| Jun 18, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThe satirical website McSweeney’s recently published a piece called “My Coming Out Story, Sponsored by Bank of America.” Anyone who has been to an LGBTQ Pride celebration (or seen Pride-themed ads on Facebook) will immediately get it: Corporations are falling over...
| 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...
| Jun 4, 2019 | HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHappy Pride month! It’s June so it’s time to bust out the rainbows and… actually, I have a lot of conflicted feelings about it. Supposedly, Pride is when we all come together to celebrate queerness in all forms. Yet, we non-straights are not all the...
| 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...