How coming out of the closet affects members of the LGBT community Think about the phrase “coming out.” Its three syllables, two words and one life-changing decision. On Oct. 11, 1987, the March...

Being thrown off a bus or kicked out of a restaurant simply because a person is different may seem like distant history to many Americans. Laws protecting against discrimination based on sexual orientation...

Oppression is something that America has gotten quite good at. While we may be the good ole “land of the free” we are also the land of the selective. You are free to be who you want in this country,...

People focus a lot on coming out. There’s a national coming out day, there’s coming out hotlines, even videos on YouTube of people coming out to their parents to help people through it. There’s frequently...

In the LGBT community I am kind of young considering I have only been out since June of 2012. On my 21st birthday I didn’t get super plastered because inside I was fighting an inner demon. Since I...