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Ryan Lee: Reciting (and resisting) a pledge of convenience Ryan Lee Outspoken November 22, 2016 0I’ve always thought it was weird how children are the only citizens who regularly have to recite a loyalty oath...
Ryan Lee: A non-driver’s road rage Ryan Lee Outspoken November 7, 2016 0I don’t like the people that cars create. I subject myself to this judgment, remembering the 65 pounds I gained...
Ryan Lee: Season of love songs Ryan Lee Outspoken October 13, 2016 0My musical tastes don’t really match my worldview. Even as a teenager in the ’90s, my Walkman presets and cassette...
Ryan Lee: Wandering into gunclehood Ryan Lee Outspoken September 29, 2016 0People have started asking me, “Is that your son?” and a part of me wants to reply, “No, I’m his...
Ryan Lee: The LGBT movement’s ‘Jackie Robinson moment’? Ryan Lee Outspoken September 14, 2016 0The sports world is waging a multi-front war for social justice, which could change how society views LGBT rights in...
Ryan Lee: My daily molestation of straight men Ryan Lee Outspoken September 7, 2016 0It sucks to be mistaken for a pervert, as I learned this past weekend when I was caught doing something...
Ryan Lee: Doped up outrage over Olympics Grindr controversy Ryan Lee Outspoken August 18, 2016 0My second relationship lasted one-and-a-half years, which was about six months longer than it should have, mainly because I didn’t...
Ryan Lee: Home away from home Ryan Lee Outspoken July 26, 2016 0I’m in Chicago for my annual visit with family, and this year for the specific purpose of celebrating my maternal...
Lesbian-owned DiOGi Pet Services launches nonprofit to help ‘keep pets in their home’ Ryan Lee Atlanta July 11, 2016 0Courtney DeDi’s parents weren’t keen on her having a pet when she was younger, going so far as to tell...
Ryan Lee: I hate your dog (or maybe it’s just you) Ryan Lee Outspoken July 11, 2016 0A coworker and I were returning from lunch one afternoon when he confessed to me his dislike of a particular...
Ryan Lee: Death before dishonor Ryan Lee Outspoken June 23, 2016 0The line that forms outside of Bulldogs on weekends tells a story of gay fear, progress and hope. Instead of...