Akola Thompson

ALL human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” – Article 1 of the United Nations Universal

I NO longer celebrate Christmas. I have not, since I was 15. While I am not religious, that is not

IT HAS been 11 days since the 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence would have ended with very little

DEFINED by the Merriam-Webster as an “idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a

IT HAS been three days since (Prince) Henry of Wales would have ended his two-week tour to eight Caribbean countries;

–in our conversations on gender-based violence OFTEN, when we have conversations about gender-based violence, the conversation tends to focus solely

I HAVE always had a problem with the term “glass ceiling” as it relates to women in the workplace. It

LIKE many Guyanese and other nationalities around the world, the U.S elections brought things such as bigotry, racism and sexism

DURING the HIV/AIDS epidemic, commonly known as “The gay plague” in the 1980s, a ban was, in the year 1983,

  DEFINED by the Segen Medical Dictionary as pregnancy of a female from ages thirteen to nineteen, before reaching a

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