The Original Article BOSTON — A Boston federal judge has denied a request from a transgender woman to continue hair removal treatments as the inmate awaits a ruling on whether the state will pay for a sex-change operation. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf said Tuesday that Michelle Kosilek has not...

E. Lynn Harris There may be many people wondering just why the death of E. Lynn Harris is such a “big deal.” Several of my readers may never have heard of him, and several more may have heard his name, but were never moved to purchase a piece of his literature. Allow me a minute to share...

I hear from a lot of you about sex. Questions about how to improve your sex lives, about sexually transmitted diseases, or about problems in the bedroom. You ask questions you don’t know where else to go for answers. For some people it’s embarrassing to admit they have a sexual problem, for...

PREFACE Sometime ago, I added my e-mail address to the mailing list for updates via WhiteHouse.gov. If you have not done this already, I suggest you do so. Whether you agree or disagree with President Barack Obama’s policies is not the question. What is important is continued diligence regarding...

The Miller-Jenkins FamilyEarlier today, I was busy watching the news, and working the blog (stopping frequently for video game time, of course), when I came across an article on Lisa Miller, a Virginia woman who’s been actively battling to deny her ex-partner child visitation rights since their...

I read a really interesting piece in the New York Times yesterday entitled, “Why the Gay Rights Movement Has No National Leader”. Essentially, the article highlighted, while pondering, the fact that the Gay Rights Movement has achieved such landmark success without the face of a so-called...

Gail Collins: David, can we talk hot-button social issues for a second? I know this is not really an area where you fly the conservative colors, but you’re the go-to guy on how America lives, and I’d like to hear your thoughts even if we can’t work up a fight. If you think of abortion, gay rights...

Growing up, I wasn’t necessarily taught to be ashamed of my body, but I definitely wasn’t encouraged to celebrate it. In fact, I would venture to say the idea of “celebrating” my body and embracing myself as a woman did not become a reality for me until college. Indeed, my first...

So what is this man trying to say? As I was driving to pick my partner up from work this morning, I was listening to NPR as usual, and was surprised to hear quite the little rant by P.J. O’Rourke. He was stating his belief that Feminism and Facebook killed the car. Surprisingly, I wasn’t...

LGBT Youth Duckling Today, Swan Tomorrow The issues effecting gay & lesbian youth in today’s society cannot be overlooked. As adults, it is our responsibility to strengthen and maintain our families and communities. Families are the backbone of communities, and communities define a nation....