Cutting Away March 2008 marked the end of an almost six-year relationship with another transgender man who was closeted about having been born into a female body. For the sake of the relationship, I had chosen to be closeted about being transgender. Because of my height and masculine build I often passed as a cisgendered [...]
The following three-part series was created as a result of a class I took in Spring 2010 at CIIS called Queering the Sacred, which was taught by Dr. Randy Conner.
“Coming Out Day is rooted in the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights with its AIDS Quilt display. That event is widely regarded as pivotal for the gay community, bringing together and politicizing lesbian and gay men and turning the tide on treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS. Rob Eichberg [...]
i hate the 4th of july. why? because it is yet another example of the way our culture is more words than action. words float through the air touting “i’m proud to be an american where at least i know i’m free . . . ” but it is bull shit. we live in a [...]
I wanted to be there, but had another engagement. I am so proud of Portland for showing up in numbers to say, “it is nobodies damn business what we do in our bedrooms.” My favorite part of this video is where Dan Savage states that for most of us if our deepest darkest secrets were [...]