UpUp until about two years ago, I was a closeted gay man doing his best to coexist in a hetero world. There was not a person who knew my secret and I had committed to keeping it that way for…
US president-elect Joe Biden has reportedly vowed to restore vital Obama-era trans bathroom protections for students on his “first day” in the Oval Office. Biden’s team has sought to signal that the Democrat’s leadership will be a turning point for…
On Martin Luther King Jr Day, we revisit the legendary civil rights leader’s relationship with LGBT+ rights. Dr King’s legacy is towering and complex. He devoted his life to – and was ultimately murdered for – advancing the rights of Black Americans…
Three North Carolina municipalities passed discrimination protections for LGBTQ people this past week, shortly after the expiration of a yearslong moratorium on such measures. Hillsborough, Carrboro and Chapel Hill passed ordinances protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people from…
Gay basketball player Marco Lehmann has come out publicly. The Swiss professional basketball player penned an article for fiba3x3.com in which he talks about living a dual life — happy gay man at home and miserable, closeted, wildly successful basketball player…
Even as he heads out the door, President Donald Trump continues to break the norms. The insurrection that he incited is the biggest example, but there’s another that has garnered far less attention: his appointments of dozens of his loyalists…
An entirely predictable study has found that Americans who support traditional stereotypes of toxic masculinity are more likely to back Donald Trump. A team from Penn State University found a correlation between belief in “hegemonic masculinity” – the notion that men…
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