Chances are you’ve already seen the headline (or some variation thereof): “AI won an art contest, and artists are furious” Here’s what happened: A Colorado man entered an art competition at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition in the category of “digital arts/digitally-manipulated photography”. The problem, however, was that…

Today I am packing up to hit the road to visit my parents in the small town of my childhood. This town has been the family home for at least six generations, since before it was even incorporated under the name it now bears. It is also a place of…

In a recent social media post, I engaged with a commenter after they made some wildly uninformed and outright false statements about LGBTQ+ people in general and bisexuality in particular. …

I’ve come to dislike the term “bully”. Because of its common association with the playground antics of children, the seriousness of its impact and harm is often understated or lost. Whether addressing genuinely harmful mistreatment of a child by another or naming similar dynamics among adults, we seem conditioned to…

Recently, while advocating for Christian churches to do the hard work to make their communities equitable and safe, a friend gently chided me to acknowledge all the good that was happening. They asserted: “I see a lot of churches working really hard to welcome everyone!” On one hand, they are…

In my last “Ask Me Anything” column, I answer a question about the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in media. Almost immediately the same follow-up question came in from a lot people. So, in something of a “Part 2”, today’s column will answer this contentious question: “Should straight and/or cisgender actors…

In our current social and political climate, it is all too familiar to see so many new efforts to limit the freedom of LGBTQ+ folks and even penalize those who seek to support them. This is especially true in the US for the transgender community. At last count, there were…

In the days following “The Slap Heard Around The World”, with the topic dominating every corner of the social media world, one repeated comment kept catching my eye. It was always a variation of this sentiment: “Can we please focus on people suffering from real violence? …

This past week, a friend shared this quote on socials: