LGBT Weekly

The City: Top to Bottom

thursday, dec. 15 John Caparulo Cleveland’s favorite son, John Caparulo, is a nearly 20-year veteran of stand-up, achieving national recognition on Chelsea Handler’s much-missed E! show, Chelsea Lately. Cap has also made numerous appearances on late night, such as The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live, and was featured on national stand-up tours like Blue…

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I don’t see leadership at NCTE

Watching the premiere, national transgender civil rights organization flounder would be heart wrenching if it weren’t more devastating. We’re at a time when tactics and strategy need changing to reflect a changing situation, but it appears these won’t be. What changed are the party presidential administrations; what’s happening is the likelihood that administration regulations and…

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How Trump could succeed

Dear President-elect Trump, Barring Electoral College shenanigans, you will be the 45th president, with one of the lowest Inauguration Day approval ratings in history. You can’t count on drawing another Democratic opponent with equally low favorability in 2020, so winning a second term will require finding a way to broaden your appeal without betraying your…

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Letters

In response to ‘A stunning defeat’ (Nov. 10 issue 212) Dear Editor, I believe you (Stampp Corbin) are wrong, this is more a stunning victory for Mr. Trump. For you to blatantly and in a transparently racist rhetoric, lay your predominant blame with “angry white conservative voters, who also live among (amongst) us”, is nothing…

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Michael is transitioning

“I’m just starting to live authentic to my spirit and my biological make up,” said Michael Davis, trans-female and actress/hairstylist for a television series. “We all start as females in the womb. Some of us are born with male parts, but I am hard-wired more as female. It’s how I think and feel. I still…

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