Category: MothToaFlame

It’s a Matter of Trust

Trust. As a member of the media, trust is something that I want my readers to have in me. Trust is something that I want the people that I write about to have in me. It is something that I want to be able to have in the organizations that I write for. At the

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How come ‘dem “Damned Gays” get an entire month?

June is rapidly coming to an end and as it does, so will Pride 2026, but should it? I have a LOT of allies on my zombie Facebook account, but I still tend to hear the usual questions and comments: Sometimes these questions are asked in earnest and sometimes they are asked by homophobes and

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Allie at the Draft

I was fortunate enough to be credentialed media for the PWHL Draft in Detroit, Michigan for MediaNews Group Michigan on July 17th and as such I was able to do interviews downstairs in the interview room. While I’m going to use some of those quotes in an article that I am working on but, the biggest

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Love Wins

TRIGGER ALERT: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS MENTIONS OF SELF HARM AND SUICIDE. IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH THINGS SUCH AS THIS PLEASE KNOW THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE WITH YOU IN IN AND IF I CAN HELP IN ANYWAY, REACH OUT TO ME. YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND I CERTAINLY

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HERE WE GO!

A.M. Arrick June 1, 2026 HAPPY PRIDE! I could not pick a better day to put my first official post on Sports are Queer than the first day of Pride Month. First off, my name is Alinia (Allie for short) and I live in Southeast Michigan. I’m not universally out but apparently, I’m not as

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