by Bach Polakowski | Oct 6, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
Now that the bullying stories are in their second wave, there is now increasing attention to the question of what caused the bullying and the role homophobia and anti-gay rhetoric plays in that bullying. Inevitably, that discussion circles around to the role religion...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 6, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
Unless you are living under a rock, you probably know that Fred Phelps believes “God Hates Fags.” Today, his right to say that at funerals–specifically, in this case, dead servicemembers’ funerals–finds its way to the Supreme Court in...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 6, 2010 | Michael Tune, NLGJA |
Those participating in the ‘It Gets Better’ series are right – it DOES get better. Sadly, many of us in the LGBT community can tell our stories of growing up in families or with schoolmates who didn’t see us for who we were. With little education on the topic, and...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 4, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
The controversy over same-sex marriage announcements has found its way to the New Jersey Jewish Standard which announced today that it would no longer run same-sex marriage announcements after its first one caused a controversy. Now, the religious press is going to be...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 1, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
A couple of weeks ago, we featured the story of Twin Cities’ Fox9 anchor Jason Matheson who is on “Good Day Minnesota” and his revelation about being bullied as a kid. I had a short email exchange with Matheson and he said that he’d really been empowered...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 1, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
A tweet this morning from Queerty cemented something I’ve been wrestling with about the last two weeks of coverage regarding bullying of gay teens: it’s actually been pretty good. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcVyvg2Qlo] It seems like LGBT...