Authored by: Shiri Eisner * Trigger warning: explicit discussion of sexual harassment and sexual violence. Imagine a 14-year-old girl, just beginning her 9th grade. Her classmates know that she's bisexual – she's told them about it, assuming that (like her) everyone else is also accepting. But when she walks…
By: Valarie Clark Why is it that over 40% of bisexual people have considered suicide? The answer is a complex one, and I do not intend to speak for all bisexuals when I tell you a little of my own story. I can speak to a few of the reasons…
This week the Supreme Court continues it's argument on weather lesbian and gay couples have the right to marry in The United States. While equal rights, justice and the obvious morality of not excluding a group based on their sexual preference is all well and good, most intriguing are…
James Schwartz is the author of The Literary Party: Growing up Gay and Amish In America, a work of poems and short stories. His poetry can also be found in Among the Leaves: Queer Male Poets On the Mid-Western Experience, Milk and Honey Siren: A Nostrovia! Poetry Anthology and…
Anonymous "This is my story of mother-son incest" via MalesSurvivor.org I was born into a religious family, into a family, though, with many problems. We were one thing on the outside and something else on the inside. Within the family, there was no peace. My father had turned to…
Follow more from Robyn here --> Gay Girl Revolution Is love the basis for every marriage? Is that why Ireland's deputy head of government, Eamon Gilmore, in support of marriage equality, publicly announced that he did not think it was the job of the state to "determine who people should fall…
Just imagine living the leisure life with no clothes on--golfing, swimming, and sitting at the tiki bar enjoying that margarita naked as a jaybird, a life where the phrase “no shirt, no shoes, no services” doesn’t exist. How the hell do you play strip poker at one of these…
Any man who beats up on a woman has a special place in Hell awaiting him. Any man who brutally beats a woman nearly to death because of her sexuality not only holds a reservation in Hell but also a warm spot at a penitentiary. Hopefully, for a long…
We’ve got a problem. And, it’s a huge problem. It’s common knowledge to anyone with a pulse, by now, that there’s a problem with teen suicide and bullying. So, I’m not breaking any news there. The problem we’re facing runs deeper, if that’s possible, than the issues of bullying…
I don't know about you but I am sick and tired of our culture's definition of 'Man'. Look around at all the men on posters and billboards, in music videos and movies, in books and magazines, and what do you see? One of two portrayals: either the men are…