Holiday Wish List: Closing out 2013 with some social-justice sentiments

Opinion: My, it's been a big year. Particularly so for gay Americans, thanks to the Supreme Court gutting the Defense of Marriage Act. Then again, for African-Americans and others disproportionately hit by voting restrictions, the SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act seemed rather premature. We've also seen indications that social conservatives are turning more attention against transgender equality, seeming to have lost the marriage-equality fight. So, two steps forward, one step back in 2013? However you slice it, it's not quite over yet. And, with this being my last column of the year, I'd better set my attention to making my Christmas wishes. I'm no Christian, granted -- at least not since junior high, or thereabouts -- but I've got up the Solstice tree and the stockings are hung, so I'm entitled, right? First up: the Ronald Reagan legacy. My wish is that it lose a bit of its sheen. Having grown up in the 1980s, I remember him well. When I was coming out, AIDS was hitting hard and Reagan was in the White House. When I talk to a straight person who points to Top Gun as his all-time favorite movie and who gets wistful for the Reagan era, a simply smile politely. But I've heard as much from gay people, and that makes me grind my teeth. ... (more)

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