From the outside, queer baiting and queer catching seem very similar.
Tag: Rights
Silence equals death
A slogan made popular during the heights of the AIDS epidemic in the1980s is as relevant today only in a slightly different way. Maybe our queer elders foreshadowed events to come or history only repeats itself more than we cafre to admit. Either way, our silence is exactly that, our death. Each day we stand [...]
Do We Need To Seek Approval?
If your happiness is dependent on an outside source, person or event, you are destined for heartache and misery. Happiness and joy emanate from within, you are responsible for your own happiness. As kids, we come into this world with a naive innocence, some of us. We play openly without fear of judgement, we talk [...]
LGBTQ Rights In Peril
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.
LGBTQ Activists Of The World
Steps are being taken around the world to tear down the walls of the heteronormative patriarchy, but make no mistake, there is a long way to go.
Do Symbols Out Live Their Relevance?
As humans, we gravitate to putting meaning to things and events. This often translates into using symbols for those things. Symbols can give us direction and meaning, hope and belief, and inspiration and courage. But can also get mired in their meaning and stuck in a time where their relevance may be lost? Can we, [...]
Is Queer A Trigger Word?
"Using “queer” is a way of reminding us how we are perceived by the rest of the world.”
Growing Up Southern And Gay
n the south, we have a saying, “we don't hide crazy, we parade it out on the front porch and give it a sweet tea.”
Your Right To Protest
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” -John F. Kennedy This quote is deep, especially with what we are starting to see take shape in our country. The meaning is clear, if you take away the rights of the people to protest against the injustices they see, you only enable them to [...]
LGBTQ Health Disparities
No LGBTQ person should have to fear being denied access to needed healthcare because of who they are. Just as it is important that we have access to see our spouses in the hospital. Healthcare is important for our quality of life, as much as it is for our survival. The Hippocratic Oath says that doctors are supposed to treat the sick to the best of their abilities. LGBTQ people deserve the same access to healthcare as our heterosexual counterparts. No one should have to feel shame or fear when they need to see a doctor. Because of this fear, many of the contributing factors to our well-being have not been fully documented. This can cause misleading statistics about how environmental and psychosocial stressors affect our well-being. We need more information on how LGBTQ health disparities affect our overall health and well-being. We need healthcare providers that will treat us as people and not our sexual orientation or gender identity.
Gay in the CLE 