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I Found Out There Were Gay People Watching The Movie ‘Philadelphia’
This week I’d like to share with you one of the most important, often provocative, moments in a queer person’s life, my life: the act of coming out.
Getting To Know You Is A Little Trickier When You Are Gay Like Me
Hi all, it is my privilege to be stepping in for the lovely writers and creators of The Gay Agenda: Tori Tucker and Emma Simpson. Their decision to step back is the door opening for me to step in. Hopefully, this means I can cultivate a rapport with you. I hope to continue to capture the unique perspective of being queer, a student in New Hampshire, and share a bit of my life with you all.
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Oh, You Gotta Have Friends And We’re Glad You’re Ours
THE GAY AGENDA: Spending time away from our LGBTQ friends this summer while we went back home to the seacoast to work made us realize even more how much we value these friendships with others in our community.
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Time to Trump Transgender Discrimination
Over the course of Trump’s presidency (now 6 months and counting) there have been numerous attacks against the LGBTQ community, but perhaps the most jarring was the most recent, which unfolded mainly on Twitter (what a great venue for official presidential business).
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Getting Bi
THE GAY AGENDA: Some queer people perceive bisexual people as somehow not “queer enough,” while straight cisgender people perceive them as “too queer.”
Portsmouth Pride 2017: Hard Not To Feel The Love
THE GAY AGENDA: There wasn’t a stern face in the crowd and walking through a crowd of people who are similar to you in a way that feels so fundamental is an incredible feeling.
How to Be a Good Ally During Pride Month
THE GAY AGENDA: Being an ally simply means that you are willing to be a decent human being and not judge someone because of how they identify, and that you are willing to let people who are discriminated against because of who they are share the spotlight a little, which is so important and meaningful, especially during pride month.
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Pride Paraphernalia: A Gay Love Letter to Target
THE GAY AGENDA: I wonder if she’ll ask me… no, not today. I shake the thought out of my head. I’ve given up completely when she takes a pause.
Off to Work We Go: What It’s Like Being Queer in NH Workplace
THE GAY AGENDA: It can be stressful at times, trying to memorize all the rules and regulations, not to mention recipes, prices and products, but to add to this stress, people of the LGBTQ community have to worry about how they’ll be received by their employers and coworkers.
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Coming Out: No One-Size-Fits-All
Coming out as LGBTQ is often portrayed as a one-time grand gesture that alerts all of someone’s friends and family at once that they’re not straight/cisgender.