A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out!
Thanks to the people and rooms of 12-step recovery, this past April I celebrated 20 years of continuous sobriety. For years prior, I was a hopeless addict, homeless and prostituting to support my habit. My addiction lead me to incarceration, mental wards and the...
BROADSIDED – Post Interview Reflections
It was another amazing hour that flew by all too fast. Incredible guests talking about prescient issues and a chatline full of people wanting to be heard... a host's dream show. Carol: "A relative called to ask why we keep hammering the 'gay thing' week after week. I...
Attorney & Author Joey Mogul and Filmmaker Kat Kramer on BROADSIDED
Joey Mogul joins BROADSIDED to talk about her book, "Queer (In)Justice, The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States". “Queer (In)Justice dispenses a legal history of LGBT oppression that spans hundreds of years, beginning with a sweeping review of the...
A Voice For Our Children
A Voice For Our Children We need a beacon for the LGBT children of this country, and for the world. Our children need a voice, one that speaks not for them, but on behalf of them. This pillar of strength is needed now more than ever because with each day that we sit...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
We live in a time of pain, a time of change, a time of yes, Revolution. No matter what anyone tells you, this is not Democrat vs Republican, Right vs Left, Christian vs Atheist, Straight vs LGBT, guns vs peacenik, legal vs illegal immigrant issue. Those things are...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
We live in a time of pain, a time of change, a time of yes, Revolution. No matter what anyone tells you, this is not Democrat vs Republican, Right vs Left, Christian vs Atheist, Straight vs LGBT, guns vs peacenik, legal vs illegal immigrant issue. Those things are...
Insidious Forms of Domestic Abuse
When we think of domestic violence, we the image that comes to mind is usually one of a woman with bruises and black and blue eyes. This essay examines insidious forms of domestic abuse. What is emotional abuse, and how does it pertain to domestic violence? Emotional...
“You dirty swine” (an open letter to Dubya)
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The Dynamic of Isolation in Domestic Abuse
Domestic Abuse and Isolation in Relationships Those that know the story from my memoir Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor’s Story, have read that I was vulnerable, easily manipulated, trained to be without opinion, and living in the shadow of my father’s violence and...