Creep of the Week: Lonely Ex-Gay Christopher Doyle
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know…” I’m sorry to report, but Ex-Gay Pride Month has been retroactively…
Our Voices
Thinking Out Loud: Do We Have to Forgive the Ex-Gays?
For people who have endured the ex-gay message of Exodus, apologies might be much too little, too late. By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— When Alan Chambers,…
Op-Ed: Justice for Trayvon Martin: Fight the Zimmerman Mindset
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— Only in a country as racist as the United States could a grown adult racially profile, hunt down, and murder…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal: Después de DOMA, ¿Qué Significa Para Usted?
Por: Susan Sommer/Directora de litigio constitucional para Lambda Legal— P: Ahora que DOMA ha desaparecido, ¿qué significa para mi familia? R: La victoria en la…
Ask Lambda Legal: After DOMA, What Does it Mean for You?
By: Susan Sommer/Director of Constitutional Litigation— Q: Now that DOMA is gone what will it mean for my family? A: The victory at the Supreme…
Justice for Trayvon Martin Comes Out of Community, Not Courtrooms
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— Five hundred and four days passed between the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the ‘not guilty’ verdict of George…
Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson Spews “Christian” Hatred Against LGBTs
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Oh, Pat Robertson. He really is trying too hard to present himself as the epitome of angry and dogmatic old…
Creep of the Week: Gay “Hater” Greg Quinlan Goes After Supreme Court Justices
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Have you been feeling a little less gay than usual this month? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Ever since the…
Racism Prevails: No Justice for Trayvon Martin
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— And the verdict is in. Not guilty. As I watch the news coverage on the George Zimmerman trial on CNN, I am…
The Defeat of DOMA: Is it the End of Marriage Inequality in U.S. Immigration Law?
By: Matthew I. Hirsch*/Special to TRT— On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is unconstitutional. Writing…
Thinking Out Loud: DOMA’s Still Here
But if you want to know how we’ll get full marriage equality anyway, just ask conservative Justice Scalia By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— The Supreme…
Defeating DOMA & Prop 8: We’ve Made History, but We’re Far From Finished
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— Wednesday June 26th 2013 will be a day that’s remembered in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history, and our community’s…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Acceso al Baño Para Personas Transgénero
Por: Dru Levasseur/Abogado de derechos Transgéneros de LL— P: Soy una persona transgénero y recientemente fui cuestionada por un empleado de un restaurante local cuando…
Are Transpeople Proud? A Personal Viewpoint on Pride and Self-Acceptance
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Every year LGBT Prides are held throughout the world and every year they get bigger and bigger. More and more…
Ask Lambda Legal – Bathroom Access for Transgender People
By: Dru Levasseur/Transgender Rights Attorney for LL— Q: I’m a transgender person and was recently questioned by an employee of a local restaurant when I…
Allied Media Conference Gives Voice & Representation to Marginalized Groups
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— This month I am writing my column from Detroit, Michigan while attending the 15th Allied Media Conference (AMC). This space has…
Creep of the Week: Setting Captives Free
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special to TRT— There’s an app for that. It doesn’t even matter what “that” is, because there’s an app for everything. You want…
Thinking Out Loud: Pride, 80s Style
Celebrating our lives when no one cared that we were dying By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— The motto of my first Pride parade was “Unity…
Youth Pride: We Must Pay Attention to Marginalized LGBTQ Communities
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— I had the pleasure of attending Youth Pride as an adult ally on May 18th. I was overcome with joy watching…
Faith, Family and God: Thinking About Relativism & Keeping Perspective
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Religious leaders, especially those opposed to LGBTQ civil and human rights, narrowly define relativism as pop culture’s attempt to impose…
On Moving Forward: Exploring This Year’s Boston Pride Theme
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— The Boston Pride theme for 2013 is “Moving forward … Proud, Strong, United!” This signifies the struggle that LGBT people…
Navigating the Activist Cycle: Six Rules for Effective Activism in Human Rights
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This time of year more or less denotes the start of the season I like to think of as the “speaking…
Thinking Out Loud: Cuba, I’m Proud of You!
It’s happening here, it’s happening there, it’s happening regardless of politics. By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— In the information packet for my recent trip to…