by admin | Jul 29, 2016 | LGBTQIA+, News
When Shiloh Gun Range in north Houston, Texas first offered free handgun courses to LGBT people in the wake of the Orlando shooting, they expected maybe 40 or 50 people. That was the estimate of General Manager Jeff Sanford. Only a few weeks later, they have...
by admin | Jun 28, 2016 | LGBTQIA+, News, Opinion
In the early hours of Sunday, June 12th, 2016, a single shooter fired 202 rounds inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida: of 102 people shot, 49 died. Some of the people shot died at once during seven minutes of fire, others during the three-hour...
by admin | Jun 14, 2016 | Civil Rights, Education, News, Transgender
For decades, schools and states have tried to wiggle around the language of Title IX, the statute of the Education Amendments of 1972 that protects students and staff from discrimination based on sex in education at institutions that receive Federal funding. On...
by admin | Dec 22, 2015 | Arts, Transgender
With The Danish Girl opening across the country this Christmas, we’re going to hear people saying ‘There, you’ve had your trans movie, be happy.’ But there are so many more trans people whose lives would make amazing movies. Imagine the...
by admin | Dec 16, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News
For too many LGBTQ youth, the holidays carry a lonely sting. Disowning and isolation are still all-too-common chapters of the narrative of growing up queer, and with the message of ‘Christmas is a time for family!’ being shouted from all sides, November...
