Scott Griggs’ measure backing marriage equality, state ENDA would have been more useful in January, is no substitute for true leadership When the Dallas City Council takes up a pro-LGBT resolution in June, it will have been seven months since the measure was first introduced by Councilman Scott Griggs. If passed, the resolution would express [...]
Boy Scouts of America’s proposed policy change goes squarely against principles of strength and honesty espoused in group’s Handbook Sometime in the ’20s, my grandfather became the then-youngest Boy Scout to obtain the top rank of Eagle Scout. When he died he was as proud of that as he was of piloting ships into Tokyo [...]
NBA player’s coming out helps end grand illusion about gays and sports Jason Collins is not the first gay male professional athlete, just the first to make history by coming out of the closet while active in a major team sport. This incredible development continues the remarkable momentum in our march for equality. Well, forget march [...]
20 years ago, flight crew message about changing pillows, blankets due to gay activists on board led airline to rethink its LGBT practices From 1988 to 2000, I was a radio newsman. I covered hundreds upon hundreds of stories during that time, but it was a story I covered 20 years ago this week for a [...]
Photo of gay Boston police officer responding to marathon bombing serves as reminder that we are everywhere, and we can be heroes Apparently I didn’t get the memo that we’re all supposed to go back in the closet. But even if I had, I would have torn it up. Last month, I wrote that [...]
From the looks of his April 5 column in Dallas Voice, “Dressing up the elephant,” poor Hardy Haberman seems frustrated that we can’t return to the days of the Stonewall Rebellion and Harvey Milk, days when activism was a gay man’s civic duty. Unfortunately for Haberman, most younger gay men today no longer feel a personal [...]
LGBTQ high schoolers considering Texas A&M can rest assured that senators behind anti-gay bill don’t reflect university’s core values In a way, Texas A&M was forced on me. The school was nowhere on my radar, but it seemed like every adult I looked up to as a high school senior was pushing me in that direction. [...]
Soul-searching post-election report recommends GOP reach out to minority groups, including gays, but don’t expect it to actually happen My grandfather was the first to impart this rural wisdom to me: “You can dress up a pig, but it’s still a pig.” I believe he was using it in reference to a new model automobile [...]
A word of caution on marriage I’m a single gay man so one might think that I have no stake in the current discussion of marriage equality in our country. Of course, I beg to differ. I know and love same-gender couples who have proven with their history over the span of time that their [...]
Column calling for council candidate to be honest about his orientation violated Golden Rule that says everyone’s journey is their own After reading the column by Dallas Voice senior editor John Wright in this space last week, I feel perhaps a coming out guide refresher is in order. For those of us who are out, [...]
