What Do We Mean by “Pride”?

What Do We Mean by “Pride”?

It’s Pride month and if you’ll indulge in the comparison, it feels like Christmas. Store shelves are stocked with specialty merchandise sold only this time of year. Radio stations play queer classics like Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and new anthems like Flamy Grant’s...
Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Love Letter from Kenya

Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Love Letter from Kenya

When I was young, I played a hand game called “rock, paper, scissors.” Rock would win over scissors, paper over rock, and scissors over paper. Yet the game was “fixed” because if water had been one of the choices, water would always win.  I use this game to tell you a...