Posts tagged “activism”

Trinidad and Tobago's anti-gay laws are why I can't live in the country I was born in. Jason Jones is taking the T&T government to court to overturn them, and he needs your help. Please donate to his campaign. I'll be matching donations on Twitter.

I lay out my theory for defeating Trump: make him look corrupt, establishment, and above all, weak. His base elected a strongman who promised to fix everything, so amplifying his failures is key. Peel off his inner circle, obstruct from within, and starve his surrogates of airtime.

At 17, I anonymously published a coming-out article in a Trinidad newspaper that unexpectedly filled my inbox with hundreds of emails from closeted locals, sparking a mailing list and real-world community. Ten years later, I'm sharing the original piece, cringe-worthy condescension and all.

The AFA's Ford boycott roundup reads like a great advertisement for Ford's gay-friendly policies. No gay rights group is tracking Ford this closely. The "horrific" gay kiss they link to is laughably tame, and their claims that the boycott hurt Ford's sales are just as ridiculous.