Nowadays, divorces are becoming more affordable. This also means that people are able to get a divorce more efficiently, which means that they have to stay in unhappy and abusive marriages. However, like with most things, there are a lot of myths when it comes to divorces, and this has…
With the rise of globalization, the world is slowly becoming a global village; because of this, we tend to view others’ struggles as our own. This is where the issue of homonationalism comes about. It is the view of a global world, where we feel a sense of belonging to…
America has a long-standing history of racism that it isn’t ready to face and is usually hidden under gobbledygook and is something we need to address in order to be able to recognize the impact that racism and systematic and institutionalized racism still has today. As a queer mixed person…
Most of us know only the basics about African-American history, and this was barely even thought in public schools, except for the rare occasions if you had an activist or black teacher, if not African-American history was relegated to only Black history month and for those who don’t know it’s…
If you are a queer person living in America, you know life isn’t all rainbows and sunshine, especially if you live in a conservative state; queerness is still seen as something bizarre and unnatural in some parts of the US. I grew up in one of those conservative states, and…
The past fifty years have been characterized by an unmistakable trend toward the liberalization of abortion laws, particularly in the industrialized world. Amid the ongoing debate over the procedure, the trend has coincided with a drop in abortion rates worldwide. As nations across the globe have expanded the grounds on…
Kidnapping and false imprisonment may seem like the same thing at first glance since they both involve taking the liberty of another person without their consent. However, these two crimes are considered separate for good reason, as there are some key differences between kidnapping someone and holding them prisoner. In…
Gabon may soon change its laws on homosexuality. The news comes from the lower house of the African country’s parliament, where deputies have approved a measure that revokes the 2019 legislation that criminalized same-sex relationships. Now we await the Senate’s confirmation and the ok from President Ali Bongo Ondimba, but…
