Bisexuals also earn less than their straight peers, and research suggests that discrimination plays a part. Many myths and stereotypes exist about bisexuality — and they’re generally negative. Despite being the largest population within the LGBT category, bisexuals tend to be seen as outsiders in both lesbian/gay and heterosexual communities. While you may think bisexual people would have an easier time […]
Prejudices are learned, and this is how it starts. In June, my son completed the first-grade. And during the course of our summer together, I’m realizing that he learned much more than how to identify the different types of clouds and how to distinguish between different parts of speech. Sending my son off to school, […]
In my attempts to define myself as different from those around me—people I assumed were less educated, full of prejudice, and generally less interesting—I became the one full of prejudice. My one-word question sounded as if the “y” had been turned over on its side, stretching the sharp “eye” sound into a lower, longer “ah” […]
Reverse “isms” do not exist because racism, sexism, and heterosexism operate with the help of something beyond prejudice: power. Say it with me: Individual prejudice is not the same thing as structural oppression. Say this with me too: Reverse racism does not exist. Following the grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of […]
Our family’s heritage is richer because we are a veritable rainbow, with varying hues of skin tones and ideals. If you talk about Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Vietnamese, Palestinians, Muslims, atheists, single moms, LGBTQ, or childless/childfree persons, then you would be talking about someone in my family; and I’ll ask you to speak respectfully. One’s heritage […]
