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Category: Queer Perspectives
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Drawing on his years as a dedicated community activist and on the experiences of LGBT parents, Michael Shelton puts together a few concrete strategies culled from his book ‘Family Pride’ that LGBT families can use to intervene in and resolve difficult community issues, teach their children resiliency skills, and find safe and respectful programs for…
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A Massachusetts resident celebrates the state’s progressive leadership, how it became a beacon of hope for the marriage equality movement, and, while she’s at it, dispels some LGBT myths with Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico, authors of “You Can Tell Just By Looking”: And 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People.
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In November of 2003, when a Massachusetts court declared the ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional in that state, Catherine Reid was left with an unexpected choice: to get married, or not. As the ten year anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts approaches, Reid, in this excerpt from Falling Into Place, takes us back to those…
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Ginny Gilder, a former Olympian, shares the crushing disappointment that occurs when political disputes interfere with Olympic aspirations.
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National Coming Out Day reading recommendations from Beacon Press.
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About 10 percent of people are gay or lesbian. Homosexuals are born that way. All religions condemn homosexuality. There’s no such thing as a gay or trans child…. We’ve all heard (and repeated) statements like these before. But, are any of them actually true?
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Beacon director Helene Atwan introduces new books from James Baldwin and Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco.
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Jay Michaelson takes issue with how some would define “traditional” in Russia.
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Jay Michaelson looks at Scalia’s legalistic argles and bargles.
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