Right down from the labeling of AIDS as GRID, or Gay-Related Immune Deficiency, this community has historically faced rampant discrimination and stereotyping at the hands of their own family, friends, employers, healthcare providers, and government.

“Many LGBT people are too shy to go to health centers to get services … Continue Reading

It’s a lazy afternoon, you’re binging one TV show after another. On the screen enters an actor, his lips pursed in a pout, hands on his hip, an eyebrow raised, shiny leather pants paired with a colorful sequined jacket. His accent has a strange lilt to it, and he says … Continue Reading

Boy Erased, a film based on Garrard Conley’s memoir, is about a young boy diligently joining conversion therapy to appease his deeply religious parents. Garrard Conley would later walk out of his conversion therapy and return home to his mother. As he himself admits in a later interview, this … Continue Reading

Hello you,

I’m bisexual. I’ve known forever and I think I’m ready to let you know. This means something to me, coming out to you; it took more courage to write this than I thought I had. Call me a dreamer, but I hope you understand me, that you wholly … Continue Reading

As Pride 2018 wrapped up, it brought forth an era of the sexual revolution with debates regarding ‘cross-generational sexual relations’, a phrase to re-brand pedophilia. The word alone leaves you with a heavy, sinking feeling in your stomach, and for good reason too.

Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder where … Continue Reading

Him and Her. He and She. Two words that establish identities without the need of one’s name today, two words used by society to create gender roles, create a system of power that discriminates against those who exist outside the ‘binary’.

Non-binary or gender-queer encompasses a wide spectrum of gender … Continue Reading

As the quarantine dragged on with no foreseeable end in sight, I had decided to begin watching Sex and the City- a show set in New York, with four powerful female leads. This show has gained cult status in the years since it has aired (spanning over six seasons, two … Continue Reading

One of the most frequently discussed topics about the LGBTQ+ community is its tumultuous relationship with the Church. Explicitly, how far the Church has come along in accepting the community.

The Catholic Church has declared that as a person does not choose to be either homosexual or heterosexual, being gay … Continue Reading