Francesca Bessey

Bio

Canadian-born writer/student/philosopher/activist studying international relations and narrative at the University of Southern California. Holocaust researcher with the USC Shoah Foundation and leader and founder of the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative at USC. Feminist without apologies. Enthusiast for the outdoors, travel, and life.

Gay Conversion Therapy: Why States Should Follow California and Ban Harmful Anti-LGBT Treatment

By Francesca Bessey

For four months, landmark social justice legislation has been unable to take effect thanks to the power of a homophobic lobby. In October of 2012, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law banning gay “conversion” therapy for minors, a bill…

Why We Can Never Forget the Vatican's Silence On the Holocaust

By Francesca Bessey

Last Monday, the international community observed Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), commemorating the victims of the event that etched genocide permanently into human memory. But the Holocaust’s permanence did not come without a fight. While…

Even Children Are Arguing About Same-Sex Marriage

By Francesca Bessey

It has become the refuge of advocates on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate to use children as conduits for presenting arguments for or against the controversial practice. As much as I hate to see children thrust into the public sphere to…