Is your school or workplace welcoming to LGBTQ people, or are sexual orientation and gender identity either completely ignored or joked about in demeaning ways? If you’ve come out, is your family supportive, or have family members made you feel unwanted unless you “change”?

Some cultures teach us to fear and hate homosexuality and gender variance in others and in ourselves. This hatred hurts everyone.

Heterosexism is the assumption — in individuals and in public policy — that heterosexuality is the only normal orientation. Despite increased acceptance … More