As the New Year approaches, many of us will be making resolutions for 2016. In fact, more than 50 percent of Americans will make a New Year’s resolution with the most frequent resolution being to lose weight. The end result is gym envy. Gym envy is part of the reason that only 64 percent of…
As the holidays get into full swing, I have six tenets that should be considered to make sure this is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. I am not an island The holiday season anchors your year and gives you the opportunity for reflection. Who are the people and what are the events…
The terrorist attacks in Paris have alarmed people all across the world including the United States. Understandably, many have questioned the logic of allowing Syrian refugees into our country because the extremists of ISIS use Syria as a home base. Many Republicans and Democrats suggest that Syrian extremists will be able to come into our…
Everyone is up in arms about the recent defeat of a pro-LGBT law in Houston called the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance or HERO for short. The issue, known as Proposition 1, was intended to ban discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity by city and private employers, as well as in public accommodations. The…
Many in the LGBT community are crying foul about comments by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on the Rachel Maddow Show last week. Clinton, when asked about the damage her husband’s two anti-LGBT compromises, the Defense of Marriage Act and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, inflicted upon our community, responded that they were defensive moves to prevent…
I have been thinking about true friendship over the last week. We all have many types of friends. There are those new “social media” friends, who may be people who we have never even met. An interesting development, since the concept of a friend to me has always been someone with whom you share experiences…
Longtime community activist Kurt Cunningham ended his life yesterday. This summer Kurt was a contestant in our 2015 Pride Health Challenge and was one of the finalists. On the day of his death, Kurt had hundreds, if not over a thousand, Facebook posts of condolences, from his friends; all who were heartbroken. This editorial is…
Another mass shooting perpetrated by a young white man. I use that description because if these shootings were being perpetrated by young Latino or black men, it would be the headline but I digress before I really get started. Another mass shooting by a person who is mentally unstable. There is plenty of blame to…
The Holy See of the Catholic Church, known simply as the Pope, dominated the airwaves in America last week. Pope Francis was able to take Donald Trump out of the relevant news cycle for a week. Now that is something. Something that should concern all Americans. The media and our government has allowed religion, the…
I am really enjoying the side show that is the Republican Presidential Primary. Now I don’t like all of the anti-LGBT rhetoric and hate speech, but I do enjoy the ridiculous hypocrisy of many of the candidates. Donald Trump said the following about Carly Fiorina, “Look at that face!? Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine…
