A Road Trip to Love

The most important step any of us can take to unlearn thought systems based on fear, including queerphobia (a term used to describe all L...

I spend many sleepless moments these days, thinking about how LGBTQ youth are being supported, and how youth, in general, are being impac...

Dear Arizona Daily Star, My name is Chris Tompkins and I am a teacher in Los Angeles. I was born and raised in Tucson and my mom is a lon...

A friend recently shared an article with me about Perez Hilton saying he would prefer it if his five year old son wasn’t gay. Hearing an ...

Last month, at an educational event, I spoke on a panel with an elementary school teacher who has two decades’ worth of experience. She s...

Last week I was speaking at a high school and a young girl asked me whether or not I loved myself. I was there to share with them my expe...

I’m in a new relationship. It’s not that new, but it’s unlike any other I’ve had. Up until now I haven’t talked much about it to anyone. ...

Michelle’s mother realized she’s transgender one night while consoling her after a panic attack. She said Michelle began getting really b...

I’ve always loved running. The last time I ran a marathon I was living in Monterrey, Mexico. I wasn’t out of the closet and so signed up ...

James was my friend’s brother and best friend—he passed away last month from a heroin overdose. He was 25 years old. James was many thing...

I recently went to Arizona to visit my family. My mom has always wanted to take me to this church called, Our Lady of the Sierras in Here...

Last week I had something happen to me that I haven’t experienced before. A young man sat at my bar. I immediately felt his energy and wa...

“Uncle Chris, is she your girlfriend?” Suddenly I was a teen again. I felt like I did before I was out of the closet and someone would br...