Growing up LGBTQ is really hard to find movies, books, music, and etc. that speak to you. Ok, maybe in my day it was a bit harder. We had to watch or read for clues that may be dropped to hint that a character in the books or movies might be LGBTQ. For me it … Continue reading Thrills, Chills, and Queer… Horror
Boxes Are For Cats
It’s the last week of Pride month, a time where we can celebrate where we came from, the struggles each of us have endured to claw our way to accepting our true selves, and to celebrate our history that has given us our place here, where we are now. It is important to honor our … Continue reading Boxes Are For Cats
Bands of Queercore
With Pride month wrapping up you have no doubt been inundated with pop anthem after pop anthem. While the likes of Lady GaGa, Madonna, Dianna Ross, and a bevy of RuPaul Drag Queens who have went on to make music, you may be in need of something a little different. Previously, I talked about Queencore … Continue reading Bands of Queercore
Queercore
The first real punk group that really spoke to me was Pansy Division, I was turned on to them in college one summer in the early 1990s. It was the closing of a school year where I had been dealing with my sexuality and experienced a first real lover. His name was Kevin and he … Continue reading Queercore
Reconciliation in the LGBTQ Community
I wrote a few times about when I came out and what it was like. As a short recap, it was the summer of 95 and my mother wasn’t surprised. My father found out a couple years later, more by accident and stupidity than anything. We had gotten a desktop computer and as most young … Continue reading Reconciliation in the LGBTQ Community
Strength Through Adversity
As LGBTQ people we are not strangers to adversity and suffering. That isn’t to say we are the only ones, but we are one of the few minorities that still live with laws that criminalize our behaviors. Turning on the television or reading the news we see our trans brothers and sisters being killed. We … Continue reading Strength Through Adversity
From Where Did It Start?
Most of us, thanks to Pride celebrations the nation over, are aware that the first marches took place fifty years ago at the Stonewall Inn. Stonewall was only the turning point for our movement. Yes, Stonewall was monumental because it was the point where many of us were tired of the mistreatment we were enduring, … Continue reading From Where Did It Start?
Standing Together
Pride is more than just the parades and celebrations that we see or visit. It is more than wearing of rainbows and colorful expression t-shirts. Its more than the drinking and partying that we do freely, during that day and throughout the month. It is true that each one of those are a part of … Continue reading Standing Together
The Importance of Pride
What does the importance of Pride mean? How does it relate to us, each and everyone? Sure each of us could argue if it is needed or why it is, but the truth is in the climate we are currently in, Pride is what will keep us together and show our strength. So much of … Continue reading The Importance of Pride
What Are You?
I am fortunate to have several friends who were born outside of the United States and moved here to attend college. When chatting with these friends, I often gain new perspectives on American culture through the benefit of an outsider’s view. For example, my friends have pointed out that Americans tend to be obsessed with … Continue reading What Are You?
Gay in the CLE 