March On
Wishing peace, strength, and perseverance to all who are gathering today to speak out for gun control and to end gun violence in our schools—especially the young people who are leading us where we should have gone long ago.
Violence and Tragedy
Watch: Stoneman Douglas GSA Honored: “Loud and Proud and Laser-Focused on Calling B.S.”
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School GSA, along with its president, Emma Gonzalez, were honored at Equality Florida’s 2018 Miami Gala last Saturday for their work against gun violence in the wake of the tragic shooting at the school last month. Listen to Gonzalez’s remarks.
Another School Shooting: Our Country Is Failing Its Children
As parents in the United States, we see our children off to school each day not knowing if they will be educated or be shot. Yesterday saw the 18th school shooting in 2018 alone. There have been 290 since 2013. When a country cares more about allowing its citizens access to firearms—including high-capacity, military-style weapons—than protecting its children, it has failed its children.
Same-sex Couple and Two Children Murdered in Upstate New York
Some tragic news: a mother and her two children, ages 11 and five, along with the mother’s partner, were found murdered in upstate New York yesterday.
Turning Tragedy into Action
A deadly attack on a crowd in New York City. A mass shooting in Texas, leaving at least 26 people slain. It’s easy to feel despair when this comes only a month after the largest mass shooting in American history, and after years of similar tragedies. What can we do?
Another American Tragedy
I was going to write something different this morning.
Then a man opened fire on a crowd in Las Vegas, leaving 59 people dead and 520 injured.
9/11: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
I still remember exactly where I was, because I was almost there. Here’s my 9/11 story, and how the events of that day became motivation for me to start a family.
Of Hate and Hope: Explaining the Pulse Massacre to My Son
I wrote this last year for my newspaper column, shortly after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 mostly LatinX, LGBTQ young people. One year later, to #HonorThemWithAction, I thought I should post it here.
When I learned of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, my own son was in elementary school, and I was shaken to the core. He is in middle school now, and the Orlando massacre has shaken me again. The victims this time were not young children—but they were all someone’s children.
Manchester
The terrorist bombing Monday night in Manchester, England—an act that killed an eight-year-old and a 15-year-old, among others—has been much on my mind. How can we raise our children in an era of such tragedies? How can we—and they—not be scared?
Visiting Pulse: This Is Why I Write
I spent the weekend with other journalists at the LGBT Media Journalists Convening in Orlando, Florida. While the entire time was filled with learning and networking (and a dose of fun), the most moving part was visiting the Pulse nightclub, site of last year’s tragic shooting. It reminded me of why I write.
