Posts by Wesley Cullen Davidson
PRIDE Flags – More Than Decoration
Created by Daniel Quasar June is the month associated with PRIDE. It’s a month of readings, events, Stonewall photography, exhibits, and, of course, marches and parades. Banners and…
Read MoreGAY PRIDE: WHY WE CELEBRATE, Guest Post by Bryce Thompson
June is traditionally GAY PRIDE Month. Today, Bryce Thompson, M.A., LMFT, author of the forthcoming book, Are You Man Enough? A Call to Action Guide for Straight Fathers of a…
Read MoreAre Your Kids Mentally Healthy?
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. According to American Psychological Association News, March 8, 2019, “more U.S. adolescents and young adults in the late 2010’s vs. mid 2000’s experienced…
Read MoreWhat is Acceptance?
What Constitutes Acceptance? If a parent doesn’t want to march in a Gay Pride Parade, is he not accepting of his LGBT child? If a parent…
Read MoreBeyond “The Talk”
Yesterday was National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. The purpose of this annual day (April 10) is to support youth HIV prevention by promoting school-based health education. However, I’m…
Read MoreComing Out as Transgender
Today is the annual event of International Transgender Day of Visibility. Its purpose is to celebrate transgender people and raise awareness of worldwide discrimination faced by transgender people. …
Read More“You’re Bi What?”
Most parents and society-at-large don’t understand bisexuality. Sexuality is fluid, according to Freud. For a person having a bisexual orientation, the orientation is not chosen even though the…
Read MoreA Discriminating Vote by Methodists
This week, the delegates of the United Methodist Church gathered to take a vote on whether to reinforce a ban on gay marriage. This second largest Protestant Church,…
Read MoreIt’s Not About You!
It’s Not About You! In an OP-ED New York Times column entitled “It’s Not a Teenage Fad. It’s Life,” 1/09/19, author Jennifer Finney Boylan remarks that when her daughter…
Read MoreSupreme Court Bans Transgenders in the Military
On Tuesday, January 22, 2018, The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to impose a ban on Transgendered adults in the military. But it’s more complicated. Previously, lower courts had placed injunctions…
Read More