Thinking Out Loud: We Must Have Political Power to Prove We Don’t Have Political Power
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– I’ve often thought I should write a column called, “Weird Things Lawyers Do,” to explain to normal people why attorneys,…
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HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– It was a hot topic of conversation. And talk about pornography they did as more than 50 people (mostly men of…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Día de Silencio: ¿Aprobarán mis maestros?
Por: Hayley Gorenberg/Subdirectora jurídica legal para Lambda Legal– P: Soy un estudiante en la escuela secundaria (preparatoria), y quiero participar en el Día Nacional de…
Ask Lambda Legal – Day of Silence: Will my teachers approve?
By: Hayley Gorenberg/Deputy Legal Director for Lambda Legal– Q: I’m a high school student, and I want to participate in GLSEN’s National Day of Silence (DOS)….
Simplifying Racism & Blaming Marginalized Groups Is Never OK (Updated)
By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher– No one said the world affairs and the people that surround us are remotely aware of differences that should not…
Thinking Out Loud: NOM’s Marriage Strategy—The cynical art of being wholesome
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– Is anyone really shocked about the revelations from the recently released internal memorandum from the National Organization for Marriage (“NOM”)? …
Creep of the Week: His Royal Creep, Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Oh, Steve King. You are a royal creep, indeed. A longstanding foe of LGBT people and anyone who sees LGBT…
Creep of the Week: National Organization for Marriage
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Hey girlfriend, what are you wearing to the race war? Some sexy camouflage chaps, perhaps? A rainbow stripped Kevlar vest?…
OP-Ed: Martin’s Murder Shows Rustin’s Lesson Is Still Relevant Today
By: Kara S. Suffredini*, Esq., and Corey Yarbrough*– This year, LGBTQ activists celebrate the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin. Rustin’s accomplishments were so great…
Does the Violence Against Women Act Protect Women or LGBT communities from violence?
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– The majority of the LGBT press is currently heralding the Violence Against Women Act as an essential piece of legislation for…
‘Food insecurity’ in the land of the plenty: Food and politics & the 2012 elections
By: John Verlinden/TRT Cuisine Writer– “Food insecurity.” Sounds like that anxious moment you feel when deciding what wine to order with dinner. Unfortunately, it’s much…
Creep of the Week: Misogynistic Rush Limbaugh
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Poor Rush Limbaugh. Can’t a guy even call a girl a s&#t on the radio these days without people getting…
Thinking Out Loud: In a Family Way, Why reproductive rights should matter to the LGBT community
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– If you’re like me, you don’t think a whole lot about birth control. You probably don’t have much heterosexual sex,…
Ask Lambda Legal: The Affordable Care Act and HIV
By: Scott Schoettes/HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal– Q: I recently tested positive for HIV, and a friend told me that I might have a…
Creep of the Week: Pat Robertson for heterosexuality with demonic possession
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Congratulations, Pat Robertson, for being chosen as Creep of the Week. There were a lot of outstanding candidates this week,…
Creep of the Week: Utah Legislature at the first sex-free state!
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT– Yes! Utah is on a fast track to becoming the first sex-free state in the country. I know, I know,…
Creep of the Week: Kirk Cameron & His Extreme Right “Beliefs”
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– On March 2 Kirk Cameron was on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight for some reason. To many viewers it must have…
Thinking Out Loud: Why Waiting for LGBT Equality is a Waste of Time
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT While my home state of California is still wrestling with whether allowing gay marriage will send us floating into the…
Creep of the Week: Rick Santorum, Yes Again, How Can We Not?
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– America loves a circus. Doesn’t even matter if it’s ethical. Tigers locked in cages all day? Elephants viciously whipped? We…
Funding for Abortions: Essential Part of Queer Life & You Can Help
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– The Eastern Massachusetts Abortion (EMA) Fund is currently engaged in their second annual “Triathlon” fundraiser. This innovative triathlon includes Wii bowling,…
Letters to the Editor: The Rainbow Times’ March, 2012
Letters to the Editor (March 1, 2012) Tynan Power’s column: TransMan Dear Editor, I really appreciated Tynan Power’s piece Stretching those tired gender boxes (2/2)… I’ve friends…
Creep of the Week: Mitt Romney’s vitriolic opposition to the LGBT community
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– It makes me sad that there are LGBT people in America who will vote for Mitt Romney should he get…
The Kate Clinton Q&A: Her responsibility to be political
Comedian talks election, pissing off right-wingers By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Times like this – election years, when politics are a comedian’s punching-bag – were…