Equality

I live in Utah where a disproportionate majority of elected officials are conservative Mormons, where the Mormon Church is consulted on policy and its leadership must approve all significant legislation. That symbiotic church-state relationship has existed here since Utah joined the Union. The only thing blue about Utah is Mormon…

Happy Fourth of July — Eight Akron, Ohio policemen have been put on paid “administrative leave” after firing up to one hundred shots at and killing a black motorist, city and police officials said yesterday, Friday, July 1. Snow plows and other heavy trucks, usually tasked to clear the streets of winter’s wrath, have been…

Not a single client has been named yet — Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and Epstein’s former partner, has just been sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking underage girls. For whom? Nobody. Well, technically for Jeffrey Epstein. And he was sentenced for trafficking all these girls for… himself. Right. It’s great to see the US justice system failing…

Let’s talk about what “Keep being you” really means — “If you’re living with HIV, keep being you. And ask your doctor about Biktarvi.” These friendly words of encouragement, read oh so condescendingly by a voice-over professional, have rubbed me the wrong way from the first time I heard them… and, not just because I tend to bridle when someone…

We deserve to live in peace, free of white supremacist thuggery — “Fuck you, pedophile motherfuckers!” shouted the masked man as patrons of the Mojo Lounge pepper sprayed him to stop him and other members of the Proud Boys from forcing their way inside. LGBTQ Pride month in the U.S. this year was marred by violence, threats of violence, and organized attacks…

It’s time we lived the good life — For years, married men have had it made. They’re free to work as many hours as they want, and still never have to worry about dinner, or feeding, bathing the children, and putting them to bed. They meet up with the guys for a drink and head to the gym…

To mark their victory with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, house Republicans have introduced a resolution to officially declare June “Month Of Life” despite the month being formally recognized as Gay and Lesbian Pride month since 1999, when former President Bill Clinton signed Proclamation 7203, which said: “I, William…