Being misgendered feels like getting stabbed in the back, even when people don’t do it on purpose. I’ve learned to live with that pain, it’s something I experience every day, and I will face it for...
Look at this photo of Edie Windsor. When was she ever photographed looking anything other than confident and jubilant, arms extended and something bright, some swath of super-saturated color breaking...
Dear Mark, You called out sick today (Thursday, September 6, 2007). Only your third day of school—ever!—and you lied about having a family emergency in Rhode Island. I know, you’re scared—not of the...
Teachers have the ability to be champions for their students—in all of their intersectional identities, from gender, sexual orientation and race to religion and social class. I came out in high...
I recently wrote about how a recent trip to Ireland revealed that despite the faults of the American educational system, one thing we do get right is the separation of church and state. Soon after...
