This is an archive of Good As You, as it existed from 2005–2018. While further updates are unlikely, this site will remain online indefinitely as an historical record of the LGBTQ rights movement during some of its most crucial battles...

Posted on: 1 July 2020 | 6:05 pm

Exactly how entrenched in the Bush marriage war was Brett Kavanaugh?

On October 2, 2003, the Office of the Public Liaison at the Bush White House sent around a press release to a short list of only four names. The press release was from the rabidly anti-LGBTQ Concerned Women For America,...

Posted on: 10 July 2018 | 11:11 am

Masterpiece: A (dangerous) nothingburger that will change nothing (and maybe everything)

Since I was once so vocal about these so-called “religious freedom” cases, a number of people have asked me to jumped back on here and weigh in on the Masterpiece Cakes decision in longer form than my Twitter habits (@goodasyou)...

Posted on: 6 June 2018 | 8:19 am

Yes, I teach my child to resist

Even in the moment, as devastating and other-worldly as it was, I made note of the way she was looking at me. At age three, a child can have strange reactions to a parent’s emotions. Sometimes they nervously laugh. Other...

Posted on: 7 March 2018 | 3:26 pm

Going to bed a caterpillar, waking a ‘Failed loser butterfly. Sad.’

Sure, the TEA Party started making things weird even before our current decade began. And yes, the attacks on President Obama started trending off the political pages and into high school slambooks. I don’t want to be halcyon about an...

Posted on: 7 March 2018 | 8:15 am

Because I have thoughts about things

So parenting is a lot. Like a whole lot. As in it’s impossible to compare to anything I’ve ever done prior in life. In the three years since I stepped away from daily updates on this site to spend the...

Posted on: 4 March 2018 | 10:07 am

'Renewal of American Spirit'

For LGBTQ people and our associated rights, the second decade of the 21st century has been a time of unprecedented progress. Despite setbacks and goals yet achieved, we are living in landmark times for our civil rights movement, and the...

Posted on: 28 February 2017 | 7:46 pm

Why can’t we ever stop talking about Russia?

I’m not saying there’s a direct connection. But it is weird. If you followed politics anytime between 2013–2015, you are certainly aware of the preponderance of stories surrounding LGBTQ rights and the Russian government’s hostility toward them. From the 2013...

Posted on: 16 February 2017 | 7:38 am