To be straight is not up for debate.Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashI am going to talk or Invent a new world a new world where everybody must be anything but straight. Being straight is not allowed and the term Hetrosexuality mus...

How Acceptance and Courage Helped Me Embrace MePhoto by James A. Molnar on UnsplashIt took me 25 years to be comfortable and honest enough to accept the fact I am gay.When you grow up in a conservative household where anything but stra...

I won't thank you for being tolerantPhoto by Sharon McCutcheon on UnsplashOn the outside I roll my eyes and laugh when someone asks my girlfriend and I if we are sisters.I don’t want to be a stereotype – the angry, queer woman who ...

Or at least something closeMost people probably wouldn't choose Provo Utah as a place to live when they are Gay and have a love affair with rocks and incense. I've thought a lot about where to start my story. Should it be back when I was kid being ra...

How did this happen?Photo by Toni Reed on UnsplashYou may once have been the twink that turned heads on the gay scene, but let’s face it that was decades ago. In your head, you may still be 29, but if any of these ring true, you coul...

My Top Ten Pride-full SongsSomewhere, amongst my belongings in my mother’s apartment in Israel, are boxes and boxes of cassette tapes that span several years. Tapes I recorded and sent to my best friend at the start of my junior year of high school...

Or maybe I was simply suffering from a serious case of attentional biasHave you ever been metaphorically hit in the face in a moment you least expect it? Sure you have. Who hasn't right? Did it hurt or did it somehow drive you to some kind of a break...

What it means in the LGBTQ+ community when you have respect - and when you should be sure you actually have it.What is the difference between respecting someone and accepting someone?Acceptance is taking someone as they are. Respecting someone is lea...