LGBTQ Healing Through Travel & Nature
An introspective examination on how travel and the great outdoors’ healing power can uplift LGBTQ people in times of need; and a Book that was…
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Possible Depression Issues That I Ignored During My Transition
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/ TRT Columnist I was surfing the Internet the other day looking for information on depression and I found a short video,…
Coming Out To Your Kids In Midlife
How to navigate tough conversations and a new family model By: Phyllis L. Cohen* When the parents of Natalie Perry and her sister sat their girls…
Podcast’s Platform Where LGBTQs Discuss Shared “Coming Out” Experiences
Coming Out is never an old experience for those going through it By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— “This is exactly what I never knew I…
Faith, God & Family: Your Coming Out Story Is Already Known To God
When others share their coming out story, it’s a valiant and daring act By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— No two are alike. Coming out stories…
Coming Out: The Journey to Self-Acceptance Can Be Mired With Others’ Doubt & Ignorance
Coming Out for Today’s Teens Isn’t the Same By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— Instead of the traditional one big coming out narrative, I’ve had to come…
Jennifer Garner: A Mother’s Love In Life and in “Love, Simon”
The actress-ally talks mother of all mom speeches in Love, Simon, gay roots and discovering that ‘women are softer’ By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Mothers…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Risks and Rewards of Coming Out as Trans
Coming Out means different things for different folks, and circumstances change constantly By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This morning with a column looming and a brain…
The OutField: Jeremy Brener’s Inspirational High School Journey & Coming Out
Coming Out is easier after others have done it By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Growing up in Houston as the son of a multi-sport athlete,…
The OutField: Sports Equality Foundation Empowers Out Athletes
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— In a career spent chronicling the lives of LGBT athletes, Cyd Zeigler has discovered one consistent thread: Coming out empowers…
Ask a Trans Woman: Importance of Trans Visibility for the Famous & Not-So-Famous
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about visibility. I just now finished reading a marvelous and eloquent essay in defense of…
Ask a Trans Woman: Answering Beloved Readers’ Questions About Myself
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Hello Faithful Reader! Whether you are new to reading this column or have been following since I first started writing it…
Dating a Trans Person & the Complications that Follow
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— When people are attracted to each other, usually dating follows and a relationship may begin. If things develop, there may…
In Charge! Tom Bourdon Gets It Done in Greater Boston
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Founded in 1972, PFLAG is the nation’s largest family and ally organization serving the LGBTQ community with over 350 chapters across…
When Did You Know You Were Trans? A Tough Question in the Mid-1960s
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I recently took a trip to Florida, where I met many people and visited several friends, including one friend I’ve…
Exclusive Q&A: Rick Welts on “Coming Out” in the NBA
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— At age 16 Rick Welts became a ball boy for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Seattle SuperSonics, his first venture into…
The OutField: Anthony Nicodemo Coming Out & Kicking Butt
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Anthony Nicodemo figured out he was gay in his early 20s. But it was not until he’d been coaching basketball…
The OutField: ‘Big News’ on the LGBT Sports Front
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Back in the day—“the day” being, say, 2012—an athlete coming out as gay or lesbian was Big News. In 2014,…
Ask a Trans Woman: A Scene of the Banality of Everyday Discrimination
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— It being a new year, I thought I’d give you something very different this month: a little glimpse inside an all-too-common…
Letter to the Editor: Rox is a Homophobe
Dear Editor, Mikey Rox’s piece in your Dec. 3 edition, “9 Reasons Why Coming Out On A Holiday Isn’t A Good Idea,” was homophobic and…
The Frivolist: 9 Reasons Why Coming Out on a Holiday Isn’t a Good Idea
By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— Holiday time may seem like an ideal opportunity to come out to your family—everybody’s in one place at one time…
When Death Claims a Trans Person: Family, Planning, Remembering
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Recently, I received a phone call from a friend to inform me that John, one of our trans brothers, had…
Panic! at the Disco Frontman Takes on Westboro, Talks ‘Gay’ Past & Lapsed Mormonism
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie is on the Westboro Baptist Church’s $hit list – who isn’t? – and…