Opinion

If you’re like me, you often get a question from one of our non-LGBT allies that goes something like this: “I’m not LGBT but I’m an ally. What can I do to help?” In the past I’ve often suggested allies work...

Let me ask you, readers, if you feel I’m going a little far when I suggest that I’m frightened that some people running for the highest office in the land are encouraging mob action like it has not be seen...

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to speak at Baltimore University about my new book “And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality.” This was just one of many stops on the promotional tour over the last...

Unless you live under a rock, you know that the president and chancellor of the University of Missouri, where I teach law, have resigned in response to protests over their failure to respond to several (three identified) racist incidents on...

Listen up, LGBT America. Tuesday’s election showed a sharp contrast in LGBT rights across the country — but also illustrated how we can win that battle. While many are focusing on Houston voters’ overturning the city’s LGBT equal-protections ordinance, few noted that...

Recently, while browsing social media, I encountered many articles and editorials about anti-LGBTQ bullying. The deluge of articles came in light of the anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s brutal beating death which took place October 12, 1998. Though many of you...

These last few years have been incredible for us as a community, and for me personally. My just-released memoir, “And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality,” is my view of my almost-50 years of activism. I had...

One of my favorite movies as a kid (and to this day) was “Auntie Mame.” If you haven’t seen it, it’s about an eccentric woman living her life to the fullest. There’s a line in the film that has become...

Today, September 23, is Celebrate Bisexuality Day, part of Bisexual Awareness Week. There are many myths out there regarding bisexuality, but there's one in particular that I've noticed gaining increasing traction lately. In the context of "homosexual" and "heterosexual," (“homo” meaning...

We are less than a week away from Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families. Again, I’d like to stress that Archbishop Chaput and the organizers of the international Catholic conference have made this event anti-LGBT equality...

While you’re reading this, I’m on a plane on my way back from San Francisco where I spoke at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association convention for the first time about a project I’ve been quietly developing the last...

Donald Trump. When many hear that name, they want to laugh — but don’t. He’s hit a certain nerve in some people that we don’t often talk about, and maybe we should. Ask yourself what Trump’s break-out statement was that made...

Oh, how I hoped to not be writing another column about the World Meeting of Families in September, but actions by Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput and the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue must be answered. But let us first note where they...

I’ve spent a lot of time in airports in the last few months, and I’ve noticed wonderful phenomena: LGBT couples holding hands. This comes, of course, on the heels of the debate and ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on marriage...

It’s been amusing and angering watching the debate and suggestion of a boycott over the forthcoming film Stonewall. The reality is that nearly all the people on both sides have one thing in common: They weren’t there. And they are...

PROMO, Missouri's statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization issued the following statement to mark the one year anniversary of the fatal shooting of African American teen Michael Brown by a white police officer and the #BlackLivesMatter movement: Over...

In recent months, it has occurred to me that a little research on my past was in order for a project that has occupied my time for the last few years. The first step was to take out the old, dusty...

Your Holiness, Many of us in the United States are looking forward to your visit, especially here in Philadelphia, where you will attend the World Meeting of Families. You have told us time and again that the “Church isn’t a toll...

Falling in love with someone for the first time can be a scary and exciting experience. It can also sometimes lead to a reevaluation of plans, goals, and personal values. When I first fell in love I was a 20...

Archbishop Chaput in his actions this week proves to be exactly what our friends in Denver, whose archdiocese he previously led, warned Philadelphia about: a man with little respect for humanity. In Denver, he was the strongest voice against statute-of-limitation...