Tag: education

  • ‘Safe’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Shut Up’

    First published at 365gay.com on August 21, 2009 A friend writes, “I’m coordinating a safe-space training at [an urban public university]. One participant stated that she felt she was a…

  • We’ve still got far to go

    First published at 365gay.com on July 31, 2009 I’m not usually a touchy-feely, share-your-emotions, “Trust the Process” kind of guy. I’m a philosophy professor. I revel in cold, hard logic.…

  • That’s How I Was Raised

    First published at Between the Lines News on June 11, 2009 A recent New York Times Magazine article spotlighted a shocking vestige of our nation’s racism: segregated proms. It focused…

  • Transgender Day of Visibility

    First published at Between the Lines News on April 2, 2009 March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility. I’m supposed to participate in a panel that day. I’m a bit…

  • Diversity and Discrimination

    First published at Between The Lines News on February 26, 2009 I’ve been a member of the American Philosophical Association (APA) for about fifteen years. I go to the annual…

  • Blaming Larry King?

    First published at 365gay.com on August 4, 2008 A recent Newsweek article (“Young, Gay and Murdered”) about Lawrence King—the cross-dressing gay 14-year-old fatally shot by a classmate last February—has prompted…

  • Keep Talking

    First published at 365gay.com on April 28, 2008 Back in the old days, there were those who supported gay rights and those who opposed them—vocally. There was also a third…

  • Gays on the Mezzanine

    First published at 365gay.com on February 18, 2008 The late food critic Craig Claiborne used to tell a story of a woman who received a ham but didn’t own a…

  • Bad Science I: Horny, but Not Human

    First published at 365gay.com on January 7, 2008 When an article about “fruit flies” popped up on a gay website, at first I thought it was about straight women who…

  • Richardson was Right (Sort Of)

    First published at 365gay.com on August 20, 2007 It seemed like a softball question at first. During LOGO’s August 10 gay-rights forum for the Democratic presidential candidates, panelist (and rock…