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10 Things LGBTQ Families Can Do to Find Strength in 2025

10 Things LGBTQ Families Can Do to Find Strength in 2025

As I write this column, we are just a few weeks away from arguably the most actively and intentionally anti-LGBTQ federal administration ever.

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

Stranded in a hostile land

Stranded in a hostile land

One refugee's courage and resilience

Hope in the bleak winter

Hope in the bleak winter

Dismantling America brick by brick

Dismantling America brick by brick

Trump's illusory mandate

Trump's illusory mandate

In sorrow and hope, fight on

In sorrow and hope, fight on

Ending Trump's 'rough hour'

Ending Trump's 'rough hour'

Irene Monroe

President Jimmy Carter  was my first

President Jimmy Carter was my first

We always remember our first experiences.

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

Black Male Votes Matter!

Black Male Votes Matter!

Laughs, and more, in Spanish

Laughs, and more, in Spanish

Billy Masters

Billy Masters 01.09.25

Billy Masters 01.09.25

I dunno how it took 29 years of columns and scores of Hallmark movies for me to finally recognize the truth in something I've said for years—you CAN'T have it all.

Billy Masters 12.26.24

Billy Masters 12.26.24

Billy Masters 12.12.24

Billy Masters 12.12.24

Billy Masters 11.28.24

Billy Masters 11.28.24

Billy Masters 11.14.24

Billy Masters 11.14.24

Billy Masters 10.31.24

Billy Masters 10.31.24