By Nancy Ford If ever I was a contestant on Jeopardy, and the category was “FLOTUS Factsâ€, and the clue was “The first lesbian First Lady of the United States,†I would squeeze my buzzer and confidently respond in the form of a question, “Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?†But I would be wrong. Long before

By Nancy Ford “Women’s freedom can’t depend on Washington. It can only come from systematically building women’s power in our economy, our political system, and in every part of our society.†—South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential contender, Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg said, if elected, he would invest $10 billion to fight sexual harassment and

By Nancy Ford Don’t look now, but the highest of High LGBTQ Holy Days is already upon us. Happy Halloween! Time to look deep into your closet, push aside your right-wing evangelical second cousin who insists he “just hasn’t found the right woman yet,†and pull out a campy costume. Then hit the streets! Having

By Nancy Ford “When people did ask us, especially early on, it was just kind of a weirdness because it was like guys in their late 20s, early 30s asking teenage girls about their sexuality. I also think we were still finding the language as a society, but also Sara and I, to talk about

By Nancy Ford Hang onto your labias, ladies. Just when you think the War on Women can’t possibly become any more absurd, it does. Canadian gynecologist and author Dr. Jennifer Gunter has a new book called The Vagina Bible — a Newer Testament, if you will to which many women would eagerly become devotees. The book

By Nancy Ford So here we are, at the de facto end of the summer of 2019. It’s been another scorching one, thanks to a massive, unrelenting amount of hot air blowing daily from Washington D.C. In just the past few weeks, President Donald Trump has declared himself “the Chosen One,†the “King of Israel,â€

By Nancy Ford First, a mea culpa. I want to apologize to you, dear readers, for my preoccupation with writing about dicks for the last couple of years. As a lesbian, that should be anathema to my very being. My only excuse is that I have been driven to shed light and outrage on the

By Nancy Ford “Gays are created due [to] the anal sex of a straight couple and only if the woman is in to it. If that happens, the feeling of pleasure the woman feels is transmitted to the unborn child.†—Cyprus LGBTI rights group Accept’s translation of The Most Reverend Metropolitan Neophytos (Masouras) of Morfou of

By Nancy Ford Remember the good ol’ days, way back in June 2015, when the Obama Administration (sigh) announced that some of our folding money had too many wrinkles, and was about to get a facelift? At that time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said that by 2020, a new version of the $20 bill

By Nancy Ford You know, I’ve been writing this What a World column for almost half of my life. Sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly, sometimes biweekly, since 1988. On average, that comes to approximately 806 columns, or 644,800 words that I humbly hope have brought you, dearest WAW reader, a bit of insight, inspiration, and maybe