LGBTQ
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To those reading this in 2025, I write with a heaviness in my heart and soul that feels both familiar and newly urgent. The past nine years have tested our collective resolve as an LGBTQ+ community in ways many of us feared but dared not fully imagine. With the return of Donald Trump to the…
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A few years ago, my husband Rick and I traveled to Budapest, Hungary. It’s a city that’s often romanticized for its stunning architecture, thermal baths, and rich history. And don’t get me wrong—it is beautiful. The Danube River glimmers at night, the Parliament building is a masterpiece, and the ruin bars are as eclectic and…
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These two things, pictured in the above photo, seem to set the far right off more than anything else right now. Both are facts. One is rooted in science, the other in history. Both are straightforward in the truths they reveal. So why do these two things bother them so much? Out of all the…
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January 29, 2025 Dear Reader, I’ve been struggling to write about anything other than the atrocities unfolding in the world right now. But nothing feels right—not even humor. There’s a part of me that wishes we could rewind to 2015, to a time when the weight of this chaos didn’t hang over us. But we…
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The year was 1985, and the air was thick with tension in my small college town. A new gay bar was opening—the first of its kind in the area. For many, it was a beacon of hope, a safe space where the queer community could gather, dance, and simply exist. But for others, it was…
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Right now, it’s hard to ignore the sense of despair hanging over the United States. These are undeniably dark days. And if you listen to the rhetoric around us, it might seem like things are bound to get even worse. History has a lesson for us when we find ourselves in moments like this: don’t…
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His followers are celebrating while he has rescinded Biden Executive Order 14087 of October 14, 2022. This order lowered prescription drug costs for Americans, and its removal will harm many of his followers who need it. They will realize the impact once they feel the effects. His followers rely more heavily on government programs to…
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Someone who gives the Nazi salute has no business near our government. Today the Executive Orders were about attacking your neighbors and hating others. Not one of those orders was about the price of fucking eggs. But let me tell you what just some his orders were about. Trump has already used executive orders to…
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I am seeing defeated posts about the upcoming inauguration of the felon, but this isn’t defeat – it’s another battle. Pete is correct; we don’t have the right to give up. The past is looking to us to step up once again and fight. Since the felon (FOTUS) didn’t have the support of the majority…
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Lying here this morning, scrolling through posts, I find my mind racing. There is just so much hate being peddled in the world over the most trivial matters. I came across this post that deeply troubled me—a stark comparison of the NYC skyline. The top picture is in black and white, showcasing a building lit…