Throughout the years of the LGBTQ movement, our struggles, setbacks and disappointing legislation has made it a very difficult journey for most of our community members. Our community members have fought vigorously for equal rights and equal opportunities. We have made tremendous strides, but there is still so much work to do.

I love the “for Dummies” book series. They can teach an old dog new tricks without making the old dog feel stupid, although, I admit, “Get out of debt for dummies” wasn’t all that useful. (Turns out one must spend less than one earns; if they had just written that on the cover, I’d be $18.79 closer to my financial goals.)

Democrats are panicked and paranoid and petrified. Rightly so. But for the wrong reasons.

I started my family more than two decades ago via in vitro fertilization (IVF), and I’ve watched with growing alarm as the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned federal abortion rights two years ago has also endangered access to this common fertility technique. Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, spoke with me about the threat and the Biden administration’s response.