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
By Nancy Ford “I love Pride. It may be my single most favorite day of the year. Because it’s the day we all come together to celebrate love…. I don’t march in the Boston Pride Parade. I dance.†—U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful, Elizabeth Warren. Via HuffPost.com “U banned transgenders from serving in military. U
By Nancy Ford Good news, dear WAW readers! Dear Leader — uh, I mean, President Donald Trump has apparently had a reversal of conscience when it comes to equality for LGBT citizens! On May 31, in between his tweets promoting Fox News and digitally screaming “NO COLLUSION! NO OBSTRUCTION!â€, Trump tossed out this astonishing announcement:
By Nancy Ford I need a support group for separation anxiety. After all of the births, deaths, battles, betrayals, improbable weddings — all often unfolding in made-up languages — it’s time say goodbye to one of my favorite television series. No — not Game of Thrones. I’m talking about The Big Bang Theory. That’s right:
By Nancy Ford It was a grey, rainy Friday afternoon (surprise!) in Houston. All of my mundane obligations for the week had been met, so I decided to treat myself to a glass of wine and an indulgent Netflix session. Efficiently, I was able to merge the two concepts together with Wine Country. Its crisp,
By Nancy Ford “Yes, I thought she was a boy, too. Until she looked at me when she was three years old and said, ‘I am not a boy!’ So there you go! I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive. They were
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