The tragic reality is that some parents actually react like Tracy promised he would -- by physically hurting, threatening and even trying to kill children they merely think might be gay.
The tragic reality is that some parents actually react like Tracy promised he would -- by physically hurting, threatening and even trying to kill children they merely think might be gay.
Those who would argue that same-sex marriage is about one word -- marriage -- are wasting their air. It's about sending the message that members of the LGBT community are of equal value in America.
What Tyree's statement perfectly captures is the self-righteous audacity of those who would deny the gay community the right to marriage equality.
Unfortunately, one gay rights group decided to go public on Friday to distance themselves from Lady Gaga and to say her Twitter involvement might cause more harm than good. What did that accomplish?
Can Stephanie McMahon's "Be a Star" PSA be credible when so young people have seen her humiliated and mock beaten by her real life husband Triple H on the WWE mat?
What this Tracy Morgan debate completely missed was the more duplicitous stylings of comedy aimed at LGBT people these days. Robert Smigel, it's your turn at the mike.
By insisting on carve-outs not only for religious organizations but for religious individuals who wish to discriminate against me, you are choosing some religious values over others.
As I adjusted my toddlers' life jackets this past weekend, my mind wandered to how much time parents spend worrying about their children's well-being. But then my thoughts segued into larger safety concerns I can't control in the hands of New York politicians.
As human beings, and specifically as persons of faith, we organize ourselves as families based upon values much more profound than simply the code of law of the country we happen to inhabit.
It's a fact: Colorado schools are hostile environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young people. But change is on the way.
Tracy Morgan made a comment within the context of his stand-up routine for an audience which paid to see him. Now we have a slew of groups who never should have heard the joke anyway up in arms about it.
The memory we bring forth as First Nations people is of a time and way of life where LGBTQI folks were accepted. Fred's legacy goes beyond tacit racism and cultural appropriation.
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In celebration of National LGBT Pride Month, it's time to put together a list of the best LGBT characters from movies and TV shows.
Morgan infringed upon the dignity of our lives. He impugned the painful process that many of us had to go through in order to embrace ourselves with self-love and self-worth in the face of a world which at times tells us to hate ourselves.
We are mistaken if we think this is just about Tracy Morgan. Tragically, from my vantage point of working with thousands of LGBT youths who have experienced family rejection, he made a joke out of an everyday reality.
Few parents have heard about transgender issues, and some react so strongly to their child's gender nonconformity that they force their child to leave home.
In a year when we have experienced horrible suicides of LGBT youth, to not fire Tracy Morgan sends exactly the wrong message. To advocate violence against anyone is disgusting, but against our most vulnerable youth -- it crosses the line.
All over the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are persecuted. We treat them as pariahs and make them doubt that they too are children of God -- this must be nearly the ultimate blasphemy.
Since Prop. 8 in CA and the political melee of DADT, the gay community has begun to question the money filtering from LGBT lobbyists' pockets into the campaigns of legislators who subsequently vote against LGBT causes.