Last month, the National LGBTQ Task Force presented its annual Creating Change Conference in Dallas, bringing together thousands of LGBTQ leaders, activists, and advocates. In this February issue of OutSmart, writer Andrew Edmonson reports the key takeaways from the annual confab.
During the conference, OutSmart columnist and pioneering Houston trans activist Monica Roberts brought home the Susan J. Hyde Award for Longevity. We applaud Roberts, who in a Valentine’s Day edition of her Unapologetically Trans column, opens up about the challenges she faces while dating as a trans public figure.
For those of you who aren’t big on V-Day, columnist and psychiatrist Daryl Shorter, MD, tells us to ditch the heart-shaped candy and turn February 14 into a day that reminds us to tell our loved ones how much we appreciate them.
Elsewhere, writer Ryan Leach catches up with Dr. Gordon Crofoot, whose Montrose-area research center is conducting one of eight worldwide HIV vaccine trials. “The South [bears] a disproportionate
