A Trans-Bashing: What Allies Need to Know About “Safe” Places and Being Better Allies
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— If you consider yourself an ally to trans people, then please read this column. Don’t get me wrong, trans people themselves…
Opinion
The Rainbow Times Releases Key Primary Endorsement for Essex County Sheriff
From The Editorial Staff Although The Rainbow Times typically does not endorse for primary elections, there is a race that has particularly stuck out to…
Hillary Clinton, Melania Trump Scale Building in Scandalous Murals
Latest on this “artist” now covering the scandalous murals, at least one of them, see video below. By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— A scantily dressed Hillary Clinton…
Trans Talk 101: Transgender Defamatory Terms
Part Three of this Series focuses on transgender defamatory terms that often are misused By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Part 3 of a 3 Part Series…
God Loves You as You Are, Even if Your Parents Don’t: Supporting a Declining Parent
All in all, God Loves You and those you love too By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Dad continues to weigh heavily on my mind. He…
Latin Vision: Las Elecciones 2016 y las Consecuencias de su Voto
Las Elecciones 2016 serán como ninguna otra en la historia de este país; lo que está en juego es sumamente importante Por: Graysen M. Ocasio*/Publicador…
Food for Thought as you Vote in the Upcoming Elections in November
The importance of this elections for LGBTQ people By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT columnist— It’s a presidential election year in the good old U.S.A. and everyone…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Questions I Ask Myself; Shared Truths and Resonant Connections
The Ask a Trans Woman activist and columnist on the shared truths that have helped her writing and life evolution By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I often ask…
7 Hard Truths the LGBT Community Must Address in the Wake of the Orlando Massacre
Coping and taking an active role regarding the Orlando Massacre may help us heal By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— For the past few years that I’ve penned…
How Do We Stop Violence Against LGBTQ People?
Violence against LGBTQ people is on the rise and the attacks come from most institutions, parties By: Keegan O’Brien/TRT Guest Columnist— My friends and I…
Orlando Massacre Leaves Many Questions, But Tragedy Brings Some Resolute Answers
An analysis of the Orlando Massacre and other aspects to consider By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— Since the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando that took…
Faith, God and Family: Orlando, Finding Meaning, Long Process to Forgive
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Fyodor Dostoevsky, the Nineteenth Century novelist, wrote in the “Brothers Karamazov”: “Every sin can be forgiven because God’s love is…
Trans Talk 101: Terms to Know and Avoid
Trans Talk in a way that will not offend and will be a tool to refer to whether you’re writing or speaking directly to transgender…
Looking Back and Looking Forward on Trans Equality
Trans Equality means full protections and rights, just like cisgender people have them By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I first entered the trans community in…
A Question of Pride and Passing Privilege: To Go Stealth or to Change the World?
Passing privilege and the opinion of whether it’s safe and helps the transgender cause By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Last month I wrote a pretty personal…
Op-Ed: Changing an Institution from Within; My Experience as a Gay Methodist Pastor
Courage drove this gay methodist pastor to protest his Church By: Will Green*/TRT Guest Columnist— When I tell people I am a clergy person in the…
Scapegoating vs. Solidarity: Codifying Discrimination & Second Class Citizenship
By treating citizens of this country in such a manner, the second class citizenship feeling develops By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— On Wednesday evening March…
NEPG: Almost One Year Out From Marriage Equality Victory and LGBT Rights Are Still in Danger
LGBT rights after Obergefell; Column published in the New England Pride Guide 2016 (NEPG) By: Mike Givens*/TRT Columnist— June 26, 2015 was a historic day for…
Latin Vision: Las Donaciones que nos Enorgullecen, Gracias a Nuestros Anunciantes y Lectores
Por: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher El periódico The Rainbow Times es un periódico del cual soy publicador y co-dueño. Nuestro décimo aniversario está a la…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Importance of Honesty & the Struggle to Tell the Truth
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of honesty as it relates to myself. It’s sort of the central…
Are Pride Celebrations Necessary? If You Have to Ask, Then You Have No Idea!
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s June and officially Pride season. Yes, it’s that time of year when you spend the day marching for your…
Faith, God, and Family: Transgender Authenticity as Part of the Creation Experience
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— “ … by virtue of the Creation and, still more,” wrote priest, paleontologist, and Catholic theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,…
My Woman Card: “Deal Me In” Too
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— “Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote,” said Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump in…