Article first appeared in The Orlando Sentinel, June 4, 2018 Circa 1979, I walked into a lesbian bar with a friend who fit that profile. Once inside, roughly 50 lesbians glanced at me — a man — before turning back to their drinks. I became invisible. But this isn’t about lesbians. It’s about racism. And […]

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Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, March 16, 2018 Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is the date-rape Christmas carol, as the singing man pushes a woman to stay because “it’s bad out there.” She even wonders “what’s in this drink?” in shades of a Bill Cosby accusation. My friend Gina loves this song and says my […]

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Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, March 26, 2017 For true human equality, you need the white guys. In the big scheme of things, social justice is a war, and equality fights for women or blacks or gays are battles. A marginalized group can demand anything it wants day after day, but if the majority […]

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