The Proverbial Lesbian Closet

By Aleshia Hutchison I stepped out of the proverbial gay and lesbian closet eleven years ago, not just to friends and family, but also to myself.  Like every other little gay boy and lesbian girl, I knew for a long time I was different from my friends, I just couldn’t quite put my finger on…

My Search for Freedom, as a Young Woman, in an Eastern Culture!

By Faheera Asif Independent, bold, free, courageous, self-determined, able… These words are not for many women living in Eastern cultures!  In these cultures and societies, you find women working with men at hospitals, offices, industries, schools….etc; you may even find them living independently, on their own and on their own earnings, and yet no woman…