I ve been living with my boyfriend for a year. We met on FetLife and I was honest about being in an open relationship (at the time) and seeking a sexual connection over a relationship. But pretty soon we were professing our love for each other and he shared that he wanted to be the father of my children. However, right before he moved in, I found out he was still texting other women despite asking me not to text, sext or have sex with any other men. He also regularly yucks my yum and makes fun of the types of porn I watch and calls it gross (my thing for cuckolding being his main target), and he also insists men can t be friends with women, yet he s still friends with women he s had sex with.
Readers blast Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for banning trans athletes on the first day of Pride month
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis marked the very first day of Pride month by signing into law the horrific Fairness in Women s Sports Act (groaning eternally) at a private Christian school (tearing out the last few intact tufts of our hair) in Jacksonville. The new law prohibits transgender student-athletes from competing alongside other women and girls, and never was there a more perfect representation of a solution in search of a problem and/or the rawest of red meat for his base.
Orlando Rep. Anna V. Eskamani was one of many lawmakers who issued scathing statements about the bill, saying, This bigoted, transphobic piece of legislation targets one of the most vulnerable groups of people in our state: transgender youth. Florida can expect to spend years and untold amounts of taxpayers dollars fighting this case in court. Our readers were angered by this as well.
On May 29, the Orange County Regional History Center marked the fifth anniversary of Pulse with the opening of
Community: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy. The multimedia exhibition tells the story of the tragic events and aftermath of June 12, 2016, plus the powerful stories of the club and the lives that were lost there. The exhibition includes video from families and loved ones of the Pulse victims, tokens and tributes from memorials and marches, and even the white piano from inside the nightclub. The stories presented are cathartic and compassionate all at once, and a powerful exercise in living history.
Orlando Weekly spoke to History Center Executive Director and curator Pamela Schwartz about the work that went into this exhibit, reactions to it and the concept of community in post-Pulse Orlando.