Pres. Trump’s statement illustrates how perceptions of birthright, citizenship, ownership, and racial entitlement have upped the volume of xenophobia and racism.
Volume on xenophobia and racism on blast Read More
Allowing American voters a more accessible and a stress-free trip to their voting precincts should be a no-brainer.
New voting laws can disrupt GOP’s ‘power grab’ Read More
Last week marked 20 years since Matthew Shepard’s death on October 12, 1998. Then 21, he was a first-year college student at the University of Wyoming.
20 years later: Was Matthew Shepard’s murder a hate crime (or a drug crime)? Read More
I realize, however, in a culture that constantly sexualizes the coupling of same-gender relationships as gay, we ignore our friendships with our “best friends forever” (BFF) – which is what Sesame Street’s producers are stating about Bert and Ernie.
Does ‘Sesame Street’ need to come out of the closet? Read More
The question not asked by the church’s governing body is why does sexual abuse persist as it does among its clerics?
Is the Catholic Church unsalvageable? Read More
President Donald Trump traffics in racial epithets. Since his first year in office, Trump’s displays of xenophobic, misogynistic, LGBTQ-phobic, and racist remarks (to name just a few from his laundry …
Does the GOP have a racist cut-off point? Read More I contend that you cannot conjugate the word, because it is firmly embedded in the lexicon of racist language that was, and still is, used to disparage African Americans. Many slaveholders pronounced the word with the “a” ending, and in the 1920s many African Americans used the “a” version as a pejorative denoting class difference.
That N-word, again Read More
I like to say there was something in the air at Pride 2017, as it was one of the most contentious in the event’s history. Many, however, in our LGBTQ communities say the tension was always present.
LGBTQ of color being bleached from history Read More
The 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination is, sadly, a searing reminder of unaddressed gun violence in America. Because gun violence has gone unaddressed for …
MLK’s assassination reminds the nation of unaddressed gun violence Read More
A Wrinkle in Time was a must-see film for me, and a must-see flick worldly different from dashing out to see Black Panther. It doesn’t mean, however, Ava Duvernay’s $100 million …
A Black girl’s take on ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Read More
The Reverend William (Billy) Franklin Graham Jr. (1918 – 2018) has died at the age of 99. Too often, hagiographies are painted when people die, especially of ministers. The televangelist, however, …
Pastor’s criticism of LGBTQ not mentioned in his public eulogies Read More
Frederick Douglas is dead. Last year this time, however, President Donald J. Trump didn’t appear to know that fact. In kicking off Black History Month 2017, Trump hosted a “listening …
Revisiting Frederick Douglass Read More
With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, commemorations honoring the man were taking place across the country. But who would think a …
Pimping King Read More
Black women voters in the recent Alabama U.S. Senate race are being thanked for “saving” the state from Republican candidate Roy Moore, a homophobe, slavery apologist, and accused pedophile. And …
For Black women, being called the Democrats’ ‘backbone’ is no compliment Read More
Last week the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the case “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.” The case — which has many of us LGBTQ Americans …
The New Jim Crow targets LGBTQ Americans, too Read More
Boston-born White House chief of staff John Kelly’s recent remark on Laura Ingraham’s new Fox News show reopened a divide so deep in this country about slavery that I am …
John Kelly needs a queer history lesson on the Civil War Read More
Since the intentional misreading of the Sodom and Gomorrah story in Genesis 19 in the Bible where the twin cities were supposedly destroyed because of homosexual depravity, the causes of …
Disasters are not spiritual revenge Read More
Fifty years ago, this summer, an urban rebellion took place. One hundred and fifty-nine riots erupted in African American cities across the country. The civil unrest took place in New York, Atlanta, …
Who was the intended ‘Detroit’ movie audience? Read More
With the Catholic Church being the largest Christian denomination in the world the fight for the dignity and inclusion of its LGBTQI parishioners is a fight for the church’s soul and moral integrity. …
DignityUSA is moving toward radical inclusion Read More In this political climate hate speech is becoming common use. And there has been an uptick of the use of the N-word, even from the mouths of people one would …
The enduring use of the N-word Read More