HIS TEACHER 'DID NOTHING'

Jim David, 05/28/12

Comedian and writer

If audiences only chose entertainment based on Plugged In's reviews over the last couple of years, they would have gone to see The Blind Side and a couple of Pixar movies, with the advisory that cars don't actually talk, since that would be witchcraft.

The Guyliner, 05/27/12

Taking on internet dating one gay at a time

While some of us are intent on telling everyone about how nice our morning porridge was, the other half of Twitter has their pants round their ankles and something in their hand that you could probably stir your oats with, should you wish to.

Warren J. Blumenfeld, 05/27/12

Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Iowa State University

As the truism advises, "Think globally, and act locally," my hope is that we can join together to create the world as be a place where everyone will celebrate their Pride safely and with integrity in ways that express their truest joys while showing their full humanity, freedom, and liberty.

Rodger Streitmatter, 05/26/12

Author

When I came up with the book title Outlaw Marriages, my title was totally edgy. But then the tide started to turn against me.

Bryan Safi, 05/26/12

Emmy Award-winning comedian

And as the old saying goes, "If 50 Cent is doing it, shouldn't we all be?" So for all of you out there who still aren't convinced, here are my six reasons why you should be cool with gay marriage. I'm looking at you, Manny Pacquaio.

Jason Stanford, 05/26/12

Democratic consultant and writer

The arc of history is long and bends toward progress, but it usually starts in a bad place. Former congressman Chris Bell knows this, because he went through his own reevaluation on gay marriage.

Josh A. Goodman, 05/26/12

Senior at Whitman College

Ravi's Twitter posts, webcam spying, and homophobic attitude were stigmatizing, and it is possible that these pushed Clementi to a tipping point. But Clementi's suicide did not happen in a bubble with only him and Ravi; it took place in a society in which homophobia is still rampant.

Kathy Huang, 05/26/12

Documentary filmmaker and freelance cinematographer and producer

I had no idea that transgender people could live so openly in Indonesia, a country with the world's largest Muslim population. Like many Americans I had this notion of Islam as being particularly unforgiving toward sexual minorities. How could a community of warias possibly exist?

Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell, 05/26/12

Retired United Methodist minister and member of the PFLAG National Board of Directors

I joined the struggle for LGBT equality because of the shared experience of injustice. No immediate member of my family is LGBT, and my sexual orientation is heterosexual, but if I claimed to embrace the words of Dr. King, I must live and act out the values of those words.

Emerson Whitney, 05/26/12

Writer, reporter and artist

A wildly insensitive New York Times article on the life and death of trans artist and drag performer Lorena Escalera flared tensions between the gender-variant community and the paper when it was published as part of the Sunday edition on May 14.

Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, 05/26/12

Global Leader, Metropolitan Community Churches

Voting rights are LGBT rights! Elder rights are LGBT rights! Economic rights are LGBT rights! The perfect storm of officials and movements coming together to support the American dream of equality is here.

Robert V. Taylor, 05/26/12

Speaker, author, activist for social justice

My own fears were not about the people I loved rejecting me. They were all fears about those outside of my immediate circle of trust and love.... In naming and befriending my fears, their power to confine and define me was deflated.

Domenick Scudera, 05/26/12

Professor of Theater and Chair of the Theater and Dance department, Ursinus College

For gay men of a certain age, the passing of Donna Summer last week was a significant loss. Those of us in our late 40s and 50s remember this disco diva in her 1970s prime. Upon hearing the news of her death, all the memories attached to that time have come flooding back.

Kergan Edwards-Stout, 05/26/12

Author, 'Songs for the New Depression', and an HRC 2011 Father of the Year

This Memorial Day I'll pause and honor the many of my own troops who have fallen in battle. They may not have had the uniform or the recognition of our armed forces, but the wars they fought were just as valiant, and I, for one, am richer for their many, varied gifts and sacrifices.

Zach Stafford, 05/26/12

Writer, activist, and researcher

Grindr not only helps intensify the sexualization of the user but also creates a divide between gay men. We have become more concerned with our phones than the people in front of our phones.

Troy Roness, 05/26/12

Exercise/eating disorder survivor and advocate

What are we going to do about all of the "non-manly" guys running around the United States? Apparently, the great assumption is that by engaging in activities ranging from military exercises to boy scouting, we could eliminate the "problem" altogether.

Mike Spradley, 05/26/12

Writer on civil rights, news, food, and travel

On May 22, 2012 a large crowd gathered at the corner of Center Street and what was formerly known as Blaine Ave., in San Diego, for the unveiling of the nation's first Harvey Milk Street, named for the first openly gay man ever elected to public office in the United States.