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Posts tagged ‘LGBTQ’

Selecting LGBT-Friendly Vendors for Your Wedding

One of the biggest challenges of planning for your big day is selecting vendors that offer what you need and fit into your budget. Unfortunately, there can be added obstacles for same-sex couples. Though public opinion on LGBT relationships is more positive than it was in the past, there are still many people who hold […]

Basic Tips for a Same-Sex Wedding

Marrying your partner is an amazing way to express your love and devotion with your closest friends and family members. Of course, it might also bring forth a lot of confusion. Up until recently, members of the LGBT community were not allowed to legally wed throughout most of the world. Nowadays, more and more countries […]

Queerbaiting and Its Potential for Harm to LGBTQ+ Persons

When it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance, representation in film, literature and other media is important. How LGBTQ+ people are depicted in arts and entertainment can impact the mental health of queer and trans youth. This is especially true for those who are in unsupportive, non-affirming environments. With the increase in visibility and acceptance of queer […]

Effectively Handle Stress: Tips for Same-Sex Couples

Stress can be a constant in most people’s lives. However, its presence has increased dramatically for LGBTQ individuals in the last year. Queer and transgender people face very real prospects of violence, harassment and discrimination. Today’s social climate remains uncertain, and as a same-sex couple you may be experiencing higher-than-normal stress levels. However, it’s important […]

LGBTQ Mormons Struggle With Issues of Faith and Identity

Within the last few years, the Mormon faith has been forced to confront issues of gender and sexual orientation. Traditionally, Latter Day Saints doctrines only support heterosexual marriage and consider same-sex couplings as contrary to the Divine plan. In addition, the religion often bars transgender people from serving in church leadership or even attending some […]

LGBTQ Families: Breaking Boundaries And Sharing Love

Some definitions of the nuclear family emerge from religious and politically conservative ideologies. Nevertheless, LGBTQ individuals have created families on their own terms for a long time. A recent story from Oregon in which one couple broke gender boundaries illustrates this point perfectly. While a man giving birth might seem newsworthy and even shocking to […]

Being Supportive of Your Transgender Spouse

If you’re reading this article, chances are that your spouse recently came out as transgender. Or perhaps they have been in the process of transitioning for a while. It’s natural to have questions of your own. While this may be new territory, you desire to be supportive of your transgender spouse, and you can do […]

Does History Remember the Transgender Women of Color at Stonewall?

Prior to today’s fight for marriage equality and the right to adopt, LGBTQIA individuals struggled for basic rights. The 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village are heralded as the flashpoint that began their fight for equality in the United States. Historians have chronicled these events in writing, as well as depicted […]

A Unique Acronym SAGA

Names are complicated things. Shakespeare made names seem arbitrary when he immortalized the words, “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. Hundreds of years later, Bart Simpson would respond to that quote with the accurate observation, “not if you called them stenchblossoms”. In these two quotes, it can be understood that names […]

Five Tips for Being a Good Guest at a Same-Sex Wedding

It’s an honor and a joy to be invited to witness the union of two hearts in marriage. With any wedding, there are certain things you should do as a good guest. Responding to an RSVP and showing up on time are just two things every guest should do. While these are good tips for […]