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According to a recent survey, around 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, a community that is also more likely to be the target of hate crimes than any other minority group. The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) has been working for 37 years to change that. HMI began after a 15-year-old was beaten and thrown from a homeless shelter for being gay…
Grace Kim grew up in a community where being gay was unacceptable. At age 4 they already knew they didn’t fit within the gender binary (Kim uses gender-neutral pronouns), and the trauma led them to become selectively mute for almost 20 years. They were severely depressed and suicidal. They decided that before they committed suicide they would have one amazing day.…
A group of particularly unwavering students at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, started a blog in 2015 aiming to shift the national conversation around immigration and refugees to a positive note. First, they spoke with the folks in their own backyard: fellow students. The project is called ‘The New Americans Project’ (NAP) and each day – through Facebook and Instagram…
1. Mogul This six-episode one-time series from Gimlet tells the story of legendary hip-hop manager and executive, Chris Lighty. He was manager to stars like Fat Joe, Missy Elliot, and Foxy Brown. Tragically, he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2012. Don’t worry, the podcast isn’t just about that. The series is a beautiful, lush story about…
This week we honor the veterans who believe in a country that stands for everyone. That is something we are still working towards. The US continues to tout ‘endless victory’ and ‘freedom for all’, so on the weekend of Veteran’s Day we take a moment to show respect for those who may have been forgotten, those in service who didn’t…
Before the Civil Rights and Feminist movements of the 1960s were more than a sparkle in anyone’s eye, Harriet Pickens and Frances Wills joined the US Navy. Until that moment, Black women were not legally allowed to serve in the Navy. Women, in general, weren’t technically able to enlist until 1942, when the US Navy established the WAVES program – Women Accepted…
Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins set up a little booth near Cambridge library with signs that said “Ask a Muslim”, boxes full of donuts, and thermoses of hot coffee. They were really nervous at first. ⠀⠀ It was 2015, shortly after the horrible shooting in San Bernadino. The two parents hid in their homes for days, afraid to leave the…
Patricia Moore made life easier for the elderly. It all started when she wondered what exactly it felt like to be old and decided to try it out. At the age of 26 she dressed like an old lady, fogged up her glasses, wrapped her limbs in splints to simulate arthritis, and wore mismatched shoes so she would have to…
Former Marine, Ted Hakey Jr., is close friends with local mosque leader, Zahir Mannan. Hakey says his friendship with Mannan is so tight he tells him secrets he won’t even discuss with some of his other closest friends. But these two definitely weren’t always this close. In fact, before they’d met, and just a day after the Paris attacks, an intoxicated…
America’s traditional gender binary – male or female – is actually a relatively new idea on the continent. Before the first Christians settled here, Native Americans had been living without a binary system or gender rules for centuries. Many tribes acknowledged 5 different genders: Female, Male, Two Spirit Female, Two Spirit Male, and Transgendered. Two Spirits identified as both male…
