Canada's 2002 Gay Prom Case: Marc Hall v Durham Catholic District School Board
"The idea of equality speaks to the conscience of all humanity—the dignity and worth that is due each human being."
View ArticleDon't think about elephants
I spent nearly the entire two weeks crippled with fear. Was I ready to come out publicly? What would the class say about it? Could I handle negative reactions? What do I say? For the most part, I tried...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Coming Out: Rachel Maddow
In this June 2009 interview, Rachel Maddow discusses how she feels about her own coming out (which has been explored extensively in other interviews) and her advice for others. For those who haven’t...
View ArticleWhen Night is Falling: it broke my brain
In university, one of my personal indulgences was to attend Film Society. Film Society would bring movies to our tiny university town (population 6000, including students) that we wouldn’t ever have...
View ArticleCautious
I was working lunches at the faculty dining room that year. I made sandwiches mostly, chopped vegetables for salad, that kind of thing. There was another pre-theology student working there. I didn’t...
View ArticleWhat we gave up to be queer
When you came out, did you lose or give up anything? Before I realised I was gay, I was planning to study to be a Christian minister. I loved everything about it. I loved reading the Bible and gleaning...
View ArticleChristian singer Ray Boltz talks about coming out
Only Mr. Boltz knew the specific kind of damage he meant. He was gay, and he had been trying not to be gay since his teens, and he had inhabited and indeed thrived in a fundamentalist Christian culture...
View ArticleThinking of doing one? Here’s my “It Gets Better” video:
I knew this wouldn’t be easy to do. I didn’t think it would be as hard as it was. I also really think this project is a great idea and I think YouTube was the best medium for it. It reaches the right...
View ArticleAmerican soldier comes out to his mom and dad, on video
So Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is history. This is what that means: The second video is considerably harder to watch than the first. His mom starts quoting the Bible. Telling his Dad Telling his Mom
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