LGBTQ
Gayming: LGBTQ representation still missing or hidden in video games
March 29, 2021If gaming companies and writers continue to shy away from making LGBTQ representation explicit, the cycle will just continue.
Read moreNarrative of fear: Republicans try to block pro-LGBTQ Equality Act
March 3, 2021Republicans aren't using all their energy to stop the economic rescue package; they're saving plenty to block other progressive legislation too, like the Equality Act.
Read moreCatholic panel wrestles with gap between Biden, bishops on sexuality issues
February 2, 2021On poverty, climate change, racism, and the death penalty they are on the same page. Not so on issues of sexuality.
Read moreHomage to Michael: My (East) German friend of half a century
January 15, 2021The World Federation of Democratic Youth, a pro-Communist network of student and young people’s organizations based in Prague, published World Student News, a magazine gently trying to promote peaceful coexistence and socialist politics. The magazine carried...
Read moreLGBTQ, homelessness, family, prison at 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
October 26, 2020In what is likely my final report from this year’s Festival, here are more capsule reviews of short films from Hawaii being screened at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, which is taking place through...
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