Pope Francis continues to send seismic shock waves across the globe, and the rapturous reception he received from his historic six-day US visit gave us a glimpse as to why.

It has been over a decade now since Hurricane Katrina barreled through New Orleans. Today, much of the Big Easy has gotten its groove back.

The best week to be in Provincetown is the week of Carnival. The parade is its signature extravaganza.

The best week to be in Provincetown is the week of Carnival. The parade is its signature extravaganza.

The upcoming film Stonewall is disturbing because of its apparent whitewashing of a historic moment that turned into a movement.

For many African-American women, like myself, Sandra Bland’s death, possibly resulting from police brutality, doesn’t feel like news.

The reality of unarmed African American women being beaten, profiled, sexually violated and murdered by law enforcement officials with alarming regularity is too often ignored – especially with the focus of police brutality on African-American males.

The literary world rejoiced when news disclosed that reclusive author Harper Lee was soon to release her second book Go Set A Watchman, after 55 years since the 1960 publication of To Kill A Mockingbird.

I am a child of the black church. And like so many of my African-American LGBTQ brothers and sisters, we continue to have a troubled relationship with our places of worship.

For some time now, my spouse and I have been bickering over where we should live in our retirement years.

As we all try to move away from America’s racial past, the Charleston black church massacre, leaving nine dead-including its senior pastor-is one more persistent reminder of it.

When news broke that President Obama used the n-word during the podcast interview “WTF with Marc Maron” about America’s racial history, it caused shock waves.

In trying to make sense of Rachel Dolezal, the self-identified “black” woman of two white parents, and the thought-provoking queries now raised about transracialsim and transethnicity Boston Globe cartoonist Dan Wasserman provided me with an answer.

Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, has once again captured the world’s attention.

Pride parades will be taking place all over the country this month. As we all rev up for this year’s festivities, so, too, will the fault lines of race, gender identity and class emerge.

American novelist William Faulkner wrote in his 1951 novel “Requiem for a Nun,” “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

The evening of May 12th at the South End’s wildly popular Bohemian hip spot “The Beehive” was a night to remember.

With thirty-seven states now legal proponents of marriage equality (LGBTQ Americans and allies alike) knew it would be just a matter of time before the issue would be brought to U. S. Supreme Court.

With thirty-seven states on board with marriage equality, our legal advocates, community, and allies knew it would be just a matter of time before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court would decide the issue.

Here in LGBTQ-friendly Massachusetts, there are not too many places where we are notwelcome. We are invited to conferences, schools, public events, and churches.