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It’s a question I’m hearing with alarming regularity these days, and I’ll admit it’s a pretty fair one. I’ve been to five states in the first four months of this year: Illinois (where the media Rebellion lives); Arizona (where a high school bestie and her hilarious family live); Washington (where my lovely and talented girlfriend lives); Nevada (what ha  Read more 

[View the story "Vegas, baby" on Storify (//storify.com/RebelliousMag/vegas-baby)] Vegas, baby A Storifycation (is that a word?) of my trip to Vegas so far... Storified by Rebellious Magazine For Women (http://storify.com/RebelliousMag)· Tue, Apr 09 2013 18:28:41 #DailyRebellion: Don't pay full price; bring a flask. #VegasRebellious Magazine #DailyRebellion: Why do you need to k  Read more 

Greetings from The Bench! The bench? Ah yes, it's a magical place where consultants are sent when they, like me, are "between projects." The bench is wherever you want it to be. It's kind of like Oz. But the munchkins are pastries, not people. I landed on the bench because my first project has ended, and my second hasn't started yet. It all means I have an embarrassingly lu  Read more 

When I came out more than 15 years ago, gay marriage felt like merely a twinkle in the community's eye. The federal "Defense of Marriage Act" (DOMA) had been passed a few years before, and those radicals in Vermont hadn't yet created the compromise of "civil unions," a phenomenon that's always been confusing to me both legally and linguistically. (Afterward, are couples civil union  Read more 

Last week I wrote about seeing Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, an experience I found so moving I felt compelled to share it. This week, I had an experience that was moving (groan) in a different way, and it's just hilarious enough that I feel compelled, again, to share: I went go-karting. With gays. In the suburbs. On a Thursday night. Let me 'splain. A dear friend recently turne  Read more 

For as many years as I can remember, my mother has taken my sister and I to see Alvin Ailey Dance Theater for the company's annual swing through Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. It's something I look forward to every year, and for the past few years, I've taken the tradition off my mother's hands and bought us all tickets for Christmas. We went to the matinee performance Sunday, and wh  Read more 

As I was wandering around downtown the other day, I did a double-take at the "we're going to be closed Monday" signs on the doors of several public buildings. Oh, right. Casimir Pulaski Day. Don't get me wrong: I don't have anything against Casimir Pulaski. In fact, every year I have to be reminded who in the world he is (http://www.nps.gov/fopu/historyculture/casimir-pulaski.htm). Bu  Read more 

We're more than halfway through Black History Month, and this is the first mention of it that you'll find in thishere magazine. Historian Carter G. Woodson designated the second week in February -- the birth week of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass -- as Negro History Week in 1926. Woodson (http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-Carter-G.-Woodson) reportedly said he hope  Read more 

...unless you want to get punched in the genitals. Question, followed by the Answer the unmarried woman* wants to give but doesn't because she was raised right. Just know that she's mentally punching you in the genitals. Q: Do you think you'll ever get married? A: Do you think your relationship is making that option look attractive? Cuz, well, it's not. But I'm picky and don't find   Read more