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What A Father Should Do When His Gay Son Talks To Him About Sex

June 15, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Todd Andrew Clayton After spending three weeks studying John Sutter, Levi Jeans, and the disappointment of disillusioned dreams, the fourth grade class at Lakeside Farms Elementary School would partner […]

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Family, LGBT, Life, Parenting, Sex
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Law Would Allow Access To Medical Records In Criminal HIV Cases

June 15, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Brynn Cassie West Note: This piece was originally featured on the Chicago Phoenix and was reposted with permission. You can find the original here. The Illinois General Assembly passed […]

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Activism, LGBT, Music, Politics
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My Biological Clock Is Barking

June 14, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Nico Lang I’ve come to this point in my mid-twenties where all of my friends are getting married and having children, because to paraphrase Gore Vidal, man + woman […]

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Family, LGBT, Life, Marriage Equality, Parenting, Relationships
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Marcia’s Law: It Takes a Victim to Make a Bully

June 14, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Marcia Prichason Fourth grade was tough for me. We had moved from New York to Illinois two years before, and by that time other kids realized that in September […]

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Bullying, Editorial, Hate, LGBT, Life, Marcia's Law, Memoir
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Living: What I’m Doing After Graduation

June 14, 2012by inourwordsblog 4 Comments

by: Mar Curran With my recent graduation I am constantly being presented with the big question of, “So what are you going to do now?” This question is most often […]

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LGBT, Life, Trans
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Queering the Pornographic: A Response to “Why I Hate Porn”

June 13, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Jonathan Doucette I would like to take the opportunity to continue the important conversation raised by Timothy in his May 24th post, “Just as Pretty As You Want Them: […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, Gay, LGBT, Media/Entertainment, Sex
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I’m Not Sure Why I Want to Have Children, But I Do

June 13, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Clarisse Thorn Note: This piece was originally published on Role/Reboot and was reposted with permission. You can find the original here. I’m not the kind of woman that most […]

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Dating, LGBT, Life, Relationships
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What’s Wrong With This Picture: Gender Inequality in Comic Books

June 13, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Courtney Rust Alright readers: are you ready for this? This article is an interactive one. What I need you to do first is stand up. Yes, you! C’mon, stand […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, Feminism, Gender, LGBT, Media/Entertainment
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The Wonderful Wizard of Prozac: What Depression Has Taught Me

June 13, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Elyse Dawson My mom used to say that I was a “sensitive” kid.  When I was younger I would keep myself awake at night worrying about hypothetical situations involving […]

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Editorial, Health, LGBT, Life, Memoir
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Dipsticks: A Reponse to Renewed Controversy Over the “Gay” Teletubby

June 13, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Bobby Crowley In recent news, the woman who played Laa-Laa has come out of the woodwork to share her very important view on a very important issue. If you are […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment, TV

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