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Gay and Trans Kids in French Canada Sound an Unexpected Global Alarm!

Help us preserve disappearing kindness; let me tell you a story about love and acceptance I once found in francophone Canada.

May 14

Gay and Trans Kids in French Canada Sound an Unexpected Global Alarm!

May 14

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They’re Coming for Our Marriages: My Michigan Rep Seeks to End Gay Marriage

He also wants to outlaw adult gender-transition care.

Feb 27

They’re Coming for Our Marriages: My Michigan Rep Seeks to End Gay Marriage

Feb 27

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Transphobic Male Cops Force Young Lesbians from Walmart Women’s Room

Then they escort the young women out of the store and order them not to return. Echoes of Stonewall?

Mar 12

three photos of Kalaya Morton. one in a hoodie. one appears to be at a bowling alley. one by balloon letters spelling ‘happy birthday 18’.

Mar 12

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My Boyfriend Wasn’t ‘Illegal,’ but My Nation Destroyed His Migrant Friend

What happened to him is tragic, and cruel, and deeply sad

Feb 5

My Boyfriend Wasn’t ‘Illegal,’ but My Nation Destroyed His Migrant Friend

Feb 5

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Transgender Teen Jayden Tkaczyk is the Face of an American Moral Crisis

Say his name, please, as you also think about an anonymous trans girl in Florida

Sep 5, 2024

teen with one badly bruised eye speaks into a reporter’s microphone. his mom stands next to him. they are in front of a house with wooden siding and flowering bushes.

Sep 5, 2024

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This Gay Teen Kicked Out of Summer Camp Should Scare Americans to Death

Christian nationalism vs pluralism. I’ve lived this SCOTUS nightmare already.

4d ago

This Gay Teen Kicked Out of Summer Camp Should Scare Americans to Death

4d ago

An Angry Trans Woman, Freedom for Sex Workers, and Trans Sexuality Science

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An Angry Trans Woman, Freedom for Sex Workers, and Trans Sexuality Science

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An Angry Trans Woman, Freedom for Sex Workers, and Trans Sexuality Science

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 13 July 2025

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An Angry Trans Woman, Freedom for Sex Workers, and Trans Sexuality Science

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Trans People are Humans, Not ‘Issues’, and Pride is for All Queer Humans

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Jul 6

Trans People are Humans, Not ‘Issues’, and Pride is for All Queer Humans

Jul 6

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Trans People are Humans, Not ‘Issues’, and Pride is for All Queer Humans

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 6 July 2025

Jul 6

Trans People are Humans, Not ‘Issues’, and Pride is for All Queer Humans

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James Finn

James Finn

he/him

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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