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The term “queer” is a multi-faceted and complex word that has a rich history and many different meanings. Originally, the word “queer” was used as a derogatory term to refer to LGBTQ+ individuals, and was often used to mock or belittle them. However, over time, the word has been reclaimed by the LGBTQ+ community and has been used as a …

Realizing that divorce is necessary and in your future is never an easy time. Divorce is one of the most difficult experiences you will ever have to face, whether or not children are involved. The divorce process can be long and complicated and divorce law can be difficult to navigate without proper guidance and education on the matter. Most individuals …

Choosing the right family law attorney can seem like an intimidating task– divorce and related areas are emotionally charged processes which require an attorney with both the compassion and knowledge to help you through the experience. You are going through one of the most difficult times in your life. Your need a family law attorney to provide the personal care …

Figuring out if and how to label your sexual orientation may be a confusing and complicated process, especially when a close friend is involved. Considering that it’s entirely a personal decision, the only person who can truly answer your question “Am I gay?” is you. Regardless of whether you’re sexually attracted to your friend or not, it seems clear that …

We live in a society that, unfortunately, likes to put people in boxes with simple labels: gay, bisexual, black, white, etc. It appears that you’ve been thinking about this a lot, and though you profess that you don’t like labels, you still find yourself searching for one. While labels are limiting, they can also be useful or even liberating sometimes. …

Growing up can be difficult at the best of times. Even more so then for those young people who begin to realise they are ‘different’ in some way from the people around them. When we discover that we might be gay, there can be a lot of confusion. For some, it may just be a passing phase, for others, the …

Are men and women with gender issues required to deal with those issues effecting gays and lesbians? Yes, absolutely. There are many issues existing that effect both transgender persons and gays and lesbians. The most insidious and device of which is homophobia. Homophobia is an irrational fear or dislike of gays and lesbians. Moreover, it is an intense misunderstanding of …

To understand the history of transgender people, one must also understand how both transgendered people themselves, and non-transgendered people explained the presence of such apparent misfits in the otherwise neat binary sex/gender social fabric. One can understand how law, medicine, and society in general treated transgendered people only within the context in which the transgendered person fit into a theoretic …

The modern era of the gay & lesbian rights movement is usually marked as starting on a hot July evening at the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The New York police, as many city police departments across the United States did, made period raids on sexual minority bars to harass and arrest the patrons. On this particular …