Ryan C. Ebersole

Ryan Ebersole is a mental health counselor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Having finished his Masters degree at the University of Southern Mississippi, his undergraduate degree at the University of Evansville in Indiana, high school in the Fort Worth area of Texas and pre-K in Puerto Rico, and having been born in Florida, he has experienced several areas of the county.

While in Indiana, he worked at a social work agency for HIV+ clients, as well as a low-income community drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility - both of which caused him to take a great interest in the stigmatized and the disadvantaged in our society. Now as a mental health professional, he hopes to serve these groups, as well as continue political activism, especially for LGBT and health care rights, on the side.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ryan C. Ebersole

Opinion

Chick Fil-A debate missing the point
August 2, 2012 By Ryan C. Ebersole
The debate over equal rights for LGBT Americans has recently focused, bizarrely, on an American fast food staple: the chicken sandwich.
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Opinion

National Lampoon’s Romney vacation?
July 31, 2012 By Ryan C. Ebersole
While Romney's camp calls his trip "a great success," it appears to have been anything but successful. In a trip that should have been a breeze, he has succeeded in angering our closest ally, as well...
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Opinion

The “choice” myth about sexual orientation
February 16, 2012 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Since the advent of the gay rights movement, gay and lesbian people have been bombarded by a myth.
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Opinion

Ron Paul emerges as an opponent of liberty
January 2, 2012 By Ryan C. Ebersole
While he claims to support personal liberty, many of his policy positions would do little to help the liberty of ethnic or sexual minorities.
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U.S.

Big win for women in Mississippi, but downsides too
November 9, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
The ambiguously worded and short-sighted proposal, if passed, could have had terrible consequences for Mississippi women and their families.
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U.S.

Initiative 26: life-threatening proposition for Mississippi women
November 3, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
The legality of abortion has remained a hot topic in American politics, the most recent incarnation of which is the "personhood" initiatives.
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U.S.

Spirit Day: Wear purple on Thursday to support LGBT youth
October 18, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Spirit Day was organized in 2010 as a response to the LGBT youth who had taken their own lives following relentless anti-LGBT bullying. On Oct. 20, individuals, schools and organizations wear purple, which symbolizes spirit on...
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U.S.

Jamey Rodemeyer, 14: another victim of anti-gay bullying
September 26, 2011 By Ryan C. Ebersole
Anti-LGBT bullying in this nation is unfortunately at epidemic levels among teens. On Monday 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer took his own life after being incessantly bullied by classmates.
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