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 […]
Category Archives: Editorial
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 […]
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 […]
Owning Gaylord
by: Anthony Martinez Executive Director, Civil Rights Agenda It is amazing how fast one year can go by. It seems like just a few weeks ago when I was in […]
Dancing with Controversy: Chaz Bono on DWTS
by: Mason Strand Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last few weeks, you’ve probably at least been in the vicinity of a conversation about the controversy that’s […]
Politics: An Indictment
by: Joe Varisco Editor’s Note: This post is from a friend of the website, who is one of the co-founders of Chicago IRL, a queer zine devoted to capturing Chicago’s […]
An Open Letter to the People Who Yell Homophobic Things at Me on the Street
by: Mar Curran Preface: Since coming out as transmasculine about seven months ago not a week goes by that someone does not call me a name on the street. I […]
8 Things Katy and Rick Perry Share in Common
by: Nico Lang Foreword: This article was inspired by my grandmother, who seriously thought that Katy Perry was Rick Perry’s daughter. May old people keep misunderstanding life until the end […]
When Fear Turns to Hate
by: Adam Guerino Foreword: I wrote this piece in the beginning of July and by the start of August, as a new homeless shelter ran by The Night Ministry opened in the […]
