I sat up in my hospital bed, still trying to catch my breathe from that very last push, held our baby girl and sobbed exuberantly into my partner, Kayleigh’s chest . I was relieved we had finally done it, finally made our little family. something that seemed so impossible for me before. When Kayleigh and i [...]
RYAN’S STORY We often forget about the “T” in “LGBT” and exactly what it means. I know that I am guilty of that anyways. Some people think that Transgendered girls are just “girls that want to dress like boys” or transgendered boys are just “boys who want to dress like girls”. But that is not [...]
Coming out as a lesbian is the most liberating and empowering thing that a person who is in the closet can do. It is a process of both exploring one’s identity and true self. For me, coming out was a difficult road to travel with a few speed bumps. Although it was an exciting adventure, [...]
I know we were all taught as children not to call each other names and we know how much racism hurts us as a culture (or at least I hope those reading this blog do) but there as so many more ways we use labels in our lives that shut us off from groups, from information, and from individuals and if you are anything like me, it takes someone pointing it out every now and then for a real wake up call to happen in your life so change can begin to rebuild your way of interacting in the world.
What Would Sappho Say? Lectori Salutem! or L.S. (Greetings to the Reader!) As an insomniac, I started staying up later and later at night until it just became a part of my life. Now, even when a get a descent night’s sleep that starts at about 1 AM and goes until 8 AM or so. [...]