Category: LGBTQ

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Sylvester James Gates

  

  Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the author, physicist, science educator, and television personality, Sylvester…

  December 13, 2016

  Climate, Culture, Education, Environment, film, Gender, History, LGBTQ, Manhood, Media, race, Science, Technology, Television, Writer

• The Week in Stories Around the Globe

  

  Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Dialog? “When approaching an experience or form of expression that is not one’s own, an individual can incorporate aspects of it and use these aspects to communicate their own experience, adding their voice to the collective cry of those reaching out for justice while knowing when they should simply keep silent.…

  November 30, 2016

  equality, Equity, Gender, International, LGBTQ, Manhood, Politics, race, Sports, Television, War, Youth

• The Hate that Hate Made: The Rise of Trump and the New Era

  

  Hate and Fear Overcomes November 9, 2016, was the capstone on an already unbelievable year of total fuckery. Prince died, Muhammad Ali died, Harambe got shot, Bowie died, the Cleveland Cavilers bested one of the best teams in NBA history to win the NBA Title, the Chicago Cubs won the “freaking” World Series, and America…

  November 26, 2016

  Activism, Climate, Culture, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, History, International, LGBTQ, Newspaper, Politics, Prison, race, Science, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, War

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Ernest Owens

  

    Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the journalist, author, editor, syndicated talk show…

  November 22, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Education, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Manhood, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Politics, Poverty, Prison, Social Justice, Social Media, Television, Writer

• The Week in Stories Around the Globe

  

  Donald Trump is moving to the White House, and liberals put him there “A month ago I tried to write a column proposing mean nicknames for president-elect Donald Trump, on the basis that it would be funny to turn the tables on him for the cruel diminutives he applied to others. I couldn’t pull it…

  November 9, 2016

  Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Gender, International, LGBTQ, Manhood, Newspaper, race, Science, Sexism, Technology, War

• The Week in Stories Around the Globe

  

  How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind     The rural folk with the Trump signs in their yards say their way of life is dying, and you smirk and say what they really mean is that blacks and gays are finally getting equal rights and they hate it. But I’m telling you, they…

  October 19, 2016

  Climate, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, LGBTQ, Manhood, Politics, Prison, race, Science, Sexism, Social Justice, Technology

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Bryan A. Stevenson

  

    Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week, we honor Harvard lawyer, human rights activist, professor, author, and…

  October 11, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Drugs, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Manhood, Media, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Social Justice, Television, violence

• Half of the Sky

  

  Cloudy Skies Ahead During my young and single days, like most 20 somethings, I was looking for love in all the wrong places. But I had fun while looking. I was at a bar one night in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. I met a young nurse we’ll call “Rose.” She was sitting alone at the…

  August 13, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Dating, Drugs, Economics, Education, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, Human Rights, International, LGBTQ, Love, Manhood, Marriage, Media, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, race, Religion, Science, Service, Sex Crime, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, Veteran, violence, Writer, Youth

• Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn

  

  The Ignition In 2008, the housing market crashed and brought about the Great Recession. This happened just as I graduated from Northern Illinois University. I had done all the right things and was prepared to head out into the so-called ‘Adult World.’ But then the bottom fell out as the housing market crashed. That same year, the GOP…

  July 30, 2016

  Activism, Climate, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, History, Human Rights, International, LGBTQ, Manhood, Marriage, Media, Newspaper, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Religion, Sexism, Social Justice, Social Media, Television, violence, War, Writer

• Lockdown: Orange is the New Black Goes Dark

  

  On June 17th, 2016 Netflix released the fourth season of their hit show Orange is the New Black. This season of the show took on many hard-hitting topics, such as racism, prison privatization, CO brutality, and sexual trauma. This controversial season has sparked many online debates, with some critics calling it ‘ trauma porn’, a…

  July 6, 2016

  Culture, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, LGBTQ, mental health, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Sex Crime, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, Veteran