Ask a Trans Woman: Why Trans Actors Should Play More Trans Characters
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I recently finished watching the new Netflix science fiction series, “Sense8.” I binged on it in a couple of big gulps….
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Faith, God & Family: Amazing Grace Saves, but Marriage Equality is Not Safe
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— In late June, President Barack Obama gave a momentous eulogy, at a funeral service for a pastor, one of nine African-Americans…
Puerto Rico Luego de la Decisión Suprema sobre el Matrimonio Igualitario
Por: Francisco “Jimagua” Cartagena Méndez/Columnista de TRT— Venció el amor y el respeto a la diversidad de orientaciones sexuales. Hoy, Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico…
Dating a Trans Person & the Complications that Follow
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— When people are attracted to each other, usually dating follows and a relationship may begin. If things develop, there may…
Op-Ed: Marriage Equality Helped All of Us; Fight Continues; No to Gay, Inc.
By: Keegan O’Brien*— While millions celebrated the Supreme Court’s historic ruling on June 26 making gay marriage the law of the land in all fifty…
Creep of the Week: Delusional Ryan T. Anderson & Marriage Equality
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Now that the rainbow dust is starting to settle after all the big gay parades celebrating the Supreme Court decision,…
Op-Ed: Positive Thoughts – Passing the HIV Test
By: Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr./Special to TRT— Getting tested for HIV nowadays is a snap. In the era of over-the-counter rapid in-home testing, I’m befuddled…
Faith, God and Family: SCOTUS Decision Doesn’t Change Hearts & Minds
By: Paul P. Jesep/ TRT Columnist— The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on marriage equality. Absent the introduction of a constitutional amendment in…
Matrimonio Gay y el Terrorismo Espiritual
Por: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/Publicador de TRT— Este fue un momento histórico, el 26 de junio, cuando la Corte Suprema de la nación—en un voto 5-4—declaró…
LGBTQ Struggles Do Not End with Marriage Equality
By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief— Since the SCOTUS decision leading to the legalization of same-sex marriage across the nation, I have found myself breathing a bit…
La Desventaja Social en las Comunidades Gay
Por: Francisco Cartagena Méndez*/Especial para The Rainbow Times— El clasismo, la homofobia y el racismo son conceptos muy arraigados en diferentes culturas. Los seres humanos,…
Now We Celebrate Marriage Equality: Tomorrow We Fight for More
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— I still vividly remember how it felt to be spat on and called a “fag&ot” at fourteen, when I went…
Obama Owes Transgender Community an Apology
By: Natalia Muñoz*/Special to TRT— In June 2015, many in the LGBT communities nationwide were in a particularly celebratory mood. As has become an annual…
Mainstream LGBTQ News Coverage Virtually Only About Marriage Equality
By: Milo Todd/Special to TRT— Marriage Equality. That’s a success and a massive deal. History was made mere weeks ago (http://tiny.cc/ql07zx). But as I saw…
Ask A Trans Woman: Caitlyn Jenner’s Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, it seems like the only question people want to ask me is, “What do I think about the whole Caitlyn…
Transgender Transition & Family: When Things Don’t Go Smoothly
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— When you transition to living full time in your true gender it can be one of the happiest days of…
Creep of the Week: High Court Anti-Gay Justices
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and John Roberts We were gathered to celebrate something that many of us didn’t…
Activista Gay Boricua Exhorta la Homofobia Sea un Delito
SAN JUAN, PR—El activista de derechos humanos puertorriqueño, Francisco ‘El Jimagua’ Cartagena Méndez, expresó que la homofobia debe ser catalogada como un crimen, debido a…
Positive Thoughts: Crossing the HIV Viral Divide
By: Diane Anderson-Minshall*/Special to TRT— It was little surprise when HBO’s Looking—a critically acclaimed but poorly rated TV series about gay men in San Francisco—introduced…
Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder’s Religious Beliefs, Against Gay Parents
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Fact: Michigan’s Republicans, who are literally in charge of every branch of state government, do not give a shit about…
New England Pride Projects Released; New Assist. Editor Welcomed; Hello Caitlyn!
By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief— The Rainbow Times again this year had the privilege to produce not one, but two Pride Projects for you—the New England…
Why the LGBT Movement Should Support #BlackLivesMatter
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to The Rainbow Times— The Baltimore Rebellion has reignited a national discussion about police violence and racism and what relationship the LGBTQ…
Why Mainstream News’ LGBTQ Coverage Doesn’t Help
By: Milo Todd*/TRT Columnist— On May 23rd, newscasters around the world declared that Ireland would make equal marriage legal due to a landslide victory via…