After his release from prison, the great man spent many weeks living with my family, and taught me about real grace

Like many LGBTQ folks, I’d always assumed I was all alone in my family. Learning I had a gay forebear hit me hard

It's not that I don't like you. But I learned from an early age that vulnerability is a liability, not a strength

I detested the symbolic sexism of traditional ceremonies -- until I started caring about what matters most

Like many LGBTQ folks, I’d always assumed I was all alone in my family. Learning I had a gay forebear hit me hard

Both Hughes and "The Bear" creator Christopher Storer speak to the loneliness and dysfunction hidden in plain sight

"These days, I'm the adult in the house, and Entenmann's products are still a thing for my family"

Writing a soap opera and waiting for my grandmother to die, I didn't know who would finish first -- she or I.

"He went from the unthinkable to the inevitable"

A Florida museum thinks including same-sex spouses in its family membership plan is an unfair "substitution"

At eight you wanted to be Isaac Newton in the school play. I look like him, you protested when the teacher said no

Chicago won't stand for bus ads offering "funny" tips to would-be sexual predators

I've chosen pre-med. I miss my friends and family. Some nights I just cry in the stairwell

One year ago, Jeff Bauman lost both of his legs. But his story is one of resilience, not despair

It's not easy having a big brother who's going to be king