| Jun 11, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracySome brave hetero activists are attempting to organize a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston. Oh just kidding — did I say brave activists? I meant people with neo-Nazi ties. That’s right: According to ThinkProgress, the organizers of the “straight pride...
| Jul 11, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyThis month, I’m attending my first LGBT Pride as an openly queer woman. It’s a strangely emotional experience. Until last year, I thought I was straight. Because I always had gay friends, and because I’m open-minded, and because I’m a...
| Jun 27, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyLike many other people in the LGBTQIA community, the first person I had to come out to was myself. I didn’t have to endure bullying or intimidation when I discovered I was bisexual — and in that I’m lucky. Even in my high school, in a college town with lots of...
| Jun 20, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe sun was invisible behind a sheen of Saturday clouds as I crossed the intersection in six-inch platform heels. I was comfortable, and modestly dressed — but even modest outfits are loud on my six-foot-six trans body. A car horn grabbed my attention as I made my way...
| Jul 19, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyLike many cities, San Diego holds its Pride Parade every summer. As a straight woman who hates traffic and crowds, I’d never gone before. This summer I decided to go. It wasn’t until I began telling friends about my plans to go that I heard the varying...
