By Jessica Humphries — 2021
We explore what other cultures can teach us about raising well-rounded human beings.
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CLEAR ALL
Your child just came out to you. Now what? Here are some things to keep in mind.
A conversation with the sociologist Mary Robertson on how some queer youth are pleasantly surprised with the lack of family drama the news causes.
When many LGBTQ people look back on their childhood, we remember a mixture of confusingly feeling different; being harassed for our sexual identities; and realizing how important our parents, teachers and other authority figures were in either helping us through those years—or making our lives worse.
“In Latin America, there’s been a great deal of progress around gay and lesbian identities,” Ortiz says. “But with being transgender and non-binary, a lot of people are still unsure what it all means and I believe it’s connected to the words we use.”
Ideas of visibility and the closet have largely been shaped by white America and the gay liberation movement of the 1970s. Refusing to subscribe to this narrative gives us space to connect with our gender, our culture and our sexuality on our own terms.
New research finds that an Asian American who presents as gay signals that he or she is fully invested in American culture.
Anyone of any sexual orientation, gender, or other relationships status can be in a queerplatonic relationship
“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”
Don’t wait for the most convenient time to rebuild intimacy. You’ll be waiting a long time.
Couper Gunn had talked openly with his team about gay slurs and their impact on him. It impacted him that night.