Learned helplessness in the queer community rears its ugly head in many ways: idle drug use, doom scrolling, panic dating, addiction...

If learned helplessness is a form of homophobic conditioning, then getting informed and empowered is a radical act of resistance.

Queer people are here. We've always been here. Living. Laughing. Loving. And we're not going anywhere.

At a young age, many gay people learn to dissociate as a matter of self-preservation -- hiding who we are for the sake of survival...

The surest way to start having better sex is to stop pathologizing femininity, regardless of our gender or sexual orientation.

Those of us who cannot pass as straight have never had a choice but to be brave.

Many people experience varying levels of same-sex attraction over the course of their lives. For some of us this attraction is...

Over the course of any given day, each of us "closet" and "out" ourselves on a wide array of topics, depending on our sense of pride...

We are bound by our biases.

I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...

Even the most well-meaning parents rarely raise culturally gay children. That means most of us must find our own way, through trial...

The goal of advocating for greater diversity and inclusion is not the ironing out of our differences, but the delighting in them.

We are all complex mixtures of privilege and adversity. By acknowledging our accidental advantages, we can better empathize with...

In a society steeped in straight supremacy, all of us make homophobic choices from time to time. Even gay people...

I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...

Telling someone how they should protest is not that different from telling them why they should be oppressed.

For instance, if you have experienced bigotry at the hands of your family, have you ever looked them in the eyes and lovingly asked them...

If we're really going to love each other, we're also going to have to love each other's liberation.

If, like me, you live with a residual shame and internalized homophobia born of religious bigotry, "spirituality" can be a loaded word....

It’s time for each of us to go out and have an adventure. Say something silly. Do something foolish. Take a risk!