Insult Gone Awry

I read this story sitting in a New York hotel room back in March, and meant to share it then, but I kept putting it off until it finally got lost in browser Neverland. The other day, I remembered it and found it again, and, finally, I get to share it. There is something exceptionally brave in…

This blog has been making the rounds on the Internets – Dear Hypothetically Gay Son – and rightly so. I think it’s beautiful and a very gentle touch at a time when it feels like so many heavy hands are swinging both directions when it comes to gay rights. This part in particular – “You are not…

As a child, growing up in Ohio, I thought a potato chip was a potato chip. When you only ever eat one brand, you have no reason to think any differently. Then, I grew up, went out into the world and ate potato chips of all makes and models. One day, I came to the…

Visibility does give rise to change. The more people who live open lives, the more people are forced to accept the fact that differences won’t go away just because they believe that everyone should be uniform, and, by uniform, of course, I mean exactly like them. Not only is Zachary Quinto coming out important as…

I am hardly a weather guru. The only way I can predict the weather for the day is to get up in the morning and go look out the window. But, anti-guru-osity aside, I’m still going to make the claim that this planet, and its inhabiting species, has endured a lot by way of Mother…