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If Anti-Trans Lawmakers Got Their Way, I Might Not Be Alive Today

If Anti-Trans Lawmakers Got Their Way, I Might Not Be Alive Today

| Apr 27, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn states across the country, small-minded lawmakers are pushing cruel, vicious new bills targeting transgender children. These bills threaten to ban everything from medical care to even acknowledging the existence of trans people in the classroom. Many threaten...
I’m a Christian Mom and I Love My Trans Daughter

I’m a Christian Mom and I Love My Trans Daughter

| Mar 2, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMoms of trans kids are so tired. We can’t keep living in flight or fight mode. We need you. I’m a Christian, a nurse, and a hard working, loving mom of seven children. One of them, my 11-year-old daughter Kai, is transgender. She’s happy and healthy, with a huge...
A Ridiculous Debate, But a Welcome Ruling

A Ridiculous Debate, But a Welcome Ruling

| Jun 17, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court just affirmed a right I thought I always had: not to be fired for my sexual orientation. The 6-3 ruling found that, under existing civil rights legislation against sex-based discrimination, it’s illegal for employers to discriminate against their...
The Fight for Equality Just Won a Huge Victory

The Fight for Equality Just Won a Huge Victory

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis moment in our nation’s history is marked by pain and uprising. Infections and deaths from the coronavirus are occurring at heartbreaking rates. Cities and small towns are on fire, figuratively and literally, as police brutality against black people has finally...
Dear J.K. Rowling, I love Harry Potter. Please stop talking.

Dear J.K. Rowling, I love Harry Potter. Please stop talking.

| Jun 10, 2020 | Rights / DemocracyDear J.K. Rowling, I can practically recite your Harry Potter books. I grew up in a family that felt like the Dursleys, and I began having chronic migraines at 14 so Harry’s scar hurting was very relatable. Finding out I was a lesbian in my 30s felt like getting my...
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