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We don’t serve your kind here
It is June, and that means it is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall Riots that took place on June 28th, 1969. The patrons at the Stonewall Inn that night had endured enough of being harassed for being “different,” so they overcame fear, they banished shame from their minds, and they fought back against the…
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The Killing of Georgie
Life and culture are full of milestones by which we measure progress, and nowhere is this more obvious than the LGBTQ+ community. I was 3 years-old when the Stonewall Riots kicked off the modern push for gay rights and I have had a front row seat for many of the “firsts” in that movement. I…
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Wheelchair Invisibility
I arrived at the furniture store around 11:45 last Sunday morning. I am in the market for a new recliner. A recliner is not just something in which to relax while watching the television for me – it is as essential to my life as breath itself. I can’t walk. I can’t stand up without…
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