All my life I’ve loved Texas: those big skies, big steaks and big attitudes. I’m there several times a year. But Texas doesn’t love me back. Certainly its lawmakers don’t, and lately they’ve been hellbent on showing that. In June the governor signed a bill allowing child welfare groups to refuse adoptions that contradict their “sincerely held religious beliefs.” They can turn away gay men like me.
Did you know that gay and bisexual men get less routine health care than other men do? That lesbian and bisexual women are less likely to have a usual place to go for medical care? According to the US Transgender Survey, almost a quarter of transgender people avoid going to the doctor for needed medical care out of the fear of being mistreated.
It’s come to our attention that America is doing some redecorating: Monuments and statues honoring Confederate leaders are being taken down with a swiftness—which is terrific. But it’s leaving unsightly empty spaces outside city halls, parks, and schoolgrounds across the country. Below, we humbly nominate seven LGBT heroes perfectly suited for public admiration.
Amending the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to protect members of the LGBT community is long overdue. It’s been debated in every legislative session since 1983, yet there has been no progress. The state of Michigan still allows discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This is ridiculous. However, as that fight continues, Equality Michigan has filed a petition with the Michigan Civil Rights Commission that could immediately help this vulnerable population.
I recently received this message with questions from an 18-year-old man who had just come out for the first time, and my answer to him directly is below, but in truth, everything I’ve written here applies to anyone who is young, struggling with their identity, and feels worried that they’ll be alone forever…
A Kyrgyz fashion-world celebrity has drawn criticism after apparently calling for the mass execution of “nontraditional” sexual minorities and prostitutes in the Central Asian republic. In a Facebook post on August 10, Amina Yusurova, a fashion model and national director of the Kyrgyzstan World Beauty Congress, wrote: “Round up all the people of nontraditional orientation and blow them all up on one island.”
“When’s the last time you dated a woman?” I get asked this all the time, and it’s probably my least favorite question regarding my (bi)sexuality. There are a couple of reasons why the question bothers me so much. First, it’s a loaded question, based on the false premise that you have to date men and women equally in order to be “truly” bisexual. With this question, people are implying that I’m gay because I’ve only dated men for the past few years.
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