Jayson Flores

When I think "frat," I think hyper-masculine boys with poor hygiene trying to out-drink and out-wrestle one another, while having sex with the most women, and pulling unnecessary, cruel, and ignorant pranks. But at a basic level, fraternities were…

It was the early '90s — Britney and the Backstreet Boys, Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon, and Nintendo 64's controllers are a tangled deathtrap. They were good times and, for me, confusing too. I still remember the anxiety, and the distinct taste of…

In the 2013, the all-American gay has a handy timeline they can follow , and it doesn't look too different than the all-American straight guy. It ends with a struggle to outlive your best frenemy, which is preceded by seeing your children graduate…

“To be slut shamed, one doesn’t have to be actually engaging in any kind of sexual behavior," Emily Lindin, founder of The UnSlut Project, tells me. "Just wearing a shirt that inspires a sexual thought in another person for whatever reason is enough…

Last year, Republican Arizona governor Jan Brewer ignited controversy after a photograph circulated of her wagging her finger in President Obama’s face. The image went viral, drawing many different reactions. Some were shocked by her apparent show…

On Friday, an LGBT activist stood alone in St. Petersburg, Russia with a gay pride flag that read, “This is propagating tolerance.” The article on this young man was written by The New Civil Rights Movement, and was titled, “You’ll Have No Idea How…

According to the National Crime Records Bureau, a woman is raped every 20 minutes in India. This fact should not only shock and alarm people, but make them angry. These are wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, cousins, and friends — but, most…

The Republican Party’s desire for less government generally remains true — unless it involves what’s going on below the belt. While the entire party cannot be spoken for, this is certainly the case for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken…

“Why should I pay higher taxes so that some lazy poor person can pick up another unemployment check and then go back to sitting on the couch and spending my money?” This is the increasingly commonplace question posed by Everyday Feminism in their…

On July 1, ED Act Now, a network of campus sexual assault survivors and advocates sent out a press release calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to stand with them against campus violence. ED Act Now (Department of Education Act Now)…

With the recent repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, and the dismissal of Proposition 8, it appears as though the LGBT community is paving the road to equality in the United States. However, the T in LGBT appears to often be left behind as the…