The Benefit Of The Doubt

by Zoe Pollock

Diane Silver draws a parallel between self-defense karate style and the constant self-defense of "an out lesbian and a non-Christian living in nation where more than 75 percent of the people are Christian:"

Intellectually, I know every Christian isn't anti-gay or disrespectful of other people's religious beliefs, but my little girl self doesn't live in the land of logic. My little girl self wants to hurt them as much as they've hurt me. I can be the closest of friends with...