Halloween: The Festival of Queers
by: Adam Guerino Chicago has gone glaad! With frolicking boys in short short shorts and when half of the women you see on the streets aren’t women at all, you […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Dress You Up in Privilege: A Halloween Reflection
by: Raechel T Let me start by assuring you that I love Halloween. Partly because I agree with fellow In Our Words staffer, Lindsey Dietzler, who says that it’s a […]
Who is Leaving Who? Calif. Presbyterian Church Secedes Over Gay Clergy
by: Ange Concepcion On October 8th in Madison, WI, Rev. Scott Anderson made history as the first openly gay Presbyterian minister following two decades since leaving the ministry after being […]
Top 5 Places I Want to Occupy
by: Danielle Wordelman Occupy Wall Street and the subsequent sit ins in solidarity have inspired a slew of people of all ages, races, genders, social classes, locations, orientations and identities […]
Back Through the Looking Glass: My History With Gender
by: Nico Lang Family secrets are powerful things. If you’ve ever seen a Southern costume drama, you might have heard a thing or two about them — discovered amidst the […]
Familiarity Breeds Content: Gender Roles in Freshman TV Comedies
by: Riley Thomas Because sitcoms are designed to appeal to the largest amount of people possible, executives in the entertainment industry have rarely used this format to break boundaries, test […]
Speaking, Always Speaking
by: Amanda Stefanski When people ask me where I come from, I take a perverse pride in telling them that my hometown holds the world record for the most churches […]
An Ode to Halloween, My Favorite “Holigay”
by: Lindsey Dietzler Today, as I looked up at the bright blue October sky, adorned with pink clouds, I was overwhelmed with a warm sense of nostalgia. Memories flooded back […]
The Ballad of the Heterosexual Queer
by: Annie Brady For years, I’ve been asked the question: are you gay? It happens all the time. My friends ask, my mom asks, gay men ask, lesbians ask, random […]
A Letter to a Gay President
by: Zachary Stafford Dear Future Gay President of America, You know, I thought when President Obama was elected the country would implode – America, I thought, wasn’t ready for a […]
