The Work ‘Closet’: Alive and Well, Thank You Very Much

By Kaitlin Bain Mark Phariss, a Plano attorney and a past plaintiff in Texas’s most notable same-sex marriage case, worked in his previous job for 10 years, and every day he kept his sexuality a secret. Phariss’s past experience matches that of many people who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender. Workplace discrimination based on […]

The Importance of “Coming Out” Videos Online

By Zachary Rocha In 2015, 800,000 Americans updated their Facebook profiles to indicate their membership in the LGBTQ community, according to research conducted by Facebook. In the Digital Age, many people are choosing to “come out” to friends and family on internet platforms. In an interview on the “Today Show,” Anastasia Khoo, chief marketing officer for […]

How I Learned To Drive: Review

  I love hearing stories from my parents and grandparents about how life was better back in the good old days. Apparently things were simpler, America was what it should be, and families were really close with one another. But how close is too close? Even though this play takes place almost 20 years ago, […]

Two Worlds

Gallery: 1) Click an image for full size  2) Click “play slideshow” below image caption   Leon Eldridge is a bisexual 26-year-old man living in Lubbock. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a degree in operatic performance and classical music, and he sings at the Metropolitan Community Church in Lubbock. He said […]