Seeing the Rainbow: A personal essay
By Fiske S. Nyirongo The first time I ever let people into my ‘closet’, I was fifteen years old. I was a new high school student in a school I liked. I was now on the [...]
Guest Columnists
On the 50-year-anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, two Phoenix residents share their personal experiences
Today marks 50 years since a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in NYC inspired a cultural revolution. After that June 28th act of aggression, members and supporters of the [...]
The youth fairy ain’t a-coming.
By Buddy Early, March 2019 Issue. There are certain things that become part of your routine when you get older. You take an Ibuprofen that’s on the counter, even if it’s [...]
I’m Here for a Melrose Place Reboot
By Buddy Early, November 2018 Issue. It’s been over two decades since I accidentally walked into a bath house in Washington D.C.’s gay district. It was both terrifying [...]
Don’t tolerate discrimination, even from “artistic” businesses
By Steve Kilar, November 2018 Issue. My husband and I had a small wedding –just us and six other people. We didn’t put a lot of thought or money into most aspects of the [...]
Coming Out of the BDSM Closet
By Omar Beretta, November 2018 Issue. I was recently in Perú interviewing transgender and nonbinary individuals for a piece about LGTBQ+ diversity. In doing so, I realized [...]
The fine line between selflessness and self-loathing
By Buddy Early, September 2018 Issue. It might surprise you to learn that I sometimes engage in online debates with people who spout bigotry and ignorance. That is, if [...]
Fake It Till You Make It
By Gordon Fraser, August 2018 Web Exclusive. Have you ever felt you were not quite good enough for a job or a role of importance and feel that at any moment, you will be [...]
Enforcing Nondiscrimination Laws Is Not a Sign of Anti-Religious Bias
By James Esseks, August 2018 Issue. On the morning of June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up another challenge to state nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTQ [...]
The most groundbreaking thing you’ll read in the next five minutes
By Buddy Early, July 2018 Issue. Earlier this year I saw an advertisement for the movie Love, Simon, and it struck me very odd that the poster included the word [...]
The Year of The Purge
By Buddy Early, June 2018 Issue. The tiny home phenomenon is something that has caught my attention lately. While most people accumulate “things” as badges of their [...]
Slobulous And Owning It
By Buddy Early, May 2018 Issue. “Why are you not more successful?” a friend asked me recently over coffee. This wasn’t really what he said but I fancy myself as someone [...]
Our Compassion CAN Make the Difference
By Buddy Early, April 2018 Issue. An optimistic person—someone I am trying to be—approaches each spring with a mindset of rebirth and/or renewal, or perhaps as a time to [...]
Surviving Conversion Therapy
By David-Elijah Nahmod, April 2018 Issue. In 1964, when I was 8 years old, my parents had me committed to a mental hospital in New York City. Years later, when I asked my mom [...]
Former Nanny: ‘Don’t Serve Me Urine and Say It’s Lemonade’
By Sarah Toce, January 2018 Web Exclusive. While researching a story this afternoon, I stumbled upon this one from ParentMap: “Do You Mind Paying Your Nanny a Living [...]
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