Shared by: Wipe Out Homophobia Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day to memorialize those who died due to anti-transgender prejudice. Although not everyone honored self-identified as trans, each was a target of violence based on bias against trans people. The deaths of those based on anti-transgender prejudice are largely ignored. Over the…
Posted and shared from: Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook "...The following letter inspired a whole scene in 'The West Wing' and had always made me smile..." - WHOF J. Kent Ashcraft May 2000 Dear Dr. Laura, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have…
By: John Shore @ JohnShore.com Yesterday I received this email (which I use here by permission): Dear John, Hi. My name is [deleted]. I am nearly 48-years-old, and am married with two grown children. I am also a Methodist minister in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I have come to believe…
Seems that there are some women in Zimbabwe that got arrested for sexually assaulting males for their sperm. Supposedly, it wards off evil spirits or possesses some kind of other supernatural powers other than preserving the human species, if that isn’t enough, right?. Now, this really piqued my interest…
By Midnite Goddess Yes, yes I do! To live in a right-now state of being where everything is based on logic and not emotion; where love is an action word, a commitment, a dedication; where sex is a natural primal drive; and food is merely a means of survival…
I cannot speak for other cultures but I do know that in Black culture, there is a lot of pressure on young men to be ladies men with several women scattered in every zip and area code. From the time they are five-years-old, young Black boys are asked this…
Gender inequality has maintained the suppression of women worldwide and unfortunately has impacted Sub-Saharan Africa with the greatest magnitude. Everyday in these countries are countless occurrences of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse that must be acknowledged as a primary concern for governments across the world. A prime example of…
By: Jackson Hedges The production company Pink Triangle Theatre espouses a clear message directed towards curbing the current trend of "homophobia, bigotry, hatred and intolerance." Such thematic content directs it's focus and is intended to touch upon much of what human experience is like. And despite many homophobic rhetoric denying…
By: Diva Dee It’s already been established that men and women reach their sexual peaks at different stages throughout their lifetimes. Well dang! It’s hard enough to deal with the moods on a daily basis let alone mid-life visions of no more sugar-plums dancing in our heads. It is…
By Jim Hoover In August of 2011 at the Hollywood Bowl, Pianist Yuja Wang, the 24-year-old Chinese soloist, struck many glorious chords on the piano, chords that Sergei Rachmaninoff composed for his first tour of the United States as a pianist in 1909. Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto is considered by…