LGBTQ+

Consider the alias. Writers throughout history have used aliases that we call “pen names.” Stephen King wrote books under the name “Richard Bachman.” Joanne Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has launched a successful string of novels for adults under the name Robert Galbraith.  On the everyday level, normal people frequently use pseudonyms to […]

There was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, about a race of aliens called the Binars. They were a genetically enhanced race with computer processors in their heads, and they were androgynous and apparently sexless, with bald heads and indeterminate body shapes. Their non-threatening appearance was key to their success at stealing the

President-elect Donald Trump made a historically unique and profound statement earlier this year that got overlooked. It’s about one of the worst abuses of children in American history, perhaps world history. He looked directly at the camera and told the truth—no other politician has done so—about what “gender-affirming care” for children really is: mutilation and

We’ve been told that “gender affirming care” is lifesaving. We’ve been told it’s “medically necessary.” We’ve been emotionally blackmailed into accepting that loving parents should consent to the chemical and surgical mutilation of their children, lest those same children kill themselves (this is an abuse tactic commonly used by those with borderline personality disorder).  But

It’s the kind of story that calls up musical numbers like “Anything you can do, I can do better!” Or maybe the apocryphal quote from Ginger Rogers is more apt, the one about doing everything Fred Astaire did, but “backwards in heels.” What kind of footwear was Commander Yvonne Gray wearing when she scuttled a

For some reason, whenever we want to joke about silly or self-defeating people, we often rope in a fast food restaurant to make the point. “Chickens for Kentucky Fried Chicken,” is a common joke made about people who vote or act against their own best interests. The Chick-Fil-A fast food chain famously ran years’ worth