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New Family Equality CEO Wants to "Double Down" on Impact for LGBTQ+ Families

New Family Equality CEO Wants to "Double Down" on Impact for LGBTQ+ Families

For Darra Gordon, her new role as CEO of Family Equality, the national organization for LGBTQ+ families, is "more of a calling than a choice."

Life in the Slow Lane

Marking Time

Marking Time

My face, my hair, my scalp, look up at me from this snapshot on my Northeastern University alumni ID, pre-pandemic, a younger version of myself.

Living in a Liminal Space

Living in a Liminal Space

The Drumbeat

The Drumbeat

The Mother I Wanted

The Mother I Wanted

Sitting Still

Sitting Still

Holding the Center

The madness of King Don

What comes after the straitjacket?

Battling the broligarchs

Battling the broligarchs

Repairing Trump's social damage

Repairing Trump's social damage

Donald in the drink

Donald in the drink

Stranded in a hostile land

Stranded in a hostile land

Hope in the bleak winter

Hope in the bleak winter

Irene Monroe

In honor of black trans women

Transgender rights have been on the chopping block since the Trump 2.0 administration took office.

We don't need Trump's permission to celebrate us

We don't need Trump's permission to celebrate us

President Jimmy Carter  was my first

President Jimmy Carter was my first

When I accidentally outed Nikki Giovanni

When I accidentally outed Nikki Giovanni

Why HIV/AIDS persists in Black America

Why HIV/AIDS persists in Black America

Billy Masters

Billy Masters 03.20.25

Billy Masters 03.20.25

I recently came across a map of Europe which allegedly showed where the population of each country thinks the best-looking men come from.

Billy Masters 03.06.25

Billy Masters 03.06.25

Billy Masters 02.20.25

Billy Masters 02.20.25

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Billy Masters 02.06.25

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Billy Masters 01.23.25

Billy Masters 01.09.25

Billy Masters 01.09.25