Tag: LGBT
I track murder cases that use the ‘gay panic defense,’ a...
W. Carsten Andresen, St. Edward's University
On January 21, New Jersey became the ninth state in the nation to ban the gay panic defense, a...
Transgender homeless Americans find few protections in the law
Jonah DeChants, Colorado State University
Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, made news earlier this year for his statements about...
The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes
Rebecca Fasman, Indiana University
From the late 1920s until his death in 1955, George Platt Lynes was one of the world’s most successful commercial and...
A philosopher argues why no one has the right to refuse...
Mark R Reiff, University of California, Davis
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay people have the right to marry,...
What happened to the openly gay athlete?
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
From late April 2013 to early May 2014, gay and lesbian athletes welcomed breakthrough after breakthrough in the historically closeted...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
