A psychology definition - a thought that can be adopted about specific types of individuals or their certain ways of doing things. Prejudice is the affective component and discrimination is a prejudice reaction. Within LGBT - conventional formulaic generalizations, opinions, or images based on sexual orientation…homophobia stereotype -- gays are not religious. One of the [...]
Dad's birthday was this week, he would have been 75. He's a Virgo, which equates to a whole slew of positive things in my book -- an outgoing life of the party, a connector, and organizer. He also happened to be a gay man from a time where it made him an outcast and placed [...]
I have had my fair share of angst because my dad was a gay man. For so long I wanted to share with friends and peers, that yes, my dad was gay. I also wanted to shout: Can we all just get over the stigma that comes with that? More than anything my dad [...]
I spent my life in a strange, wonderful, questioning, beautiful dance with my dad. He was a man that made it look easy, the way he walked, stood tall, and often took command of a room. He moved effortlessly through conversations especially in large gathering. That’s what I saw when I was young. When I [...]
My family was not like others I knew or was related to for that matter. Because my parents divorced when I was two I never knew a traditional family day in and day out. We were different. It was a pulse I felt most days, most holidays, all my life growing up. Family became important [...]
