Original opinion pieces in The Real MainStream.
“Heartstopper” is an uplifting story of queer love that can also be heartbreaking for many LGBTQ+ people who were not able to love openly, writes Tyler Mitchell in his review.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forces the U.S. to acknowledge and evolve from its own international bullying history.
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Dear AOQC, What exactly is the gay agenda, and should I be frightened? — Worried Straight Gal in Des Moines Dear Worried Straight, Oh boy, am I tired of answering this one! What a stupid … er, silly … question! We Queer Folk are a community, but that community is made up of individuals, with their own brains and such. I promise, Gay Scouts Honor! We all want different things, and truly, the only thing we can ALL agree on is that we all want equality. Not just for us,…
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I wrote one of the hardest stories I’ve ever had to write, earlier this week. It was a piece about $30,000 in donations to a revered LGBTQ+ Pride organization that is “unaccounted for.” I wrote it as a freelance writer for another publication, but an angry social media poster dragged The Real Mainstream into the public controversy by dredging up a three-year-old blog I wrote after my own tumultuous departure from Iowa City Pride. The angry poster insinuated I had “bias” and was attacking the Pride group for my own…
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Thanks to Will Smith’s super-public slap of Chris Rock, I’m willing to bet that thousands more face slaps, punches, hits and kicks are taking place in private these last few days.
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“Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle….” Sapphira explores finding erotica in the Bible and other surprising places and ways.
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What would Mr. Smith think of the censorship happening in public schools today? Grinnell High School history teacher Kent Mick asks.
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In the new Students Say in The Real Mainstream, Grinnell High School students share how they feel about censorship.
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Cat Sinclair embraces being old, cantankerous, lesbian, and shamelessly in pursuit of serious but funny answers to any question you may have
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Alyson Pearson’s new column aims to “add perspective on how mental health, authenticity, therapy, and the search for self, can mix with the The Real Mainstream’s values of being compassionate, collaborative, and progressive.”
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