Mr. Daugherty: As a sports columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer, you are entitled to publish a wide array of opinions concerning St. Louis Rams and University of Missouri defensive end Michael Sam. For instance, it would be perfectly reasonable for… Read More ›
LGBT rights
Love is Love & Love is the Law: Same-Sex Marriage in America
“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” – Mahatma Gandhi The piece of scripture that is most commonly associated with the battle over same-sex marriage comes from Chapter 18 of the Book of… Read More ›
deepsouth: a film review
“Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos… Read More ›
Ain’t No Party Like a Third Party
“I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.” – Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America… Read More ›
Billboard Awards: LGBT Edition
I was struck the other day by a piece in The Huffington Post outlining the recent interstate faith dust-up going on in North Carolina (not literally struck, that would be absurd. HuffPo can’t bludgeon it’s readers…yet) As you hopefully know,… Read More ›
Shakespeare, LGBT & What it Means to be “Normal”
Pretty much anyone who has lived in an English speaking nation is somewhat familiar with Shakespeare. Whether you played Bottom in a high school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, wrote your doctoral thesis on ageism and dementia in King… Read More ›
Don’t Say Gay: The Discrimination of Silence
By Drew Gibson During my senior year of college I got a job helping start up a Boys and Girls Club in my hometown of Cincinnati. I had no prior experience working with kids, but they hired me anyway because… Read More ›