Review: Almodóvar’s “¡Átame!” (“Tie me Up! Tie me Down!”, 1990)
Leave it to Pedro Almodóvar to direct a film that would lead to a change in the American...
Conversations With an Evangelical: “God did not make you that way!”
Two years ago she and I got into a discussion, and after a while of mutual discomfort, she...
Inwards and Outwards
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart… live in the question ― Rainer Maria Rilke Nearly...
Aging as LGBT: A few health issues you should keep an eye on
Later adulthood can be a period of many changes, especially in the area of our health. The experiences of...
Changing my ways: Coming out as HIV+
HIV in 2015 in the United States just doesn’t compare to the AIDS crisis of the ‘80s and...
Come On, God, You’re Not Supposed to Do It That Way. (Confessions of a Former Fundamentalist)
It is my personal belief that we humans spend a lot of time trying to be in control...
TDOR 2015: A Malaysian Transwoman’s View
Since 1998, candles are lit throughout the world every 20th November in memory of the violence done to...
Growing Beyond the Formulas
I just saw a cute meme on Facebook. Sounds almost like the beginning of a joke, right? But...
The Sacrament of Cooking Bacon
Growing up as a Protestant, I had an instilled distaste for ritual. Liturgy, routines and orders of worship...
“St. Aelred,” “reVisit,” and “A Cyber Prayer Wheel for the Inventor of Computers” – Poetry by Louie Crew Clay
St. Aelred A sacred Order safe enough for God, where loving touch is holy, not profane. God said,...