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Simon Williamson: I find it hard to be forgiving Simon Williamson Out in the Wild June 13, 2017 0My cousin, about 15 years older than me, who grew up under the real throngs of apartheid South Africa, the...
Simon Williamson: Expert bigots are coming for us Simon Williamson Out in the Wild May 12, 2017 0Since the landmark 1973 abortion ruling Roe v. Wade, the federal and state legislatures and the politicians we call “judges”...
Simon Williamson: Bad day at the rodeo Simon Williamson Out in the Wild April 14, 2017 0One of the most common refrains we hear in the post-2016 US is that Democrats lost because they are out...
Simon Williamson: Free speech – great if you can get it Simon Williamson Out in the Wild March 17, 2017 0This knee-jerk reaction to crowds of millennials throwing racist, doxing, white supremacists off college campuses has me less alarmed about...
Simon Williamson: The price of hiding in the bubble Simon Williamson Out in the Wild February 19, 2017 0My formative years were in apartheid South Africa. I was too young to really appreciate the changes that happened in...
Simon Williamson: Racism is not a mere disagreement Simon Williamson Out in the Wild January 19, 2017 0I tend to refrain from writing about race because we’re not short of people who are on the receiving end...
Simon Williamson: In 2017, put out wisely Simon Williamson Out in the Wild December 22, 2016 0Among us walk Trump supporters. Right within our community – if they aren’t supporters, they are perhaps enablers: the Milo...
Simon Williamson: Using our own privilege Simon Williamson Out in the Wild December 1, 2016 0Us middle-class white gay men do actually carry around a fair amount of privilege, despite the common victimhood self-flagellation in...
Simon Willamson: Misunderstanding ‘lewd’ Simon Williamson Out in the Wild October 26, 2016 0I suffered several near heart attacks as the national media spent the last fortnight using “lewd” to describe Donald Trump’s...
Simon Williamson: Protecting Pride Simon Williamson Out in the Wild October 4, 2016 0In February I attended a wedding of two friends and it was packed full of my people, and it was...
Simon Williamson: Finding homo Simon Williamson Out in the Wild September 14, 2016 0By now you have likely come across LOGO’s newest brightly-colored and oft-repeated “Finding Prince Charming,” which is essentially “The Bachelor”...