August 15, 2014

I’m More Than a Friend, Dammit!

Despite our closeness, I have been assumed everything in relation to my partner, but a girlfriend. Once we were even asked, "Are you two...sisters?" As my boifriend is a blue eyed towhead with translucent skin, and I use the same shade of MAC Studio Fix as Lupita Nyong'o...
August 14, 2014

HRC Board Member Shares Her Bullying Story

This week, Human Rights Campaign Board Member and Diversity Co-Chair of the HRC Greater Cincinnati Steering Committee, Kristin Shrimplin shared her high school story with thousands of LGBTQ community members. Specifically, she recounts her personal experience with bullying as a teenager.
August 14, 2014
Scene from Tru Love Film

Review: ‘Tru Love’ Finds Real Warmth In An Unconventional Tryst

Tru Love is a touching story of mourning and cross-generational lesbian desire set in Canada's frigid winter, coming to Washington, D.C. in September by way of a screening hosted by Reel Affirmations.
August 13, 2014

Opinion: If They Gunned Me Down, Would They Say I’m a Stripper or a Ph.D?

I will never forget the moment my Aunt mentioned a picture my cousin had shown her of me, thinking I hadn’t “outed” myself to her yet. I was me, sitting on the lap of an extremely attractive patron dressed head to toe in rainbow feathers...