s…

May 16, 2023 Dear Governor Ron DeSantis, I write to you today as a concerned citizen, an observer of the current socio-political climate, and a believer in the power of education and cultural representation. …

Published May 10th, 2023 In My Octopus Teacher, we met an octopus who showed us a new underwater universe. In My Octopus Girlfriend, we met another, one who showed us ourselves, our gender, and our sexuality in a new way. Now, we will meet a new octopus for a new…

The bill is called ‘Treatments for Sex Reassignment’ (SB 254) — Yesterday, the Florida Senate and House voted to pass a bill called Treatments for Sex Reassignment (CS/SB 254). Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign it. There’s a lot in it. Buckle up— What’s In the Bill First, it defines ‘sex’ and ‘sex-reassignment’ The Florida Statutes, Section 456.001, will add Subsection (8) to define a person as having a “sex”…

Right-winger DeSantis battles business while liberals embrace corporate speech rights — The fight that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked with the Walt Disney Company involves an interesting 180-degree political turn — by both sides of the issue— that demonstrates how politics can prevail over principle. DeSantis, miffed that Disney spoke out against his “Don’t Say Gay” policy, is stripping Disney of…

Hello Ron! Should I call you Ronald? I guess that’s more formal, but everyone calls you Ron. I’m… trying for a more casual approach here, so Ron it is. Buddy to buddy, friend to friend, Floridian to Floridian! I love Florida, Ron, sincerely. I was born here, in Broward County…

By Isabella Zollner Nebraska is a unique state, and not just because it is the birthplace of Kool-Aid. Nebraska’s government is set up differently than any other state in the United States. Where the other 49 states all have a bicameral government (a House of Representatives and a Senate), Nebraska…

It Won’t Work and Here’s Why Our country is in the throes of an epidemic of FORBIDDEN. Words — books — issues — people — are all being banned. It won’t work, but it will cause terrible damage. Years ago, Allison and Kenny entered my psychotherapy office, massively uncomfortable. Haltingly, they explained that they had a…

By Sassafras Lowrey You’ve just decided where you will go to college when suddenly there is a whole tidal wave of anti-LGBTQ laws sweeping many states across the country. Is your new college going to be impacted and does that change where you decide to go to school? In states…