Category Archives: Science

A Gay Dad Sounds Off on the “Purity” Parents Who Want to Keep LGBT Info Out of Sex Education

Posted on November 2, 2015 by robw77

When did your local schools last revise their sex education program? Let me cut to the chase. Omaha Public Schools has not revised its sex education and related health classes for 30 years. 30 years. Bad enough that it fails … Continue reading →

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A Gay Dad’s Open Letter to Those Questioning Whether or Not Caitlyn Jenner is a Hero

Posted on July 22, 2015 by robw77

When I was ten years old, I remember waking up in bed, cuddled up in my sheet from the night before. As I lay there day dreaming, I tucked the sheet around me imagining it to be a flowing ball … Continue reading →

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Meet the Woman Who Strives to Save the Lives of Little Kids Who Feel “Different”

Posted on July 9, 2015 by robw77

Her work includes films about Americans standing up assertively for civil liberties to one about a romantic soul traveling the spectrum between the living and the dead. Sarah Feeley’s professional filmmaking career projects a theme of fluidity, and the assertion … Continue reading →

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DOUBLE STANDARD

Posted on January 7, 2013 by apeene

History has shown that women have skills and talents that often exceed those of men, despite the worldwide tendency for all societies to place women in a lower status.  Men may indeed be the physically stronger gender.  However, women have … Continue reading →

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The Loss of My “Twin Brother”, a World AIDS Day Remembrance

Posted on November 30, 2012 by robw77

Mark was not my biological twin brother, he was my spiritual and emotional twin.  We met on March 9th, 1982.  The room was up a narrow wooden staircase in an old brick building in the center of West Hollywood.  From … Continue reading →

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A Gay Dad Sounds Off on the Aspect of “Ex Gay Therapy” That No One is Talking About

Posted on October 13, 2012 by robw77

One of the most disturbing aspects of so called “ex gay reparative therapy” is the one that no one is talking about directly.  Granted, every aspect stinks about “reparative therapy”.  None of it is based on science, nothing about it … Continue reading →

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Sexual Orientation is Developed in the Womb

Posted on September 4, 2012 by apeene

Despite societal discrimination and religious persecution, homosexuality and bi-sexuality, like heterosexuality, are inborn traits that cannot be changed and are not a choice.  Attempted suppression does not work. It always pushes through.  Human sexuality is very complex.  It is not … Continue reading →

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Common Sense…..Not so common

Posted on August 24, 2012 by kzottarelli

We all know what common sense is, but how many of us actually has it? I heard all kinds of things referring to common sense when I was a kid….. You either have it or you don’t- Sense enough to … Continue reading →

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A Gay Dad’s Thoughts on Being Restricted from Making My Kids “Ex-gay”

Posted on August 14, 2012 by robw77

Updated: This now has been signed into law in California.  California has passed yet another bill in the effort to create a state where truly the society is affirming and equal for all.   This bill has the added objective of … Continue reading →

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