A Response to GOP Proposal to Cut Financial Aid
by: Timothy Lalowski And there I sat, in the packed and noisy waiting room at the Department of Human Services office. The room was filled with sadness, lost hope and […]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Limit Does Not Exist*
by: Nico Lang Weird (adj.) – of a strikingly odd or unusual character; deviant, strange, bizarre, fantastic; (archaic) concerned with controlling fate or destiny; (slang) queer. I remember the first […]
Coming Out Through Yoga
by: AJ Durand Last month, I taught some straight people about coming out. As a yoga teacher, it’s interesting the different populations of people who may occupy my class. And […]
One Solution to the Two-Party Dilemma
by: Mariann Devlin Many Americans, from LGBTQ activists to Tea Partiers, complain that the two-party system in the U.S. fails to represent the interests of all groups. Some idealists, and […]
The God Project: Coming Out of Gender
by: Marissa Rea My name is Marissa Rea. Iʼm 21 years old. I was born and raised in San Diego, California in a white-washed suburb called Scripps Ranch near the Marine […]
Why Queers Must Stand with the 99%
by: Kara Crawford Confession time: I am completely and unashamedly jealous of my friends who are currently in the U.S. and going to the Occupy protests in their respective cities. […]
The Perks of Being a Reader
As cliché as it sounds, books saved my life. In high school, while everyone was partying and doing things that I wish I would have done, I read. All of […]
Allen Gregory Has Two Dads (And Tons of Critics)
by: Alison Bartlett In last Sunday’s series premiere of Fox’s new cartoon, “Allen Gregory,” the recently skinny Jonah Hill voices the title character, a pretentious and precocious 7 year-old forced […]
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5 Ways Michele Bachmann is Paying Her Staff
by: Nico Lang According to a recent report from Politico, Michele Bachmann’s campaign staffers have not been getting paid in some time. However, we at the In Our Words staff […]
The Genuine Synthetic: Pop Stars as LGBT Advocates
by: Patrick Gill Note: This article was written in ignorance of Lady Gaga’s bisexuality. The writer did not mean to characterize her as simply a straight ally to the queer […]
