Many people always told me how different my brother was from “regular” boys. Yes, he loved playing with my hair and enjoyed playing with my Barbie dolls much more than I did, but I never found it outrageously peculiar — to me, it was just my brother being himself. In...
Day by day, trans citizens in America are getting raped, murdered, and assaulted continuously without recognition from the mainstream media. America must acknowledge that trans men and women are being treated as second class citizens and also, having their rights...
My heart sank when I heard wind that the category for LGBT rights was removed from the White House website following President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January. Before the removal, dislike and apathy was implicit in Trump's speeches and actions, but now his...
Part of the annual tradition at prom is the selection of King or Queen. No other options, just king or queen, male or female. Having kings and queens excludes some students who do not identify as either male or female and makes students feel unaccepted. It is the year...
No pronoun belongs to any certain sex, meaning pronouns aren’t assigned to or just for males or females. In short, all pronouns are gender neutral. This belief has gained popularity as more schools and workplaces try to meet the needs of the genderqueer and...
Sexuality. A topic most high school students are afraid to discuss. And it makes sense why. In the past few years, the LGBT+ community has made a path so great in society, it has impacted the way many think and feel about each other. However, despite our country being...
Dear Former President Obama, Thank you for serving our nation with dignity, class, patience, style, eloquence, and integrity. As a Mexican-American citizen, not only am I thankful but I am grateful, grateful to have grown up as a 17-year-old with you as my president....
On Sept. 18, producer Jill Soloway won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series after producing and directing “Transparent”, one of the first shows to ever feature a trans woman as its main character. An advocate for both women’s and...
Dear future president, I want to live in a country where I don’t have to fight tooth and nail just so that people in my community can feel safe. I need it to weigh heavily on your mind that the largest-scale mass murder of LGBTQ+ people happened this year: not...
It seems that in our world, if there is something new and different beginning to flourish, we try to guide it in the direction we want. It's a form of control, but at least it’s still growing. This ideology has the LGBT community as its target. The Supreme Court has...
