Tag: Text Stories

  • Outlook Ohio: Wanda Sykes Gets Serious

    In 2015 I was a freelance contributor for Outlook Ohio, a former print and digital LGBTQ+ outlet serving the Buckeye State. I got the opportunity to speak with her ahead of her local tour dates in 2015 about politics, being Black and gay, and the road to cannabis legalization. Read more

  • ADVOCATE NEWS: Domestic violence isn’t just a straight problem

    ADVOCATE NEWS: Domestic violence isn’t just a straight problem

    (For Advocate.com/by Orie Givens) Intimate partner violence is definitely an LGBT problem, and for LGBT people, identity plays a part in the violence they face in relationships. The group responsible for collecting data on LGBT intimate partner violence thinks that identity markers like race, gender identity. and disability status also play a key role. “We… Read more

  • ADVOCATE NEWS: LGBT voters are dismayed at the election results

    ADVOCATE NEWS: LGBT voters are dismayed at the election results
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    (For The Advocate/ by Orie Givens) As Ohio LGBT voters watched the returns, a mixture of disbelief and sadness could be heard in hushed conversations. For many LGBT people, especially LGBT people of color, the worst possible outcome happened: America elected Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. “They’re voting for goldfish… Read more

  • ADVOCATE NEWS: More than 400 hate incidents reported since Trump’s election (2016)

    ADVOCATE NEWS: More than 400 hate incidents reported since Trump’s election (2016)
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    For Advocate.com/By Orie Givens There have been 437 reported acts of verbal and physical harassment recorded by the Southern Poverty Law Center since voters elected Donald Trump president of the United States. Appointments such as Steve Bannon to Trump’s administration and a failure to seriously address the hateful Trump campaign rhetoric, the social justice watchdog… Read more