District of Invisibility: LGBTQ Erasure Then and Now
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a panel focused on the LGBTQ experience in the District of Columbia titled District of Change: LGBTQ Life in DC –
LGBTQ History #12: Willi Smith Brings Street Couture to the Masses
Parson’s Design School alum and openly gay Philadelphia designer Willi Donnell Smith launched WilliWear in 1975 — a move that would launch his career and make him an institution in…
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…
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…