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Despite numerous warnings to fans planning to attend the World Cup tournament in Russia, an anti-gay attack took place before the competition even got underway. And yesterday, UK gay rights activist Peter Tatchell was detained by police in Moscow on opening day. Tatchell's Thursday protest showed him holding a sign reading: "Putin fails to act… more...

On the day my divorce was finalized, I accidentally ended up in the neighborhood where I took so many of the steps which led me to that moment. As I shared in an earlier column (which you can read here ), I have long wanted to be unequivocally considered an adult. Though it may be… more...

I planned to commit suicide last Wednesday by driving my car into an oncoming 18 wheeler. The driver of the truck would most likely survive, but I figured I would die quick and the pain of living would finally be over. Another plan was to buy a gallon of whiskey, down it, and pass out… more...

For as long as I can remember, I have known that I was the child of a sperm donor. At age two, my two loving mothers explained that our family was different from the norm-that my brother and I are not both of their biological children. My moms explained that since the conception of a… more...