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e monthly column by Dr. Minor

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From past issues of Menstuff.org:

"Resolve Now to Make 2024 the Year We Take Back the Language" — December 1, 2023

"Sexual Sickness Remains Central to the Right-Wing's Self-Destructive Addictions" — November 1, 2023

"What's the Most Crucial Preparation for a Challenging Conversation?" — October 1, 2023

"What Should a 'Beautiful' Person Look Like?" — September 1, 2023

"Don't Believe Anything You Hear When Someone Says 'the Bible Says It'" — August 1, 2023

"Should the Religiously Abused Just Leave It Now?" — July 1, 2023

"It's Not You. Translating What Right-Wingers Say to Trigger You" — June 1, 2023

"Could It Be Dangerous to Argue that Religion Is Responsible for Discrimination?" — May 1, 2023

"A World Religions Professor Faces Mortality" — April 1, 2023

"Do We Also Promote Those LGBTQI Stereotypes?" — March 1, 2023

"Are We Still As Confused About Love and Sex on Valentine's Day 2023?" — February 1, 2023

"As Religion Addicts Battle in Their 'Culture War,' Here Are Rules of Engagement" — January 1, 2023

"I WIll Say It Again: Every Right-Wing Bigot Is Responsible for Those LGBTQ NIghtclub Murders" — December 1, 2022

"44 Sucides a Day? What's the Straight Role Doing to Our Veterans" — November 1, 2022

"What If We Don't Agree Politically?" — September 1, 2022

"The Pathetic Masculine Heroics of Today's RIght-Wing" — August 1, 2022

"Not a Straight White MAGA Male? Then They're Coming for You" — July 1, 2022

"How Much Longer Will 'Traditional' Be Used As If It Matters?" — April 1, 2022

"What's Behind Today's Flare-up in the Right-WIng War Against LGBTQ Youth?" — February 1, 2022

"These Holidays Exalt Those Who Must Flee Home & Homeland" — January 1, 2022

"Time to Say It Again: It's Looking Grim, But There's Still a Place for Hope" — December 1, 2021

"'Please Raise Them to Be Monsters'? Really?" — November 1, 2021

"I Won't Forget What that Bethelehm Breakfast Club Taught Me About Religion" — August 1, 2021

"The Controling Power of Guilt" — July 1, 2021

"Forgive and Forget? Not So Fast" — June 1, 2021

"Why Are Transgender People at the Center of Republican Culture Wars?" — May 1, 2021

"'Culture Wars' Are Tweeked and Front and Center Again Because It's All One Party Has to Offer" — April 1, 2021

"Lessons I Hope We've Learned Over the Decades, 2021 Edition" — March 1, 2021

"Could Creativity and Imagination Be to Scary, Subversive, and Even Too Queer?" — Febraury 1, 2021

"No Surprise at All, It's Religious People Again Fearing They're Losing Power They've Savored" — December 1, 2020

"Whatever Happened to 'Hate Is Not a Family Value'" — November 1, 2020

"The Comfort of Fundamentalisms" — September 1, 2020

"If Just This One Idea of Manhood Is Changing, There's Hope" — August 1, 2020

"The Most Important Thing the Bible and the Constitution Have in Common Is Their Usefulness" — June 1, 2020

"We Might Not Like It, But What if There Are People We Can't Reach?" — May 1, 2020

"Pandemics, Social Distancing, and a Hug" — April 1, 2020

"Are We Ready for Our Next Difficult Conversation?" — March 1, 2020

"The Right-Wing's Continuing Obesssion with LGBTQ People, 2020 Version" —  February 1, 2020

"Most Right-Wing Religion Won't Handle This Political Dilemma Well" — January 1, 2020

"'Tis the Season to Examine Myths" — December 1, 2019

"Can I Have a Conversation with You Anyway?" — October 1, 2019

"These Trump Years Expose a Class of Pychopathic Rich and the Game They Play" —  September 1, 2019

"Are These the Deep, Dark Secrets of Those Who Can't Quit a Cruel President?" — August 1, 2019

"These Are Uniquely Perilous Times. So What Now?" — July 1, 2019

"The Religious Right-Wing's Sexual Sickness Destroys Their Lives But Remains Central to Their Religion Addictions" — June 1, 2019

"How to Win the Next Election By Not Feeding the Mainstream Media What It Wants" —  May 1, 2019

"Dialogue with Right Wingers? Wouldn't It Be Nice?" — April 1, 2019

"We Must Be Able to Understand a Human Being Unlike Us" — March 1, 2019

"A Reminder About Our Reactions to the Religion Addicts Who Got Us Here" —  February 1, 2019

"The Ubiquity of that Imposter Syndrome: 'And It Doesn't Go Away'" — January 1, 2019

"How to Help the Media Undo the Blue Wave, or Not" — December 1, 2018

"Guilt Is Such an Effective Tool of Control That We'll Use It on Ourselves" — November 1, 2018

"The Right-Wing Knows What Liberal Guilt Betrays: Look Sincere or Lose" — October 1, 2018

"No Surprise In That Grand Jury Report" Reigion Has a History of Covering Up Sexual Dysfunction" — September 1, 2018

"It's Getting Harder, But Hope Is Still Our Choice" — August 1, 2018

"Be Honest: Does the US Really Value Education" — June 1, 2018

"Why Is the Difference Between a Politician and a Citizen Important Today?" — April 1, 2018

"Why Do Those White Evangelicals Really Love Trump (Part Three of a Series" — March 1, 2018

"Why Do Those White Evangelicals Really Love Trump (Part Two of a Series" — January 1, 2018

"Why Do Those White Evangelicals Really Love Trump (Part One of a Series" — January 1, 2018

"Men Behaving Badly and Those 'Nine Layers of Getting Laid'" — December 1, 2017

"What I'd Like to Say When I Officiate My Next LGBTQ Wedding" — November 1, 2017

"The Cliche Is Right: We Really Are All in this Together" — September 1, 2017

"Can We Stand Resolute Against the Rollback of LGBTQ Equality?" — August 1, 2017

"Why Is the Idea of Privilege So Controversial?" — July 1, 2017

"It's the Pride Part of LGBTQ Pride that Still Drives Them Nuts" — June 1, 2017

"Translating Right-WIng Attempts to Trigger Liberal Guilt" — April 1, 2017

"What Now? Part Four: Are You Personally Prepared For This Fight?" — March 1, 2017

"What Now? Part Three: It's Not About Reasoning with the Right-WIng" — February 1, 2017

"What Now? Part Two: It's Not Either/Or, So Let's Face Race and Everything" — January 1, 2017

"What Now? Part One: Get Over Appearing Elitist" — December 1, 2016

"When We Still Excuse This Stuff as Just How Men Talk" — November 1, 2016

"What Must a Woman Go Through to Become a US President?" — October 1, 2016

"Face It: Religion Addicts Must Support Right-Wing Politicians" — September 1, 2016

"Republicans Throw Their Gay Adorers Under the Bus...Again" — August 1, 2016

"I'll Say It: Every Right-Wing Bigot Is Responsible for the Orlando Murders" — July 1, 2016

"Do Politicians Really Value What You Value?" — June 1, 2016

"The Strategy: Legalizing Anti-Gay Without Acting As If You Are" — May 1, 2016

"Why Presidential Penises Are So Important" — April 1, 2016

"Why 'God, Guns, and Gays' Is Still Working" — March 1, 2016

"Religious People, What's Most Important to You" — February 1, 2016

"It's Dangerous to Argue that Religion Is Responsible" — January 1, 2016

"Outrage Over Red Cups Fill the Attention Deficit of the Needy" — December 1, 2015

"Transgender People Are Lighning Rods for Our Issues" — November 1, 2015

"Stonewall: The Reality that Inspires" — October 1, 2015

"The Supreme Court Also Moves to Destroy How Americans Raise Girls and Boys" — September 1, 2015

"The Supreme Court Moves to Destroy Straight Marriage" — August 1, 2015

"Why I Quit Calling Right-Wing Hypocrites 'Hypocrites'" — July 1, 2015

"Surprised That There's So Much Rape in the Military?" — July 1, 2013

"Pride" — June 1, 2013

"Mother's Day and a Whole Lot Else Ain't What It Used to Be" — May 1, 2013

"Make Up Research and Pray Hard" — April 1, 2013

"Can 'Lincoln' Still Happen Here and Now?" — March 1, 2013

"Love and Sex on Valentine's Day" — February 1, 2013

"The Non-End of Homophobia" — January 1, 2013

"We Haven't Turned the Corner on Marriage Equality Yet" — December 1, 2012

"Could Fundamentalists Exist Without Being Motivated by Hate?" — November 1, 2012

"What's Love Worth After All?" — October 1, 2012

"The Serious Politics of Lying" — September 1, 2012

"The Politics of Hopelessness, Skepticism, and Dropping Out" — August 1, 2012

"Class, Race, and Addicts Who Prefer Eliminating LGBT People" — July 1, 2012

"'We Look Like Mississippi'" — June 1, 2012

"Will These Supremes Care About 'Equal Justice for All'" — May 1, 2012

"What Do We Learn from Rush's Latest Offense?" — April 1, 2012

"WIll 'Culture Wars' Work Again?" — March 1, 2012

"Sex in 2012" — February 1, 2012

"When It Comes to Religion, Let's Keep One Resolution " — January 1, 2012

"Yes 'We' Can" — December 1, 2011

"And We Keep Expecting Them to be Rational" — October 1, 2011

"Does Your Politician Pass the Religious Test?" — September 1, 2011

"Eighteen Suicides a Day" — August 1, 2011

"More Believers Are Saying 'It Ain't Necessarily So'" — July 1, 2011

"So What Are We Going to Do About It?" — June 1, 2011

"Re-Using the Religious RIght-Wing for 2012" — May 1, 2011

"A Movement for Real Change We Can Believe in" — April 1, 2011

"Egyptian Hope, American Pessimism" — March 1, 2011

"When the RIght-Wing Claims Words Don't Matter" — February 1, 2011

"When Can a Speaker of the House Cry?" — January 1, 2011

"This Generation Gap Really Matters" — December 1, 2010

"Why Obama Became the Religious Right-Wing's Devil" — November 1, 2010

"How to Really Mainstream LGBT People" — October 1, 2010

"And Now We Boycott Target?" — September 1, 2010

"Will the U.S. Ever Like Educators?" — August 1, 2010

"Is It Gay or European?" — July 1, 2010

"Our America on Our Mind" — June 1, 2010

"Watching the Church Deal with Its Sex Problems" — May 1, 2010

"Lessons from an Assassination" — April 1, 2010

"Marriage. Where Could We Be? (Part Three)" — March 1, 2010

"Marriage. Where Could We Be? (Part Two)" — February 1, 2010

"Marriage. Where Could We Be? (Part One)" — January 1, 2010

"Marriage. Where Are We Now?" — December 1, 2009

"'Tis the Season of More Mythology" — November 1, 2009

"Keeping the Religious RIght-Wing Alive" — October 1, 2009

"Will What the Professionals Say Finally Matter?" — September 1, 2009

"Home: A Better Place for Using and Abusing Children" — August 1, 2009

"Reaping the Violence of Right-Wing Religion" — July 1, 2009

"Is Stonewall Just Old History?" — June 1, 2009

"Are You Sure We're Not a Christian Nation?" — May 1, 2009

"Right-Wing Lies and Hypocrisy Shouldn't Surprise Anyone" — April 1, 2009

"An Overwhelming Sense of Victimization " — March 1, 2009

"Don't Let Up Progressive Pressure Now" — February 1, 2009

"Beyond a 'Day Without a Gay'" — January 1, 2009

"Stop Supporting Religious Prejudice" — December 1, 2008

"Marriage Equality and Everything Else" — November 1, 2008

"Mavericks, Gamblers, and Good Ol' Boys " — October 1, 2008

"Who's Responsible for What They Say? " — September 1, 2008

"More Faithless-Based Initiatives" — August 1, 2008

"Target: Michelle Obama " — July 1, 2008

"I'm Sorry You Reacted the Way You Did " — June 1, 2008

"We All Have Histories and More " — May 1, 2008

"Let's Talk About the Religious Addicts in McCain's Life " — April 1, 2008

"Why Would a Nice Boy Shoot Up His School?" —March 1, 2008

"Is Huckabee the Right-Wing's Savior ? " —February 1, 2008

"Now We Know, But Do We Want To? " —January 1, 2008

"Let Them Hit Bottom " — December 1, 2007

"'T' and the Rest of Us Are Told to Wait Again " — November 1, 2007

"There's Money, Not Bigotry In Our Genes " — October 1, 2007

"Hiding the Family Values Gang's Sexual Addictions " — September 1, 2007

"Using Guilt to Control the World " — August 1, 2007

"Government Messes, Gay Bombs, and Citizen Hope " — July 1, 2007

"Those June Gay Lifestyle Expos " — June 1, 2007

"Virginia Tech, Don Imus, and America's Seething Anger " — May 1, 2007

"Now, Who Are the Real Narcissists? " — April 1, 2007

"Ted Haggard Graduates from the Accelerated 'Straight 101' Course" — March 1, 2007

"Mel White's Journey Continues" — February 1, 2007

"The Privilege of Mary Chaney" — January 1, 2007

"Now What? What Now?" — December 1, 2006

"Sex, Power, and Betrayal of "Culture War' Profiteers" — November 1, 2006

"Rest Now, Ann. You've Worked Hard" — October 1, 2006

"They're Authoritarians, Not Conservatives" — September 1, 2006

"Is There Any Room for Dialogue?" — August 1, 2006

"The Federal Marriage Amendment Is Anti-American" — July 1, 2006

"You Can Say That Again" — June 1, 2006

"Will We Clean Up the Messes We've Made?" — May 1, 2006

"If You Permit Big Enough Lies Long Enough..." — April 1, 2006

"Why I'm Not a Democrat" — March 1, 2006

"Presiding Over Armageddon" — February 1, 2006

"The Annual War to Sell Christmas" — January 1, 2006

"Actually, Religion Never Does Anything" — December 1, 2005

"Don't Talk About Sex in the USA" — November 1, 2005

"The Last Person Left in the Room Wins" — October 1, 2005

"Living in Hope When You're Not an Optimist" — September 1, 2005

"After Doing Everything Right for Marriage Equality" — August 1, 2005

"Will the Democrats Closet Women's Choice Too?" — July 1, 2005

"Unbought and Bossed" — June 1, 2005

"A Meditation on Addictive Religion" — May 1, 2005

"Why Are Gay People the Way They Are?" — April 1, 2005

"When Religion is an Addiction" — March 1, 2005

"How to Wreck a Relationship: Manhood" — February 1, 2005

"Liberal Religion Peers Out of the Closet" — January 1, 2005

"If We Could Just Get Over the Liberal Guilt" — December 1, 2004

"Don't Think of an Elephant" — November 1, 2004

"How to Wreck a Relationship? Part One " — October 1, 2004

"What About Motherhood?" — September 1, 2004

"It's What Bush and John Paul Agree on That's Abusive" — August 1, 2004

"It's What Straight Men Do to Each Other" — July 1, 2004

"Disobedience and the Marriage Movement" — June 1, 2004

"'The Passion' of the Culture Wars" — April 1, 2004

"Beating Herself Up" — March 1, 2004"

"Asking for the Gifts We Need from Those We Really Love" — February 1, 2004

"The Hazards of Leading Us" — January 1, 2004

"Displaying Justice Roy's Graven Image" — December 1, 2003

"The Faithless Business of Funding 'Faith-Based Initiatives'" — November 1, 2003

"It's About Love and That's It! Period!" — October 1, 2003

"What Have We Been Doing to Our Children?" — September 1, 2003

"Sodomy Ban Should Have Ended Sooner" — August 1, 2003

"The Love of Friendship" — July 1, 2003

"What's Tradition For?" — June 1, 2003

"Just as Good Isn't Good Enough" — May 1, 2003

"The Value of LGBT Consumers" — April 1, 2003

"Duct Tape and Cover" — March 1, 2003

"Still About 'Manhood'" — February 1, 2003

"Love Wins Out" — May 1, 2002

"Sports Culture" — February 28, 2002

"Those Sweet Nothings Are Really Something" — February 17, 2002

"We Need Transgendered People Out Proudly Among Us"
— September 9, 2001