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'Sancta' opera stirs controversy with lesbian sex, bloody on-stage piercings, and naked roller-skating nuns

18 traumatized audience members required medical treatment in one weekend of the German opera, which includes the most sacrilegious use of a crucifix since The Exorcist.

All About Chaz- OpEd

The long-awaited film "Becoming Chaz," a documentary about Chaz Bon’s female-to-male (FTM) gender reassignment aired this week on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. And it captures not only the arduous trek of coming out as transgender, but it also captures the universal experience we all face of coming out as our true selves.

Breaking Down The Binary: Key Differences Between Sex & Gender

Subtle or huge, these have a major impact on individuality.

J.K. Rowling Doubles Down on Transphobia as 2020 Just Gets Worse

We're not surprised, we're just disappointed.

Op-ed: Think Before You Tweet

Twitter is a Wild West, and while it does so much good for so many, there is a downside.

Book Excerpt - 'Love, Christopher Street' Excerpt: Dis-Membering Stonewall

This week begins the 43rd anniversary of Stonewall. The piece below is the story of how I accidentally happened upon the first night of the Stonewall Riots, and is one of several pieces in the newly released June 2012 anthology Love, Christopher Street: Reflections of New York City, edited by Thomas Keith with intro by Christopher Bram. The names in the story have been changed to protect identities.

You Could Win Four Platinum Weekend Passes to The Dinah 2015!

Ready for an epic weekend? Your tweet gives you a chance to win some of the best Dinah passes available.

SheWired Shot of The Day: Salma Hayek’s Real Appeal (and Curves!) on ‘Allure’ Cover

There is a moment in just about every workday when we come across something sexy, gratuitous and completely pointless that we wish we could post but don't under the auspices of there being nothing lesbian about it and often there being no redeeming value. “It’s like the uniform of a generation,” Hayek says of plastic surgery. “And it’s not necessarily beautiful. It’s not wrinkled-looking, but it’s not beautiful.”