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The scrutiny of Kamala Harris is nothing new for women of color
Republicans have made Harris the face of Biden’s immigration policy. However, Harris isn’t scoring high within her party either.
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Pope Francis’ statement that “homosexuality is a not crime” isn’t all that he said
Francis’s pronouncements don’t alter Church teachings, making him look like a church bureaucrat, a flip-flopper, a titular head.
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Pope Benedict XVI’s era of queer bashing finally comes to an end with his death
Many Catholics will recall the legacy of his papacy with mixed feelings. Queer people will remember how he persecuted LGBTQ+ people.
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Think about LGBTQ Native Americans this Thanksgiving
Homophobia is not indigenous to Native American culture. Instead, it is one of the many devastating effects of colonization and Christian missionaries.
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Rita Hester’s life mattered
In the pantheon of slain civil rights activists, Rita Hester, an African-American transgender woman, is among them.
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The geopolitics of being Brittney Griner
Her marginalized intersectional identities in America -race, class, gender, and sexuality- have highlighted the reason why she’s over there in the first place.
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Boston Pride returns to the community
Boston Pride disbanded last year, but local community members have brought Pride back to the community without all the big corporate sponsors and lavish parade floats.
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Chris Rock made a whole documentary about Black women’s hair & still insulted Jada Pinkett Smith
But Will Smith’s violence – as well as the assumption that Jada Pinkett Smith couldn’t defend herself – is part and parcel of heteropatriarchy.
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Can I be happy being nappy?
How I wear my hair is my business. So why are lawmakers deciding if it is legal for me to do so? Discrimination doesn’t stop at skin color.
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This is what it is like being Black in war-torn Ukraine right now
Sadly, racism will also be part of Ukraine’s war narrative.