americanprogress.org – By Kellan Baker
“The Affordable Care Act may represent the strongest foundation we have ever created to begin closing LGBT health disparities.”
– Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
The Aff…
huffingtonpost.com – Greg Voakes – Blogger and digital media producer
Until recently, the struggles that transgender individuals face in both public and private institutions have been discussed primarily in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, a…
huffingtonpost.com – Emily Dievendorf – Director of Policy, Equality Michigan
The first time I was called “greedy” it was by a drag queen at the Michigan Pride Festival. She wasn’t talking to me directly. She was calling out audience members in the …
huffingtonpost.com – Matthew Carnahan – Playwright, director, and novelist; creator, executive producer, and writer of ‘House of Lies’
When I set out to write a son for Marty Kaan, Don Cheadle’s ethically challenged character on House of Lies, I tho…
advocate.com – By Neal Broverman
The executive director of Equality Nevada is running for the Nevada assembly and if she wins, she’ll make history.
Lauren Scott – running as a Republican but previously a Democrat – is hoping to represent assembly…
newamericamedia.org – New America Media, News Feature, Nancy Lopez
San Francisco — The first time an immigration judge determined that Grace Lawrence was going to be deported, Lawrence wanted to end it all. She went back to her cell, bid a mental f…
huffingtonpost.com – Excerpted from “Through the Door of Life: A Jewish Journey Between Genders” by Joy Ladin [University of Wisconsin Press, $26.95]
My wife knew something was wrong with me, but she believed – she wanted to believe, and I worked ha…
adelaidenow.com.au – Patrick Mcdonald From: The Advertiser
For 14 years, Vanessa Van Durme worked as a male prostitute on the streets of Antwerp to save for the operation that would transform her body into the woman she already felt in her mind and…
economist.com – by V.B. – Toronto
“Diane Arbus: A Printed Retrospective,” brings together 75 of Arbus’s photographs for newspapers and magazines, presented in their original layouts. In these yellowing photo-spreads we can see the evolution of her a…
tampabay.com – By John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic
Tampa – La Cage aux Folles is like the full employment act for drag queens. Sometimes, a woman is slipped into the well-muscled chorus line at the naughty nightclub on the French Riviera, …